Table 5.2. Area (1000 ha) of forest land by forest type, age class and boreal zone in Canada.
Boreal zone Forest type Age (years) Total
1-20 21-40 41-60 61-80 81-100 101-120 121-140 141-160 161-180 181-200 201+ Other1
Non-boreal Non-treed 13.03 6.46 15.07 19.71 0.36 1.21 0.09 0.31 - 0.07 - 4 151.51 4 207.82
Treed Broadleaf 1 265.89 2 706.30 3 755.55 3 795.54 3 349.48 924.44 208.96 93.97 19.66 19.34 24.06 - 16 163.21
Treed Mixedwood 1 645.54 2 504.70 3 926.88 3 763.98 3 202.16 1 049.46 438.72 235.81 43.97 20.90 43.69 - 16 875.81
Treed Coniferous 3 671.38 4 987.41 4 288.97 4 568.84 5 168.26 3 836.70 4 112.17 3 009.04 1 946.03 1 684.02 12 529.65 - 49 802.48
Subtotal 6 595.84 10 204.88 11 986.47 12 148.07 11 720.28 5 811.82 4 759.94 3 339.13 2 009.65 1 724.33 12 597.41 4 151.51 87 049.32
Boreal Non-treed 102.29 193.25 241.07 278.62 306.01 203.67 26.09 4.25 1.29 1.54 0.47 12 606.62 13 965.18
Treed Broadleaf 3 368.86 3 400.22 4 221.13 6 246.52 5 117.98 3 318.71 734.90 215.35 31.45 9.24 3.53 - 26 667.90
Treed Mixedwood 3 871.91 4 750.51 4 338.46 6 419.79 5 599.05 5 546.27 2 212.77 471.55 134.57 43.72 73.10 - 33 461.71
Treed Coniferous 7 572.41 19 562.26 25 722.26 29 147.80 30 710.08 42 567.27 37 496.96 12 232.05 2 312.14 573.36 3 504.67 2.42 211 403.67
Subtotal 14 915.48 27 906.24 34 522.92 42 092.72 41 733.13 51 635.92 40 470.73 12 923.20 2 479.45 627.87 3 581.77 12 609.03 285 498.46
Canada Non-treed 115.31 199.71 256.14 298.33 306.38 204.88 26.18 4.56 1.29 1.61 0.47 16 758.13 18 172.99
Treed Broadleaf 4 634.76 6 106.52 7 976.68 10 042.06 8 467.47 4 243.15 943.87 309.32 51.11 28.58 27.59 - 42 831.11
Treed Mixedwood 5 517.45 7 255.21 8 265.34 10 183.78 8 801.22 6 595.73 2 651.49 707.36 178.54 64.62 116.80 - 50 337.52
Treed Coniferous 11 243.80 24 549.67 30 011.23 33 716.64 35 878.35 46 403.97 41 609.14 15 241.08 4 258.16 2 257.38 16 034.32 2.42 261 206.16
Subtotal 21 511.32 38 111.12 46 509.39 54 240.80 53 453.40 57 447.73 45 230.68 16 262.33 4 489.10 2 352.20 16 179.17 16 760.54 372 547.78
Source: Canada's National Forest Inventory, combined remeasured (2007-2017) and projected (2006-2017 with NFI projection system) data< (Version 3, November 2023) (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 or unknown age class.