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We provide statistical reports containing national data and data summarized for Terrestrial Ecozones, Boreal Zone and Forest Management Regions. Note that the Boreal zone and Forest Management Regions are slightly different populations for statistical estimation and therefore will have minor differences relative to the national and terrestrial ecozone reports. These summary reports are periodically updated and improved as new data become available. If you are looking for reports that summarize data for different geographic areas or more detailed data, please contact us.
- Land Cover
- Area (1000 ha) of land cover in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of vegetated land by landscape position in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of non-vegetated land by landscape position in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Forest Area
- Area (1000 ha) of forest and non-forest land in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by forest type and age class in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by IUCN category and age class in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by ownership in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by species group and age class in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by IUCN category in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Volume, Biomass and Carbon
- Total tree volume (million m3) on forest land by forest type and age class in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total tree volume (million m3) by species group and age class in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total above-ground biomass (million tonnes) on forest land by forest type and age class in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total above-ground biomass (million tonnes) on forest land by species group and age class in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total above-ground carbon (million tonnes) in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Land Use
- Area (1000 ha) of land by land use in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Land Cover
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of land cover in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of vegetated land by landscape position in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of non-vegetated land by landscape position in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Forest Area
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of forest and non-forest land in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of forest land by forest type and age class in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of forest land by IUCN category and age class in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of forest land by ownership in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of forest land by species group and age class in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of forest land by IUCN category in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Volume, Biomass and Carbon
- Annual change in total tree volume (million m3) on forest land by forest type and age class in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in total tree volume (million m3) by species group and age class in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in total above-ground biomass (million tonnes) on forest land by forest type and age class in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in total above-ground biomass (million tonnes) on forest land by species group and age class in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in total above-ground carbon (million tonnes) in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Land Use
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of land by land use in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Land Cover
- Area (1000 ha) of land cover by terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of vegetated land by landscape position and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of non-vegetated land by landscape position and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Forest Area
- Area (1000 ha) of forest and non-forest land by terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by forest type, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by IUCN category, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by ownership and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by species group, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Volume, Biomass and Carbon
- Total tree volume (million m3) on forest land by forest type, age class, and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total tree volume (million m3) by species group, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total above-ground biomass (million tonnes) on forest land by forest type, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total above-ground biomass (million tonnes) on forest land by species group, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total above-ground carbon (million tonnes) by terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of land by land use and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Land Use
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by IUCN category, and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Land Cover
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of land cover by terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of vegetated land by landscape position and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of non-vegetated land by landscape position and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Forest Area
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of forest and non-forest land by terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of forest land by forest type, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of forest land by IUCN category, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of forest land by ownership and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of forest land by species group, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Volume, Biomass and Carbon
- Annual change in total tree volume (million m3) on forest land by forest type, age class, and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in total tree volume (million m3) by species group, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in total above-ground biomass (million tonnes) on forest land by forest type, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in total above-ground biomass (million tonnes) on forest land by species group, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in total above-ground carbon (million tonnes) by terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of land by land use and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Land Use
- Annual change in area (1000 ha) of forest land by IUCN category, and terrestrial ecozone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Land Cover
- Area (1000 ha) of land cover by boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of vegetated land by landscape position and boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of non-vegetated land by landscape position and boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Forest Area
- Area (1000 ha) of forest and non-forest land by boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by forest type, age class and boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by IUCN category, age class and boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by ownership and boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by species group, age class and boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by IUCN category, and boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Volume, Biomass and Carbon
- Total tree volume (million m3) on forest land by forest type, age class, and boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total tree volume (million m3) by species group, age class and boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total above-ground biomass (million tonnes) on forest land by forest type, age class and boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total above-ground biomass (million tonnes) on forest land by species group, age class and boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total above-ground carbon (million tonnes) by boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Land Use
- Area (1000 ha) of land by land use and boreal zone in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Land Cover
- Area (1000 ha) of land cover by managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of vegetated land by landscape position and managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of non-vegetated land by landscape position and managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Forest Area
- Area (1000 ha) of forest and non-forest land by managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by forest type, age class and managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by IUCN category, age class and managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by ownership and managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by species group, age class and managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Area (1000 ha) of forest land by IUCN category, and managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Volume, Biomass and Carbon
- Total tree volume (million m3) on forest land by forest type, age class, and managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total tree volume (million m3) by species group, age class and managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total above-ground biomass (million tonnes) on forest land by forest type, age class and managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total above-ground biomass (million tonnes) on forest land by species group, age class and managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Total above-ground carbon (million tonnes) by managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
- Land Use
- Area (1000 ha) of land by land use and managed forest regions in Canada. | pdf | csv
publications
This section features selected publications that have used data shared through the National Forest Inventory (NFI) Projects Office, such as NFI ground plots, NFI photo plots, Multi-Agency Ground Plot (MAGPlot) database, the Human Impact Land Use Layer (HILL) dataset, and the Common Attribute Schema for Forest Resource Inventories (CASFRI). The list is not comprehensive and is intended to highlight recent examples of research and analysis supported through Canada’s NFI.
