Table 12.2a. Relative standard errors (%) of area of forest land by ownership and boreal zone in Canada.
Boreal zone Ownership Total
Federal Provincial Territorial Municipal Indigenous Private Other1
Non-boreal 15.45 1.41 16.76 22.34 15.79 2.74 18.10 1.25
Boreal 7.51 0.62 1.59 18.14 5.26 6.81 10.73 0.59
Canada 6.75 0.58 1.58 14.09 5.00 2.56 9.23 0.54
Source: Canada's National Forest Inventory, combined remeasured (2007-2017) and projected (2006-2017 with NFI projection system) data (Version 3.1, October 2025) (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.