Table 15.4. Total tree volume (million m3) on forest land by forest type, age class, and managed forest region in Canada.
Managed forests 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
0 Treed Coniferous 0.09 1.27 5.19 7.68 11.36 14.01 9.27 4.95 4.86 1.99 49.97 0.00 110.63
Treed Mixedwood 0.13 0.32 2.20 2.39 1.99 0.32 0.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 8.08
Treed Broadleaf 0.14 0.62 2.88 1.59 0.56 1.69 0.16 <0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.64
Non-treed <0.01 0.01 0.02 <0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03
Subtotal 0.35 2.21 10.29 11.66 13.91 16.03 10.16 4.95 4.86 1.99 49.97 0.00 126.37
11 Treed Coniferous 181.42 665.58 1 238.71 2 093.15 2 421.84 1 712.49 2 104.19 1 243.54 701.07 400.16 4 075.98 0.00 16 838.14
Treed Mixedwood 144.00 357.69 580.88 890.91 911.15 435.91 311.87 137.84 39.81 22.91 19.41 0.00 3 852.40
Treed Broadleaf 114.49 224.96 470.14 1 093.22 978.02 432.57 237.61 93.18 14.62 7.43 11.18 0.00 3 677.41
Non-treed 1.13 1.34 2.47 19.02 11.83 20.90 4.25 0.29 0.25 0.19 0.09 0.00 61.76
Subtotal 441.05 1 249.58 2 292.21 4 096.30 4 322.83 2 601.87 2 657.92 1 474.86 755.75 430.69 4 106.66 0.00 24 429.72
12 Treed Coniferous 24.84 198.49 219.04 370.89 369.42 245.35 211.48 71.92 29.70 13.70 134.34 0.00 1 889.16
Treed Broadleaf 14.17 43.10 78.80 144.56 75.73 21.45 7.33 6.06 0.56 0.55 0.89 0.00 393.20
Treed Mixedwood 12.97 34.53 61.85 103.35 67.12 37.65 20.88 14.48 0.40 0.03 0.55 0.00 353.79
Non-treed 0.12 0.01 0.27 0.01 0.19 <0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.59
Subtotal 52.10 276.12 359.96 618.80 512.46 304.45 239.69 92.45 30.66 14.27 135.77 0.00 2 636.74
13 Treed Coniferous 52.40 315.27 573.05 652.42 979.43 3 794.35 2 015.25 692.29 40.67 12.41 54.62 0.00 9 182.17
Treed Mixedwood 20.03 42.74 44.60 135.72 246.81 428.98 86.62 10.99 0.62 2.74 0.78 0.00 1 020.63
Treed Broadleaf 18.50 38.63 37.00 55.98 218.51 51.51 1.83 0.53 0.00 1.74 0.00 0.00 424.22
Non-treed 0.02 0.09 3.27 5.18 13.49 10.20 0.34 0.21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 32.81
Subtotal 90.94 396.73 657.92 849.30 1 458.24 4 285.04 2 104.05 704.03 41.29 16.89 55.41 0.00 10 659.83
20 Treed Coniferous 15.82 110.78 237.41 423.05 478.01 637.96 523.67 301.29 182.61 96.41 1 334.17 0.00 4 341.19
Treed Mixedwood 8.24 43.58 103.55 152.98 141.68 68.62 31.82 22.10 4.95 1.18 4.59 0.00 583.27
Treed Broadleaf 6.55 51.12 130.74 170.97 129.92 40.20 12.24 2.43 0.27 1.62 0.94 0.00 547.00
Non-treed 0.21 <0.01 0.01 0.00 0.17 0.11 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.51
Subtotal 30.82 205.48 471.71 747.00 749.78 746.88 567.74 325.82 187.83 99.21 1 339.71 0.00 5 471.98
31 Treed Coniferous 0.79 17.11 10.52 22.30 16.49 10.15 7.08 17.94 4.72 0.12 3.00 0.00 110.22
Treed Broadleaf 1.87 4.75 4.49 20.19 8.00 4.72 1.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 45.10
Treed Mixedwood 0.28 3.18 1.25 9.82 2.21 4.51 0.61 0.06 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 22.01
Non-treed 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Subtotal 2.94 25.03 16.25 52.31 26.70 19.38 8.78 18.00 4.81 0.12 3.00 0.00 177.33
32 Treed Coniferous 0.73 14.36 11.17 13.96 19.99 10.59 7.25 7.43 4.58 4.33 12.18 0.00 106.56
Treed Broadleaf 5.30 16.20 19.45 13.51 6.30 6.77 0.53 1.38 0.00 2.89 0.00 0.00 72.33
