Table 14.0. Area (1000 ha) of forest land by species group and age class in Canada.
Species group 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
Spruce 3 451.94 12 593.90 21 393.67 25 876.66 27 814.69 43 408.85 35 641.64 11 812.91 2 065.22 702.45 3 908.97 65.91 188 736.81
Pine 6 097.24 8 662.94 5 615.05 6 351.83 5 354.56 3 578.18 2 673.21 1 384.73 595.44 283.68 792.47 4.30 41 393.61
Poplar 4 320.45 5 575.94 6 059.67 9 753.24 8 391.74 3 481.04 1 217.62 412.81 54.06 27.96 55.72 0.73 39 350.99
Fir 867.90 2 916.39 3 265.58 2 780.58 3 376.43 1 643.20 1 599.13 1 235.64 1 086.84 794.12 4 592.47 4.39 24 162.67
Unclassified 127.74 91.83 1.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 17 077.13 17 297.80
Birch 1 496.85 2 705.73 3 162.47 2 794.40 2 364.42 751.63 159.09 51.35 4.37 3.68 7.02 2.54 13 503.54
Larch 458.79 1 171.85 1 937.76 2 026.31 1 705.92 1 159.33 600.01 365.23 75.28 30.75 87.14 14.45 9 632.82
Maple 276.54 748.43 2 587.49 2 907.36 2 361.89 542.58 72.26 24.26 20.96 0.00 1.51 0.17 9 543.45
Hemlock 226.67 390.33 406.03 298.94 341.76 191.24 208.78 124.81 171.09 115.08 3 786.23 0.00 6 260.97
Douglas-fir 198.93 216.66 393.51 431.34 661.54 810.97 850.10 679.59 269.16 214.75 908.20 0.00 5 634.74
Unspecified conifers 2 447.69 1 638.59 261.85 60.29 8.64 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.49 4 420.55
Cedar & other conifers 86.12 194.33 357.52 318.46 347.15 250.19 117.13 86.17 85.33 139.53 2 185.89 0.00 4 167.84
Unspecified hardwoods 1 249.53 371.47 127.82 25.66 48.02 2.27 0.64 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 1 825.49
Other hardwoods 63.77 246.90 451.79 450.23 281.69 106.61 16.84 9.88 1.95 3.33 13.46 4.30 1 650.75
Total 21 370.16 37 525.28 46 021.29 54 075.32 53 058.45 55 926.11 43 156.45 16 187.37 4 429.69 2 315.33 16 339.08 17 177.49 367 582.02
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 Arctic ecozones (Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Southern Arctic), and the Taiga Plains and Hudson Plains ecozones located in Nunavut, are not inventoried. These non-inventoried areas total 262,189.89 thousand ha.
1 Missing or unknown age class.