Table 2.2. Area (1000 ha) of vegetated land by landscape position and boreal zone in Canada.
Boreal zone Treed Non-treed Other1 Total
Upland Wetland Total Alpine Upland Wetland Total
Non-boreal 83 030.54 2 661.05 85 691.59 969.25 54 029.76 5 716.86 60 715.87 - 193 784.02
Boreal 238 875.75 56 200.80 295 076.54 3 176.03 98 151.66 51 497.47 152 825.16 - 551 982.44
Canada 321 906.29 58 861.85 380 768.13 4 145.28 152 181.42 57 214.33 213 541.03 - 745 766.46
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 landscape positions.