Table 12.2. Area (1000 ha) of forest land by ownership and boreal zone in Canada.
Boreal zone Ownership Total
Federal Provincial Territorial Municipal Indigenous Private Other1
Non-boreal 1 204.55 63 532.79 217.58 397.68 672.83 19 899.91 800.20 86 725.53
Boreal 4 928.36 215 558.67 48 746.24 586.01 7 816.89 4 321.04 2 353.59 284 310.80
Canada 6 132.90 279 091.46 48 963.82 983.68 8 489.72 24 220.95 3 153.79 371 036.33
Source: Canada's National Forest Inventory, combined remeasured (2007-2017) and projected (2006-2017 with NFI projection system) data (Version 2, November 2022) (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, unknown or other ownerships.