Table 3.2b. Confidence interval (1000 ha) of area of non-vegetated land by landscape position and boreal zones in Canada.
Boreal zone Alpine Upland Wetland Other1 Total
Non-boreal ±1 098.81 ±1 016.87 ±55.70 - ±1 498.16
Boreal ±963.17 ±1 133.38 ±143.26 - ±1 494.25
Canada ±1 461.19 ±1 522.69 ±153.71 - ±2 115.96
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.