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 1 217.43 63 443.80 217.20 398.95 787.76 20 152.96 831.22 87 049.32
Boreal 4 901.81 216 249.35 49 153.60 579.26 7 839.78 4 356.92 2 417.73 285 498.46
Canada 6 119.24 279 693.15 49 370.80 978.22 8 627.54 24 509.89 3 248.95 372 547.78
Source: Canada's National Forest Inventory, combined remeasured (2007-2017) and projected (2006-2017 with NFI projection system) data< (Version 3, November 2023) (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.