Table 14.2b. Confidence interval (1000 ha) of area 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 ±25.57 ±20.11 ±35.27 ±47.95 ±60.32 ±58.38 ±63.06 ±28.71 ±16.53 ±12.09 ±33.51 - ±134.13
Unspecified hardwoods ±105.52 ±51.53 ±39.31 ±22.20 ±21.58 ±2.90 ±0.96 - - - - ±0.14 ±127.68
Unspecified conifers ±116.34 ±82.11 ±38.17 ±26.95 ±3.85 - - - - - - ±3.36 ±149.96
Other hardwoods ±14.96 ±37.97 ±77.82 ±74.49 ±55.96 ±28.31 ±8.19 ±5.46 ±0.38 ±5.15 ±10.04 - ±132.01
Cedar & other conifers ±29.91 ±53.79 ±73.52 ±55.77 ±51.01 ±41.07 ±24.03 ±29.65 ±35.66 ±55.70 ±362.84 - ±392.52
Unclassified ±24.84 ±27.62 ±2.18 ±2.63 ±1.22 ±2.24 - - - - - ±397.53 ±399.29
Douglas-fir ±64.75 ±73.62 ±113.19 ±112.04 ±143.94 ±157.98 ±168.05 ±148.69 ±81.53 ±74.25 ±209.24 - ±432.37
Birch ±57.99 ±153.27 ±167.38 ±160.96 ±186.66 ±127.35 ±24.11 ±25.49 ±1.33 ±1.44 ±2.60 - ±364.81
Hemlock ±75.45 ±112.51 ±107.43 ±83.13 ±81.82 ±55.74 ±55.74 ±45.29 ±46.73 ±54.62 ±458.07 - ±516.49
Poplar ±143.93 ±194.97 ±169.33 ±188.94 ±182.89 ±114.54 ±56.87 ±44.13 ±9.83 ±14.69 ±20.99 - ±419.05
Maple ±65.43 ±98.16 ±252.88 ±292.71 ±262.72 ±121.26 ±35.29 ±16.18 ±31.30 - ±2.00 ±0.34 ±499.76
Fir ±120.49 ±166.12 ±161.38 ±166.55 ±148.08 ±124.58 ±113.91 ±151.12 ±137.02 ±146.78 ±436.31 - ±632.34
Pine ±257.26 ±246.68 ±162.82 ±223.49 ±311.04 ±237.38 ±198.47 ±165.03 ±105.45 ±82.04 ±149.11 - ±680.66
Spruce ±152.92 ±214.32 ±209.00 ±205.75 ±179.75 ±126.79 ±176.54 ±123.71 ±84.38 ±74.98 ±270.66 ±0.12 ±579.81
Subtotal ±411.57 ±488.36 ±506.89 ±546.77 ±570.58 ±407.39 ±352.94 ±306.80 ±220.16 ±214.21 ±820.24 ±397.55 ±1 612.20
Boreal Other hardwoods ±15.00 ±22.35 ±26.15 ±12.38 ±24.60 ±19.82 ±6.31 ±7.77 ±2.92 ±1.02 - ±6.20 ±52.03
Cedar & other conifers ±2.21 ±6.58 ±13.34 ±15.55 ±24.07 ±29.10 ±21.20 ±14.49 ±15.30 - - - ±52.79
Maple ±5.75 ±29.46 ±74.15 ±84.96 ±52.73 ±1.79 - - - - - - ±128.07
Unspecified hardwoods ±139.68 ±50.25 ±4.92 ±0.67 - - ±0.29 - - - - - ±148.53
Unspecified conifers ±285.63 ±213.29 ±74.27 ±18.71 ±1.81 - - - - - - ±2.44 ±364.63
Birch ±181.69 ±201.50 ±236.91 ±200.68 ±136.40 ±202.89 ±33.69 ±10.68 ±2.59 ±3.79 ±9.60 ±3.14 ±480.78
Larch ±104.24 ±146.62 ±175.96 ±202.78 ±189.80 ±154.91 ±90.27 ±115.72 ±30.75 ±11.19 ±21.41 ±17.96 ±433.42