- Gauthier, M-M., and Guillemette, F. (2026) Radial growth of black cherry (Prunus serotina) at the northern limit of its native range, Ecosphere
- Girardin, M.P., et al. (2026) Atmospheric dryness as a coordinated driver of fire activity and biomass accumulation in northwestern boreal Canada, International Journal of Wildland Fire
- Ganesh, A., Pureswaran, D.S., and Liebhold, A.M. (2026) Risk of co-evolved pest damage to non-native Douglas-fir plantations, Forest Ecology and Management
- Liang, W., et al. (2026) Meta-analysis of North American Arctic and boreal aboveground biomass datasets: assessing accuracy, dynamics, and similarities, Environmental Research Letters
- Caron, D., et al. (2026) LandRCBM: Bridging forest dynamics and carbon accounting to advance forest carbon predictions, SSRN
- Bater, C.W., et al. (2026) Airborne laser scanning transects over Canada's northern forests: lidar plots for science and application, Earth System Science Data
- Liang, W., et al. (2026) Derivation and evaluation of Landsat-derived annual aboveground biomass maps for Arctic and Boreal North America, 1984-2022., Remote Sensing of Environment
- Buchkowski, R.W., et al. (2026) Designing National Forest Inventories for accurate estimation of soil carbon change, Global Change Biology
- Ahmad, M., et al. (2026) Continental-scale mapping of forest tree density in North America using remote sensing and deep learning with uncertainty quantification, Forest Ecosystems
- Araya, Y. H., et al. (2026) The Multi-Agency Ground Plot database: a repository for pan-Canadian forest ground plot data, Canadian Journal of Forest Research
- Richardson, B., et al. (2025) Climate-Smart Restoration Tool (CSRT), Natural Resources Canada, USDA Forest Service, Conservation Biology Institute, CONAFOR
- Hasegawa, S., et al. (2025) Harmonising forest soil carbon monitoring systems across countries - Oppurtunities and challenges, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
- Perbet, P., et al. (2025) Historical insect disturbance maps from 1985 onwards for Canadian forests derived using earth observation data, Scientific Data
- Tompalski, et al. (2025) National remote sensing-derived aboveground biomass yield curves for Canada, Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research
- Xu, K., et al. (2025) How many trees are there in the North American boreal forest?, Ecography
- Prasad, A., et al. (2025) Habitat and Migration Dynamics of North American Tree Species Under Climate Change, Jounral of Biogeography
- Alexandra Pell (2025) Increasing Evergreen Trees Reduces Soil Nitrogen and Aboveground Biomass Accumulation in Canadian Forest Plots, BSc thesis (Dalhousie University)
- Qin, S., et al. (2025) Aboveground biomass mapping of Canada with SAR and optical satellite observations aided by active learning, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
- Hu, K.T., et al. (2025) ABoVE: Landsat-derived Annual Dominant Land Cover in Boreal North America, 1986-2020, NASA Open Data Portal [Dataset]
- Johannesson, C.F., et al. (2025) Decadal decline in forest floor soil organic carbon after clear-cutting in Nordic and Canadian forests, Forest Ecology and Management
- Joanne C. White, et al. (2025) Enhanced forest inventories in Canada: implementation, status, and research needs, Canadian Journal of Forest Research
- Gauthier, M-M. (2025) Six Decades of forest inventory data highlight decline of Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) sampling abundance in Eastern Canada, Ecology and Evolution
- Gauthier, M-M. (2025) Preliminary attribution of forest area, volume, and primary forest estimates through the National Forest Inventory baseline (2000-2006) and first remeasurement (2007-2017)
- Lisa A. Venier, et al. (2025) Measuring and responding to forest degradation in Canada: An operational framework, Environmental Reviews
- Baral, S.K., et al. (2025) Improving sample-based National Forest Inventory estimates of tree cover using Landsat-derived land cover data as auxiliary information, Canadian Journal of Forest Research
- Robson, B., et al. (2025) Charcoal carbon pools and their persistence in boreal forest soils, Northwest Territories, Canada, Canadian Journal of Forest Research
