Table 14.0. Area (1000 ha) of forest land by species group and age class in Canada.
Species group 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
Spruce 3 466.74 8 514.96 13 155.97 24 561.67 63 722.11 47 611.97 13 988.18 3 596.12 1 768.46 830.44 3 303.74 0.00 184 520.36
Poplar 2 489.20 3 568.21 8 250.92 12 912.39 8 681.50 2 184.89 683.44 154.13 63.07 10.32 59.73 0.00 39 057.81
Pine 3 982.59 3 810.37 4 265.71 5 952.36 6 064.51 3 261.11 2 560.66 1 458.66 797.01 336.75 697.64 0.00 33 187.36
Unclassified 1 019.66 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20 195.33 21 214.99
Fir 979.17 1 877.59 2 722.48 2 605.12 2 695.25 1 239.90 936.90 791.14 814.55 701.98 4 765.54 0.00 20 129.63
Birch 750.69 1 670.75 3 685.06 3 491.86 2 554.83 481.56 177.54 22.80 8.38 1.54 1.88 0.00 12 846.89
Maple 563.18 594.64 3 072.68 1 558.26 2 051.32 442.12 230.06 123.83 24.77 19.16 1.25 0.00 8 681.26
Hemlock 33.55 436.27 349.15 348.28 248.43 195.26 182.18 137.52 99.53 97.01 3 486.01 0.00 5 613.18
Unspecified conifers 3 774.76 1 588.70 125.41 7.24 0.73 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5 496.83
Larch 787.40 384.24 752.59 1 056.01 1 064.30 559.86 254.58 116.36 141.07 14.31 67.79 0.00 5 198.51
Douglas-fir 51.21 331.79 403.35 601.91 691.86 747.32 661.37 342.58 234.88 140.21 671.50 0.00 4 877.98
Cedar & other conifers 82.84 283.54 363.98 297.94 330.89 182.45 101.24 72.54 52.19 98.26 1 929.75 0.00 3 795.62
Other hardwoods 262.23 324.63 386.75 399.97 199.13 112.17 14.31 5.99 1.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 1 706.36
Unspecified hardwoods 1 113.73 120.72 12.98 1.55 < 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1 248.99
Total 19 356.92 23 506.43 37 547.03 53 794.55 88 304.85 57 018.62 19 790.45 6 821.66 4 005.10 2 249.98 14 984.85 20 195.33 347 575.78
Source: Canada's National Forest Inventory, revised 2006 baseline (Version 3, December 2013) (http://nfi.nfis.org)
Note: The Arctic ecozones (Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Southern Arctic), and the Taiga Plains and Hudson Plains ecozones located in Nunavut, are not inventoried. These non-inventoried areas total 262,189.89 thousand ha.
1 Missing or unknown age class.