Table 3.2. Area (1000 ha) of non-vegetated land by landscape position and boreal zone in Canada.
Boreal zone Alpine Upland Wetland Other1 Total
Non-boreal 11 951.40 16 731.06 139.09 0.00 28 821.54
Boreal 9 296.39 23 485.61 453.24 0.00 33 235.24
Canada 21 247.78 40 216.66 592.33 0.00 62 056.78
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, unknown or other landscape positions.