Table 14.2. Area (1000 ha) of forest land by species group, age class and boreal zone in Canada.
Boreal zone 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
Non-boreal Larch 57.34 72.76 130.30 143.54 152.98 110.01 97.64 42.54 21.54 13.03 66.39 - 908.09
Unspecified hardwoods 568.26 198.59 121.35 25.17 47.72 2.26 0.49 - - - - 0.07 963.91
Unspecified conifers 632.85 369.00 94.43 34.82 6.76 - - - - - - 2.25 1 140.11
Other hardwoods 42.25 211.80 390.23 389.00 212.98 54.59 10.58 4.18 0.19 2.62 13.17 - 1 331.59
Cedar & other conifers 83.47 182.92 329.18 266.18 277.95 172.74 73.83 63.42 71.86 133.32 2 141.19 - 3 796.06
Unclassified 40.93 54.01 1.37 1.67 0.62 1.14 - - - - - 4 148.95 4 248.68
Douglas-fir 196.33 210.48 382.37 425.18 697.07 837.19 876.47 716.71 278.51 227.08 935.12 - 5 782.49
Birch 332.46 1 037.37 1 280.52 1 222.25 1 381.00 446.04 62.72 34.13 0.99 0.88 1.71 - 5 800.08
Hemlock 214.26 367.67 388.15 284.19 334.48 187.03 204.31 121.73 168.00 112.92 3 598.00 - 5 980.75
Poplar 894.51 1 760.74 1 612.98 1 496.12 1 109.28 423.27 205.28 105.14 12.16 18.73 28.88 - 7 667.10
Maple 268.77 704.65 2 444.95 2 718.02 2 285.36 538.44 71.76 24.12 20.74 - 1.43 0.17 9 078.41
Fir 560.57 1 468.83 1 691.03 1 320.01 1 046.04 595.42 578.55 678.21 658.20 615.33 3 394.49 - 12 606.70
Pine 1 636.22 1 770.88 1 009.42 1 526.59 2 316.70 1 514.51 1 309.46 777.91 340.17 243.47 584.03 - 13 029.36
Spruce 1 067.62 1 795.18 2 110.20 2 295.33 1 851.34 929.17 1 268.85 771.02 437.29 356.94 1 833.01 0.06 14 716.02
Subtotal 6 595.84 10 204.88 11 986.47 12 148.07 11 720.28 5 811.82 4 759.94 3 339.13 2 009.65 1 724.33 12 597.41 4 151.51 87 049.32
Boreal Other hardwoods 21.36 35.44 57.48 37.45 65.58 52.11 6.09 5.96 1.73 0.52 - 4.34 288.06
Cedar & other conifers 1.62 6.54 30.18 53.38 68.22 77.46 45.24 23.04 10.56 - - - 316.24
Maple 7.04 40.58 129.35 177.20 64.19 1.13 - - - - - - 419.48
Unspecified hardwoods 685.42 172.98 5.88 0.38 - - 0.15 - - - - - 864.81
Unspecified conifers 1 826.36 1 277.30 168.20 25.53 1.75 - - - - - - 1.24 3 300.38
Birch 1 180.87 1 703.78 1 904.79 1 592.53 995.63 1 079.64 100.24 19.34 3.42 2.83 5.26 2.56 8 590.88
Larch 407.89 1 115.54 1 850.17 1 905.27 1 561.86 1 021.10 508.73 335.77 53.81 18.00 21.94 14.55 8 814.64
Fir 332.38 1 526.45 1 745.31 1 517.67 2 338.04 1 062.24 1 005.32 571.08 437.73 187.57 1 186.22 4.42 11 914.43
Unclassified 87.20 39.91 2.51 2.90 1.00 0.36 1.09 0.76 0.13 - - 12 510.55 12 646.41
Pine 4 460.33 7 038.11 4 647.02 4 832.56 3 038.20 2 065.41 1 387.70 631.00 264.22 45.32 218.47 4.31 28 632.64
Poplar 3 408.46 3 828.19 4 500.58 8 312.60 7 432.88 3 127.28 1 034.50 314.61 42.28 14.71 27.48 0.74 32 044.31
Spruce 2 496.54 11 121.42 19 481.45 23 635.25 26 165.78 43 149.20 36 381.66 11 021.67 1 665.57 358.91 2 122.40 66.33 177 666.18
Subtotal 14 915.48 27 906.24 34 522.92 42 092.72 41 733.13 51 635.92 40 470.73 12 923.20 2 479.45 627.87 3 581.77 12 609.03 285 498.46
Canada Other hardwoods 63.61 247.24 447.71 426.45 278.56 106.69 16.67 10.14 1.93 3.14 13.17 4.34 1 619.64
Unspecified hardwoods 1 253.68 371.56 127.23 25.55 47.72 2.26 0.64 - - - - 0.07 1 828.72
Cedar & other conifers 85.08 189.46 359.36 319.56 346.16 250.20 119.07 86.46 82.42 133.32 2 141.19 - 4 112.29
Unspecified conifers 2 459.20 1 646.30 262.63 60.35 8.52 - - - - - - 3.49 4 440.49
Douglas-fir 196.33 210.48 382.37 425.18 697.07 837.19 876.47 716.71 278.51 227.08 935.12 - 5 782.49
Hemlock 214.26 367.67 388.15 284.19 334.48 187.03 204.31 121.73 168.00 112.92 3 598.00 - 5 980.75
Maple 275.81 745.23 2 574.29 2 895.22 2 349.54 539.58 71.76 24.12 20.74 - 1.43 0.17 9 497.89
Larch 465.24 1 188.30 1 980.47 2 048.82 1 714.84 1 131.11 606.38 378.31 75.35 31.03 88.33 14.55 9 722.72
Birch 1 513.34 2 741.15 3 185.32 2 814.78 2 376.64 1 525.68 162.96 53.47 4.41 3.71 6.97 2.56 14 390.96
Unclassified 128.13 93.92 3.88 4.57 1.62 1.50 1.09 0.76 0.13 - - 16 659.51 16 895.09
Fir 892.95 2 995.28 3 436.34 2 837.68 3 384.09 1 657.66 1 583.87 1 249.29 1 095.93 802.90 4 580.72 4.42 24 521.13
Poplar 4 302.97 5 588.93 6 113.57 9 808.72 8 542.17 3 550.55 1 239.79 419.75 54.43 33.44 56.35 0.74 39 711.41
Pine 6 096.56 8 808.99 5 656.44 6 359.15 5 354.90 3 579.91 2 697.16 1 408.91 604.39 288.79 802.49 4.31 41 662.00
Spruce 3 564.16 12 916.60 21 591.65 25 930.58 28 017.12 44 078.37 37 650.51 11 792.69 2 102.87 715.85 3 955.41 66.38 192 382.20
Subtotal 21 511.32 38 111.12 46 509.39 54 240.80 53 453.40 57 447.73 45 230.68 16 262.33 4 489.10 2 352.20 16 179.17 16 760.54 372 547.78
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 or unknown age class.