Table 16.0b. Confidence interval (million m3) of total tree volume 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
Unclassified ±5.28 ±2.74 ±0.27 ±0.30 ±0.21 ±0.34 ±0.12 ±0.22 ±0.07 - - 0.00 ±5.98
Unspecified hardwoods ±10.63 ±7.46 ±6.87 ±3.58 ±4.31 ±0.50 ±0.29 - - - - 0.00 ±15.73
Other hardwoods ±0.97 ±5.84 ±18.04 ±17.95 ±15.10 ±10.03 ±3.30 ±1.28 ±0.23 ±3.95 ±7.59 0.00 ±33.12
Unspecified conifers ±15.52 ±19.77 ±10.20 ±4.73 ±0.81 - - - - - - 0.00 ±27.54
Larch ±2.91 ±5.73 ±12.73 ±16.42 ±23.05 ±20.45 ±15.59 ±11.17 ±4.87 ±2.89 ±12.31 0.00 ±44.42
Maple ±4.50 ±10.43 ±42.57 ±56.18 ±58.84 ±25.23 ±9.38 ±4.17 ±7.38 - ±1.27 0.00 ±96.74
Cedar & other conifers ±1.72 ±6.17 ±18.79 ±14.57 ±13.95 ±14.58 ±9.18 ±16.06 ±12.60 ±16.04 ±189.60 - ±194.21
Birch ±6.00 ±20.17 ±38.31 ±42.77 ±42.85 ±28.29 ±10.47 ±7.68 ±0.68 ±1.49 ±2.36 0.00 ±80.95
Douglas-fir ±1.03 ±13.44 ±50.05 ±73.83 ±60.84 ±67.54 ±74.56 ±57.78 ±22.73 ±22.26 ±93.64 - ±187.30
Hemlock ±2.61 ±21.49 ±47.67 ±61.04 ±55.38 ±27.29 ±25.78 ±22.19 ±22.31 ±19.23 ±278.73 - ±299.99
Fir ±7.38 ±26.39 ±38.62 ±42.58 ±43.77 ±40.62 ±38.53 ±47.42 ±51.52 ±37.30 ±181.97 0.00 ±220.26
Pine ±19.98 ±47.19 ±53.72 ±88.71 ±98.42 ±96.15 ±95.04 ±76.69 ±52.93 ±28.33 ±49.76 0.00 ±230.89
Poplar ±22.81 ±43.06 ±76.53 ±139.21 ±124.44 ±98.29 ±74.70 ±45.19 ±13.30 ±12.61 ±14.08 0.00 ±246.80
Spruce ±13.40 ±50.19 ±86.32 ±126.57 ±135.12 ±234.28 ±169.47 ±108.86 ±68.97 ±37.03 ±132.38 0.00 ±404.40
Total ±40.14 ±94.94 ±163.51 ±245.12 ±241.63 ±287.96 ±227.11 ±162.22 ±107.89 ±69.80 ±419.45 0.00 ±713.51
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 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.