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 Treed Coniferous 3 621.89 4 967.34 4 265.33 4 565.75 5 155.14 3 820.77 4 090.30 2 980.97 1 931.26 1 667.55 12 448.02 0.00 49 514.33
Treed Mixedwood 1 643.78 2 500.53 3 901.89 3 748.98 3 200.99 1 039.34 435.20 225.40 44.06 20.96 41.21 0.00 16 802.33
Treed Broadleaf 1 265.55 2 692.32 3 742.98 3 785.72 3 330.98 904.41 201.22 88.38 19.67 13.69 24.05 0.00 16 068.99
Non-treed 13.03 6.46 15.06 19.72 0.37 1.21 0.05 0.17 0.00 0.06 0.00 4 283.75 4 339.87
Subtotal 6 544.26 10 166.66 11 925.26 12 120.16 11 687.48 5 765.72 4 726.77 3 294.92 1 995.00 1 702.26 12 513.28 4 283.75 86 725.53
Boreal Treed Coniferous 7 491.24 19 068.37 25 369.80 29 002.00 30 549.36 42 359.67 37 496.62 12 219.08 2 299.22 570.27 3 504.68 2.53 209 932.84
Treed Mixedwood 3 911.71 4 715.93 4 306.28 6 513.53 5 580.52 5 535.11 2 210.38 470.87 134.55 43.73 73.10 0.00 33 495.72
Treed Broadleaf 3 363.97 3 401.95 4 201.57 6 243.80 5 133.39 3 282.16 728.28 214.50 31.45 9.26 3.53 0.00 26 613.86
Non-treed 102.28 193.03 240.77 278.47 305.83 203.56 26.07 4.25 1.29 1.54 0.47 12 910.80 14 268.37
Subtotal 14 869.20 27 379.28 34 118.43 42 037.79 41 569.10 51 380.50 40 461.36 12 908.71 2 466.52 624.80 3 581.78 12 913.33 284 310.80
Canada Treed Coniferous 11 113.13 24 035.72 29 635.13 33 567.75 35 704.50 46 180.44 41 586.93 15 200.05 4 230.49 2 237.82 15 952.70 2.53 259 447.17
Treed Mixedwood 5 555.49 7 216.47 8 208.17 10 262.51 8 781.51 6 574.45 2 645.58 696.26 178.61 64.69 114.31 0.00 50 298.05
Treed Broadleaf 4 629.52 6 094.28 7 944.56 10 029.52 8 464.38 4 186.57 929.50 302.89 51.13 22.95 27.57 0.00 42 682.85
Non-treed 115.32 199.49 255.83 298.18 306.20 204.76 26.12 4.43 1.29 1.60 0.47 17 194.55 18 608.25
Total 21 413.45 37 545.95 46 043.69 54 157.95 53 256.58 57 146.22 45 188.13 16 203.63 4 461.52 2 327.06 16 095.05 17 197.08 371 036.33
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 or unknown age class.