Table 18.0b. Confidence interval (million tonnes) of total above-ground biomass on 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
Unspecified hardwoods ±6.95 ±5.19 ±4.87 ±2.66 ±3.02 ±0.36 ±0.20 - - - - <0.01 ±10.74
Unclassified ±3.04 ±1.57 ±0.17 ±0.27 ±0.16 ±0.24 ±0.13 ±0.19 ±0.05 - - ±5.02 ±6.09
Other hardwoods ±0.74 ±3.64 ±10.94 ±11.46 ±9.86 ±5.83 ±1.96 ±0.89 ±0.11 ±2.10 ±4.17 ±0.05 ±20.55
Unspecified conifers ±9.36 ±12.11 ±6.38 ±2.87 ±0.52 - - - - - - ±0.03 ±16.84
Larch ±3.29 ±2.89 ±6.74 ±8.89 ±12.43 ±11.05 ±8.17 ±6.09 ±2.83 ±1.81 ±6.90 ±0.14 ±24.15
Cedar & other conifers ±1.23 ±4.15 ±10.62 ±8.28 ±7.92 ±8.02 ±5.13 ±8.52 ±7.08 ±9.15 ±99.95 - ±102.71
Birch ±3.45 ±13.31 ±25.35 ±27.78 ±28.32 ±18.32 ±6.40 ±4.84 ±0.42 ±0.80 ±1.40 ±0.02 ±52.99
Maple ±3.62 ±7.95 ±31.71 ±42.60 ±43.82 ±19.09 ±6.66 ±3.23 ±5.08 - ±0.73 <0.01 ±72.54
Douglas-fir ±1.34 ±9.93 ±31.65 ±44.60 ±35.74 ±39.66 ±43.29 ±33.13 ±14.33 ±13.96 ±55.60 - ±111.37
Hemlock ±2.69 ±13.97 ±27.47 ±33.20 ±30.06 ±15.10 ±14.50 ±12.47 ±12.50 ±11.15 ±146.80 - ±159.33
Fir ±5.12 ±17.81 ±25.00 ±27.96 ±28.40 ±24.14 ±22.35 ±27.52 ±28.12 ±22.24 ±94.78 ±0.04 ±121.10
Pine ±10.16 ±26.28 ±32.39 ±49.08 ±54.00 ±52.31 ±50.13 ±40.84 ±25.85 ±14.31 ±26.62 ±0.05 ±125.17
Poplar ±12.20 ±23.85 ±43.58 ±78.29 ±71.19 ±53.93 ±39.20 ±23.59 ±6.30 ±6.59 ±7.72 ±0.01 ±137.69
Spruce ±7.40 ±28.03 ±55.94 ±75.99 ±82.30 ±135.58 ±102.62 ±73.86 ±38.69 ±21.05 ±72.47 ±0.32 ±240.99
Total ±22.91 ±55.78 ±102.22 ±145.15 ±144.19 ±165.32 ±131.70 ±99.17 ±58.66 ±39.96 ±222.94 ±5.03 ±406.47
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.