Fir ±91.59 ±210.80 ±226.01 ±220.45 ±256.80 ±202.92 ±172.97 ±131.40 ±122.14 ±66.69 ±247.82 ±5.32 ±622.59
Unclassified ±96.47 ±31.63 ±2.92 ±4.53 ±1.40 ±0.71 ±2.10 ±1.49 ±0.25 - - ±774.34 ±780.99
Pine ±449.75 ±562.15 ±442.93 ±438.97 ±307.11 ±282.80 ±234.06 ±162.12 ±91.73 ±37.33 ±111.59 ±5.94 ±1 088.49
Poplar ±353.07 ±335.69 ±399.05 ±607.37 ±559.82 ±315.86 ±200.09 ±107.71 ±24.14 ±12.79 ±26.05 ±1.08 ±1 109.83
Spruce ±292.18 ±685.38 ±913.67 ±955.39 ±1 044.31 ±1 612.84 ±1 396.33 ±736.84 ±244.64 ±106.87 ±382.29 ±42.36 ±2 950.66
Subtotal ±758.44 ±1 027.33 ±1 157.71 ±1 269.78 ±1 273.91 ±1 699.58 ±1 443.70 ±782.22 ±291.48 ±132.54 ±470.37 ±775.78 ±3 566.01
Canada Other hardwoods ±21.18 ±44.06 ±82.10 ±75.51 ±61.13 ±34.56 ±10.34 ±9.50 ±2.94 ±5.25 ±10.04 ±6.20 ±141.90
Unspecified hardwoods ±175.06 ±71.98 ±39.62 ±22.21 ±21.58 ±2.90 ±1.00 - - - - ±0.14 ±195.87
Cedar & other conifers ±29.99 ±54.19 ±74.72 ±57.90 ±56.41 ±50.34 ±32.05 ±33.00 ±38.80 ±55.70 ±362.84 - ±396.06
Unspecified conifers ±308.42 ±228.55 ±83.50 ±32.81 ±4.26 - - - - - - ±4.15 ±394.26
Douglas-fir ±64.75 ±73.62 ±113.19 ±112.04 ±143.94 ±157.98 ±168.05 ±148.69 ±81.53 ±74.25 ±209.24 - ±432.37
Hemlock ±75.45 ±112.51 ±107.43 ±83.13 ±81.82 ±55.74 ±55.74 ±45.29 ±46.73 ±54.62 ±458.07 - ±516.49
Maple ±65.68 ±102.48 ±263.53 ±304.80 ±267.96 ±121.28 ±35.29 ±16.18 ±31.30 - ±2.00 ±0.34 ±515.91
Larch ±107.33 ±148.00 ±179.46 ±208.37 ±199.16 ±165.55 ±110.11 ±119.22 ±34.91 ±16.48 ±39.76 ±17.96 ±453.70
Birch ±190.72 ±253.17 ±290.07 ±257.26 ±231.19 ±239.55 ±41.43 ±27.63 ±2.91 ±4.06 ±9.95 ±3.14 ±603.52
Unclassified ±99.62 ±41.99 ±3.65 ±5.24 ±1.86 ±2.35 ±2.10 ±1.49 ±0.25 - - ±870.42 ±877.14
Fir ±151.35 ±268.39 ±277.71 ±276.29 ±296.44 ±238.11 ±207.11 ±200.26 ±183.56 ±161.22 ±501.79 ±5.32 ±887.39
Poplar ±381.28 ±388.20 ±433.49 ±636.08 ±588.94 ±335.98 ±208.02 ±116.40 ±26.07 ±19.48 ±33.45 ±1.08 ±1 186.30
Pine ±518.13 ±613.89 ±471.91 ±492.59 ±437.11 ±369.22 ±306.88 ±231.34 ±139.76 ±90.13 ±186.24 ±5.94 ±1 283.79
Spruce ±329.78 ±718.11 ±937.26 ±977.29 ±1 059.67 ±1 617.82 ±1 407.45 ±747.15 ±258.79 ±130.55 ±468.40 ±42.36 ±3 007.09
Total ±862.91 ±1 137.50 ±1 263.82 ±1 382.49 ±1 395.86 ±1 747.72 ±1 486.21 ±840.23 ±365.28 ±251.90 ±945.53 ±871.71 ±3 913.52
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 or unknown age class.