Table 3.2a. Relative standard errors (%) of area of non-vegetated land by landscape position and boreal zones in Canada.
Boreal zone Alpine Upland Wetland Other1 Total
Non-boreal 4.71 3.09 21.00 - 2.65
Boreal 5.29 2.48 16.28 - 2.31
Canada 3.52 1.94 13.42 - 1.75
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.