- Kouhgardi, E., et al. (2025) The future of northern Canadian land use in the age of climate change, European Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences
- Hermosilla, T., et al. (2025) Expansion of treed area over Canada's forested ecosystems: spatial and temporal trends, Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research
- Correia, D.L.P., et al. (2024) Extending Canadian forest disturbance history maps prior to 1985, Ecosphere
- Michael A Wulder, et al. (2024) Development and implementation of a stand-level satellite-based forest inventory for Canada, Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research
- Luc Guindon, et al. (2024) A new approach for Spatializing the CAnadian National Forest Inventory (SCANFI) using Landsat dense time series, Canadian Journal of Forest Research
- David A. Hill (2024) Human Impact Land Use Layer from the Canadian Forest Service National Forest Inventory, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
- J.M. Metsaranta, et al. (2024) Climate sensitive growth and yield models in Canadian forestry: Challenges and opportunities, The Forestry Chronicle
- Ariane Mirabel, et al. (2023) Increasing atmospheric dryness reduces boreal forest tree growth, Nature Communications
- Richard Massey, et al. (2023) Forest composition change and biophysical climate feedbacks across boreal North America, Nature Climate Change
- James C.Maltmana, et al. (2023) Estimating and mapping forest age across Canada's forested ecosystems, Remote Sensing of Environment
- Paul M Montesano et al. (2023) Patterns of regional site index across a North American boreal forest gradient, Environmental Research LETTERS
- Xinli Chen, et al. (2023) Tree diversity increases decadal forest soil carbon and nitrogen accrual,Nature
- Jiejie Wang, et al. (2023) Warming-induced tree growth may help offset increasing disturbance across the Canadian boreal forest, PNAS Ecology
- Clémentine Ols, et al. (2023) Detrending climate data prior to climate–growth analyses in dendroecology: A common best practice?, Dendrochronologia
- Martin P. Girardin, et al. (2022) Cold-season freeze frequency is a pervasive driver of subcontinental forest growth, PNAS Ecology
- TxominHermosilla et al. (2022) Mapping the presence and distribution of tree species in Canada's forested ecosystems, Remote Sensing of Environment
- Chelene C. Hanes, et al. (2021) Dead and down woody debris fuel loads in Canadian forests, International Journal of Wildland Fire
- Michael A Wulder, et al. (2020) Satellite-based time series land cover and change information to map forest area consistent with national and international reporting requirements, Forestry
- Suzanne W. Simard, et al. (2020) Harvest Intensity Effects on Carbon Stocks and Biodiversity Are Dependent on Regional Climate in Douglas-Fir Forests of British Columbia, Frontiers in Forest and Global Change
- Beaudoin, A., et al. (2018) Tracking forest attributes across Canada between 2001 and 2011 using a k nearest neighbors mapping approach applied to MODIS imagery
- Steen, M., et al. (2017) Updating Canada’s National Forest Inventory with multiple imputations of missing contemporary data, The Forestry Chronicle
- Martin P. Girardin, et al. (2016) No growth stimulation of Canada’s boreal forest under half-century of combined warming and CO2 fertilization, PNAS Ecology
- Shaw, C. H., et al. (2013) Evaluation of simulated estimates of forest ecosystem carbon stocks using ground plot data from Canada's National Forest Inventory
- Magnussen, S.and Russo, G., (2012) Uncertainty in photo-interpreted forest inventory variables and effects on estimates of error in Canada's National Forest Inventory
- Wulder, M., et al. (2009) Monitoring Canada's forests. Part 1: Completion of the EOSD land cover project
- Falkowski, M. J., et al. (2009) Supporting large-area, sample-based forest inventories with very high spatial resolution satellite imagery
- Boudewyn, P. A., et al. (2007) Model-based, volume-to-biomass conversion for forested and vegetated land in Canada
- Gillis, M. D., et al. (2005) Monitoring Canada's forests: The National Forest Inventory, The Forestry Chronicle