Table 15.2. Total tree volume (million m3) on forest land by forest type, age class, and boreal zone in Canada.
Boreal zone Forest type 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 Non-treed 0.45 0.33 0.39 3.89 0.02 0.10 0.01 0.08 - 0.02 - 0.00 5.29
Treed Broadleaf 69.48 262.97 567.86 678.59 694.83 214.24 71.28 33.71 4.96 14.30 13.39 - 2 625.60
Treed Mixedwood 71.07 229.45 602.66 676.51 675.24 271.95 129.27 86.78 15.36 8.51 19.74 - 2 786.54
Treed Coniferous 73.42 416.97 783.69 963.90 1 274.02 1 076.77 1 196.26 987.11 630.85 486.56 5 851.15 - 13 740.69
Subtotal 214.41 909.71 1 954.61 2 322.89 2 644.11 1 563.06 1 396.82 1 107.67 651.17 509.40 5 884.27 0.00 19 158.12
Boreal Non-treed 1.36 1.75 6.19 20.73 26.30 31.67 5.66 0.47 0.25 0.17 0.09 0.00 94.63
Treed Mixedwood 163.33 395.66 524.57 1 016.05 932.76 875.80 416.06 132.59 40.09 19.80 14.78 - 4 531.49
Treed Broadleaf 152.48 322.54 630.87 1 337.54 1 130.41 668.98 232.99 82.14 11.52 4.36 0.83 - 4 574.66
Treed Coniferous 253.22 1 173.32 1 891.76 3 145.82 3 492.56 6 053.14 4 468.63 1 558.77 488.38 112.04 523.52 0.00 23 161.14
Subtotal 570.39 1 893.26 3 053.39 5 520.13 5 582.03 7 629.60 5 123.34 1 773.96 540.24 136.37 539.22 0.00 32 361.92
Canada Non-treed 1.80 2.08 6.58 24.62 26.32 31.76 5.68 0.54 0.25 0.19 0.09 0.00 99.92
Treed Broadleaf 221.96 585.50 1 198.74 2 016.12 1 825.24 883.22 304.26 115.84 16.49 18.66 14.22 - 7 200.26
Treed Mixedwood 234.40 625.11 1 127.23 1 692.56 1 608.00 1 147.76 545.33 219.37 55.45 28.31 34.51 - 7 318.03
Treed Coniferous 326.64 1 590.28 2 675.45 4 109.71 4 766.58 7 129.91 5 664.88 2 545.87 1 119.23 598.60 6 374.67 0.00 36 901.84
Total 784.80 2 802.98 5 007.99 7 843.02 8 226.13 9 192.65 6 520.16 2 881.63 1 191.41 645.77 6 423.49 0.00 51 520.04
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.