Table 17.2. Total above-ground biomass (million tonnes) 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 Treed Coniferous 50.56 279.81 482.02 585.34 747.72 621.52 684.91 557.45 351.61 282.58 3 139.24 0.00 7 782.75
Treed Broadleaf 41.50 161.07 391.25 477.15 488.05 141.61 41.26 18.87 3.31 5.54 7.40 0.00 1 777.02
Treed Mixedwood 42.51 147.67 389.54 437.81 432.03 163.03 75.21 45.78 8.66 4.77 10.16 0.00 1 757.17
Non-treed 0.11 0.18 0.20 2.27 <0.01 0.06 0.00 <0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 26.55 29.36
Subtotal 134.68 588.74 1 263.00 1 502.57 1 667.80 926.22 801.37 622.09 363.58 292.89 3 156.80 26.55 11 346.30
Boreal Treed Coniferous 138.90 637.41 1 175.49 1 911.08 2 134.57 3 490.20 2 710.83 1 181.20 281.61 65.22 313.80 0.00 14 040.31
Treed Mixedwood 88.46 231.93 317.26 617.63 547.67 457.40 242.86 74.24 21.31 9.37 9.34 0.00 2 617.48
Treed Broadleaf 79.05 180.76 364.43 766.49 641.83 391.37 125.27 43.05 5.86 2.06 0.53 0.00 2 600.68
Non-treed 1.22 2.17 6.83 13.83 15.57 18.09 3.19 0.26 0.15 0.10 0.06 69.36 130.86
Subtotal 307.62 1 052.28 1 864.01 3 309.03 3 339.65 4 357.07 3 082.15 1 298.74 308.93 76.76 323.73 69.36 19 389.33
Canada Treed Coniferous 189.45 917.23 1 657.51 2 496.42 2 882.29 4 111.72 3 395.74 1 738.64 633.22 347.80 3 453.04 0.00 21 823.06
Treed Broadleaf 120.55 341.83 755.67 1 243.64 1 129.88 532.98 166.53 61.92 9.17 7.60 7.93 0.00 4 377.69
Treed Mixedwood 130.98 379.60 706.80 1 055.44 979.71 620.44 318.07 120.02 29.97 14.14 19.50 0.00 4 374.66
Non-treed 1.32 2.36 7.03 16.10 15.58 18.15 3.19 0.26 0.15 0.10 0.06 95.92 160.22
Total 442.30 1 641.02 3 127.01 4 811.60 5 007.45 5 283.29 3 883.52 1 920.83 672.51 369.64 3 480.53 95.92 30 735.63
Source: Canada's National Forest Inventory, combined remeasured (2007-2017) and projected (2006-2017 with NFI projection system) data (Version 2, November 2022) (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.