Treed Mixedwood 0.69 4.53 8.96 13.10 16.70 3.88 2.37 3.72 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 53.98
Non-treed <0.01 <0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
Subtotal 6.72 35.09 39.58 40.58 42.99 21.23 10.15 12.53 4.58 7.23 12.20 0.00 232.88
33 Treed Coniferous 16.30 68.76 90.93 184.78 167.77 154.04 199.78 125.20 114.64 49.90 470.18 0.00 1 642.27
Treed Mixedwood 8.41 18.46 21.58 67.90 29.73 26.52 15.75 10.64 8.00 1.28 4.65 0.00 212.91
Treed Broadleaf 8.75 17.31 29.34 37.35 25.27 24.24 9.79 1.45 0.37 0.00 0.00 0.00 153.86
Non-treed 0.08 0.03 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.13
Subtotal 33.55 104.55 141.86 290.04 222.77 204.81 225.31 137.28 123.00 51.17 474.82 0.00 2 009.17
40 Treed Coniferous 1.08 8.53 19.16 28.92 40.22 344.40 108.84 29.34 9.39 2.27 66.47 0.00 658.63
Treed Mixedwood 1.05 6.04 3.60 5.83 7.68 58.07 6.82 4.87 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 94.15
Treed Broadleaf 1.66 2.40 3.83 9.80 37.53 11.61 0.13 1.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 68.18
Non-treed 0.00 0.01 <0.01 0.21 0.41 0.00 1.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.93
Subtotal 3.78 16.98 26.60 44.75 85.85 414.08 117.08 35.43 9.59 2.27 66.47 0.00 822.89
50 Treed Broadleaf 45.04 176.30 397.91 440.81 308.27 97.40 26.99 7.17 0.58 0.68 0.94 0.00 1 502.08
Treed Coniferous 24.27 130.60 238.59 273.00 159.28 116.11 88.37 27.81 13.81 11.31 101.30 0.00 1 184.47
Treed Mixedwood 34.57 102.77 273.50 304.61 156.40 61.67 15.57 7.96 1.64 0.45 2.87 0.00 962.00
Non-treed 0.18 0.46 0.45 0.14 0.09 <0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.33
Subtotal 104.06 410.13 910.45 1 018.57 624.04 275.19 130.93 42.94 16.04 12.43 105.10 0.00 3 649.88
100 Treed Coniferous 3.19 27.23 39.98 53.07 77.02 54.74 58.92 17.84 1.08 0.23 5.56 0.00 338.86
Treed Mixedwood 2.43 8.38 11.86 23.30 26.89 9.32 3.37 1.68 0.07 0.23 0.08 0.00 87.61
Treed Broadleaf 3.80 4.93 11.40 13.19 14.83 9.44 1.85 0.29 0.19 0.04 0.07 0.00 60.01
Non-treed 0.04 0.12 0.04 <0.01 <0.01 0.65 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.87
Subtotal 9.46 40.65 63.28 89.56 118.75 74.14 64.16 19.81 1.35 0.49 5.71 0.00 487.35
Canada Treed Coniferous 320.93 1 557.98 2 683.76 4 123.24 4 740.82 7 094.20 5 334.11 2 539.54 1 107.13 592.83 6 307.76 0.00 36 402.30
Treed Mixedwood 232.81 622.20 1 113.83 1 709.89 1 608.36 1 135.45 496.40 214.35 55.77 28.81 32.95 0.00 7 250.84
Treed Broadleaf 220.26 580.32 1 185.99 2 001.15 1 802.93 701.58 299.55 113.70 16.60 14.94 14.01 0.00 6 951.03
Non-treed 1.78 2.06 6.53 24.57 26.19 31.87 5.92 0.51 0.25 0.19 0.09 0.00 99.96
Total 775.78 2 762.56 4 990.11 7 858.86 8 178.31 8 963.10 6 135.97 2 868.10 1 179.75 636.77 6 354.82 0.00 50 704.13
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.
Managed forest
Code Description
0 Not available
11 Long term volume or area based Crown timber dispositions
12 Short term volume or area based Crown timber dispositions
13 No current Crown timber dispostions
20 Legal protection status (IUCN class IA, IB, II, III, IV, V, VI equivalent)
31 Reserved by the Federal government for military or other purposes
32 Reserved by the Federal government under the Indian Act
33 Reserved or designated restricted use by provincial or territorial government
40 Aboriginal lands
50 Privately-owned lands
100 Water