Table 5.2. Area (1000 ha) of forest land by forest type, age class and boreal zone in Canada.
Boreal zone Forest type Age (years) Total
1-20 21-40 41-60 61-80 81-100 101-120 121-140 141-160 161-180 181-200 201+ Other1
Non-boreal Treed Coniferous 2 803.85 3 470.49 4 055.59 5 430.90 4 684.73 4 064.47 3 484.70 2 302.41 1 811.63 1 633.06 11 793.89 0.00 45 535.73
Treed Mixedwood 2 189.49 2 174.83 4 510.70 3 995.30 3 022.81 636.83 337.37 107.67 38.26 30.63 26.04 0.00 17 069.93
Treed Broadleaf 1 538.00 1 325.03 3 899.90 3 213.28 3 441.81 644.42 300.97 137.25 36.96 4.32 11.49 0.00 14 553.43
Non-treed 12.26 0.13 1.86 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3 399.42 3 413.67
Subtotal 6 543.60 6 970.48 12 468.05 12 639.48 11 149.35 5 345.72 4 123.03 2 547.33 1 886.85 1 668.01 11 831.42 3 399.42 80 572.76
Boreal Treed Coniferous 7 051.47 10 676.29 14 480.41 26 082.47 61 195.64 48 992.33 14 470.91 3 871.08 1 970.09 567.15 2 985.40 0.00 192 343.24
Treed Mixedwood 3 963.57 3 477.30 4 963.81 8 077.12 13 229.41 3 142.20 796.22 347.99 122.30 14.88 105.52 0.00 38 240.33
Treed Broadleaf 1 810.14 2 328.67 5 618.09 6 953.46 4 210.53 1 459.59 370.98 63.30 29.89 0.21 17.52 0.00 22 862.38
Non-treed 20.96 47.82 21.27 25.12 47.48 3.85 1.12 0.00 5.55 0.00 0.00 16 798.73 16 971.89
Subtotal 12 846.13 16 530.08 25 083.58 41 138.18 78 683.06 53 597.97 15 639.22 4 282.37 2 127.82 582.25 3 108.44 16 798.73 270 417.83
Canada Treed Coniferous 9 855.32 14 146.79 18 536.00 31 513.37 65 880.37 53 056.80 17 955.61 6 173.48 3 781.72 2 200.21 14 779.29 0.00 237 878.96
Treed Mixedwood 6 153.06 5 652.14 9 474.51 12 072.42 16 252.22 3 779.03 1 133.58 455.67 160.56 45.52 131.56 0.00 55 310.26
Treed Broadleaf 3 348.14 3 653.70 9 517.99 10 166.74 7 652.35 2 104.02 671.95 200.55 66.84 4.53 29.01 0.00 37 415.81
Non-treed 33.22 47.95 23.13 25.12 47.48 3.85 1.12 0.00 5.55 0.00 0.00 20 198.15 20 385.56
Total 19 389.73 23 500.57 37 551.63 53 777.65 89 832.41 58 943.69 19 762.26 6 829.70 4 014.68 2 250.25 14 939.86 20 198.15 350 990.59
Source: Canada's National Forest Inventory, revised 2006 baseline (Version 3, December 2013) (http://nfi.nfis.org)
Note: The Non-boreal zone in the Arctic ecozones (Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Southern Arctic) are not inventoried. The total land and water area amounts to approximately 252,202.08 thousand ha.
1 Missing or unknown age class.