Table 1.2b. Confidence interval (1000 ha) of area of land cover by boreal zone in Canada.
Boreal zone Vegetated Non-vegetated Other1 Total2
Treed Non-treed Total Land Water Total
Non-boreal ±1 602.60 ±1 450.99 ±2 161.87 ±1 451.44 ±1 108.90 ±1 826.57 - ±2 830.20
Boreal ±2 794.52 ±2 312.76 ±3 627.42 ±1 479.16 ±1 956.43 ±2 452.66 - ±4 378.78
Canada ±3 221.44 ±2 730.24 ±4 222.78 ±2 072.34 ±2 248.84 ±3 058.08 - ±5 213.81
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, unknown or other land covers.