Table 16.2. Total tree volume (million m3) 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 Unclassified 2.45 3.60 0.17 0.20 0.10 0.17 - - - - - 0.00 6.68
Unspecified hardwoods 30.75 18.60 19.50 3.75 9.28 0.39 0.14 - - - - 0.00 82.41
Unspecified conifers 29.38 34.49 13.06 5.26 1.21 - - - - - - 0.00 83.41
Larch 1.01 6.12 16.50 21.92 40.06 31.49 24.25 11.59 5.81 2.97 20.89 - 182.60
Other hardwoods 1.75 18.74 67.35 73.49 48.85 16.45 3.17 0.72 0.01 1.90 6.91 - 239.35
Birch 14.00 89.27 186.20 211.47 260.67 87.33 18.25 9.88 0.25 0.43 0.81 - 878.57
Poplar 42.33 179.93 256.39 299.57 268.87 144.88 78.03 43.82 3.97 13.30 14.98 - 1 346.09
Cedar & other conifers 2.85 18.28 58.80 51.97 62.69 46.70 22.20 23.76 24.15 35.16 1 125.89 - 1 472.45
Maple 15.47 62.65 360.18 450.08 448.51 109.83 17.79 6.19 4.80 - 0.76 0.00 1 476.25
Douglas-fir 1.97 26.57 120.54 175.00 234.62 304.29 321.91 243.58 80.26 66.81 343.24 - 1 918.79
Pine 24.55 137.77 152.87 279.49 568.58 401.46 402.10 256.37 114.91 64.98 139.50 - 2 542.57
Fir 21.07 138.16 267.49 233.28 195.04 121.07 124.50 175.60 179.28 152.10 1 240.13 - 2 847.73
Spruce 21.41 114.26 290.35 372.81 350.61 219.87 298.33 285.23 169.52 131.16 776.20 0.00 3 029.74
Hemlock 5.41 61.30 145.22 144.59 155.02 79.13 86.14 50.93 68.21 40.59 2 214.96 - 3 051.49
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 Unclassified 4.60 2.57 0.02 0.07 0.06 0.03 0.06 0.12 0.04 - - 0.00 7.55
Other hardwoods 0.75 1.49 4.01 4.49 6.20 4.53 0.96 0.84 0.14 0.10 - 0.00 23.51
Cedar & other conifers 0.09 0.23 1.56 4.44 8.44 11.40 6.03 3.12 0.81 - - - 36.12
Unspecified hardwoods 36.15 13.88 0.39 0.02 - - <0.01 - - - - - 50.44
Maple 0.15 2.67 17.53 27.05 15.18 0.27 - - - - - - 62.84
Unspecified conifers 86.39 101.39 17.54 2.40 0.25 - - - - - - 0.00 207.97
Larch 7.79 40.35 101.91 131.03 120.03 93.13 56.54 28.14 5.01 1.36 2.29 0.00 587.58
Birch 31.23 112.81 197.79 233.68 155.92 202.15 17.95 4.59 0.66 0.96 1.07 0.00 958.82
Fir 17.38 137.38 195.88 183.60 286.48 135.95 144.53 93.48 72.85 28.47 122.79 0.00 1 418.80
Pine 146.70 491.88 454.80 721.78 497.12 488.80 384.42 194.78 83.17 19.86 55.92 0.00 3 539.22
Poplar 166.14 385.83 697.14 1 684.64 1 518.92 693.14 340.14 112.31 17.68 6.41 5.98 0.00 5 628.33
Spruce 73.04 602.78 1 364.83 2 526.94 2 973.44 6 000.20 4 172.70 1 336.58 359.87 79.21 351.15 0.00 19 840.73
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 Unclassified 7.04 6.17 0.19 0.27 0.15 0.20 0.06 0.12 0.04 - - 0.00 14.24
Unspecified hardwoods 66.90 32.48 19.89 3.77 9.28 0.39 0.15 - - - - 0.00 132.85
Other hardwoods 2.50 20.23 71.36 77.98 55.05 20.98 4.13 1.56 0.15 2.00 6.91 0.00 262.85
Unspecified conifers 115.78 135.88 30.60 7.66 1.46 - - - - - - 0.00 291.38
Larch 8.80 46.47 118.40 152.95 160.09 124.63 80.79 39.73 10.81 4.33 23.19 0.00 770.18
Cedar & other conifers 2.94 18.50 60.36 56.41 71.13 58.11 28.22 26.87 24.96 35.16 1 125.89 - 1 508.57
Maple 15.62 65.31 377.71 477.13 463.69 110.09 17.79 6.19 4.80 - 0.76 0.00 1 539.09
Birch 45.23 202.09 383.99 445.15 416.59 289.47 36.20 14.48 0.91 1.39 1.89 0.00 1 837.39
Douglas-fir 1.97 26.57 120.54 175.00 234.62 304.29 321.91 243.58 80.26 66.81 343.24 - 1 918.79
Hemlock 5.41 61.30 145.22 144.59 155.02 79.13 86.14 50.93 68.21 40.59 2 214.96 - 3 051.49
Fir 38.45 275.54 463.37 416.89 481.52 257.02 269.04 269.09 252.14 180.57 1 362.92 0.00 4 266.53
Pine 171.24 629.65 607.67 1 001.26 1 065.69 890.26 786.52 451.14 198.09 84.84 195.43 0.00 6 081.79
Poplar 208.46 565.76 953.53 1 984.22 1 787.79 838.02 418.17 156.14 21.65 19.71 20.97 0.00 6 974.42
Spruce 94.44 717.04 1 655.17 2 899.75 3 324.05 6 220.07 4 471.02 1 621.81 529.39 210.37 1 127.35 0.00 22 870.46
Subtotal 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, 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.