Table 5.4. Area (1000 ha) of 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 Non-treed 0.01 0.18 0.15 0.03 - - - - - - - 36.16 36.54
Treed Mixedwood 4.05 58.57 76.18 68.79 149.09 0.52 3.27 0.12 - - 0.04 - 360.64
Treed Coniferous 1.81 29.49 78.39 119.80 75.44 28.44 46.73 9.38 9.27 1.57 45.03 - 445.36
Treed Broadleaf 9.22 101.05 58.65 77.64 14.86 263.64 <0.01 - - - 0.00 - 525.08
Subtotal 15.10 189.28 213.38 266.26 239.40 292.60 50.00 9.51 9.27 1.57 45.08 36.16 1 367.61
11 Non-treed 72.54 114.66 72.93 157.78 139.02 140.04 19.64 1.18 1.28 1.60 0.47 6 111.43 6 832.57
Treed Broadleaf 2 283.66 2 356.75 3 069.01 4 907.49 4 056.86 1 648.62 667.28 216.28 40.49 9.15 16.45 - 19 272.05
Treed Mixedwood 3 234.00 3 903.86 4 126.31 4 916.17 4 280.66 1 716.12 1 077.81 469.83 144.26 48.82 58.72 - 23 976.56
Treed Coniferous 6 727.64 9 788.89 11 614.40 14 991.58 14 863.22 9 087.15 10 388.19 4 737.99 2 833.22 1 398.76 10 115.16 - 96 546.20
Subtotal 12 317.84 16 164.16 18 882.65 24 973.03 23 339.76 12 591.93 12 152.92 5 425.28 3 019.25 1 458.32 10 190.80 6 111.43 146 627.38
12 Non-treed 7.46 1.34 4.65 2.26 7.67 0.12 - - - - - 1 354.76 1 378.27
Treed Mixedwood 240.79 307.01 360.86 547.48 340.84 162.97 72.25 36.67 3.21 0.23 2.76 - 2 075.08
Treed Broadleaf 224.33 308.89 403.60 717.48 320.92 82.00 26.12 22.86 2.07 0.67 2.37 - 2 111.30
Treed Coniferous 632.94 2 131.61 1 690.35 2 308.93 2 200.85 1 119.33 696.03 342.35 115.06 62.66 324.99 - 11 625.11
Subtotal 1 105.53 2 748.86 2 459.46 3 576.15 2 870.28 1 364.42 794.39 401.88 120.34 63.56 330.12 1 354.76 17 189.76
13 Treed Broadleaf 550.38 553.86 465.38 407.96 1 255.68 723.35 21.63 3.21 - 5.58 - - 3 987.03
Non-treed 15.75 49.78 153.62 121.44 150.20 57.75 1.55 1.07 - - - 5 889.15 6 440.32
Treed Mixedwood 741.10 861.68 648.52 1 328.27 2 079.49 3 541.36 873.52 47.41 4.54 8.26 2.01 - 10 136.15
Treed Coniferous 2 023.65 7 214.66 10 370.12 8 734.40 11 942.84 27 618.69 20 689.66 7 748.43 235.99 61.92 560.18 - 97 200.54
Subtotal 3 330.88 8 679.98 11 637.64 10 592.08 15 428.21 31 941.14 21 586.35 7 800.12 240.53 75.76 562.19 5 889.15 117 764.04
20 Non-treed 3.94 1.99 0.10 - 1.22 0.72 0.08 - - - - 1 075.54 1 083.59
Treed Broadleaf 225.77 516.90 893.94 1 042.34 812.50 246.97 53.22 10.29 3.11 2.09 3.63 - 3 810.77
Treed Mixedwood 230.42 619.61 811.94 1 133.03 845.03 524.31 206.24 72.40 15.82 5.38 40.32 - 4 504.49
Treed Coniferous 688.78 2 107.59 2 875.92 4 059.19 3 896.71 4 872.17 4 566.70 1 362.46 669.48 383.67 3 251.67 - 28 734.33
Subtotal 1 148.91 3 246.10 4 581.90 6 234.56 5 555.46 5 644.17 4 826.24 1 445.15 688.41 391.14 3 295.62 1 075.54 38 133.19
31 Non-treed - - - - - - - - - - - 12.68 12.68
Treed Mixedwood 4.00 31.59 10.85 50.59 9.83 19.79 2.48 0.30 0.38 - - - 129.81
Treed Broadleaf 36.53 64.51 42.82 84.49 27.14 15.31 4.07 - - - - - 274.86
Treed Coniferous 26.65 236.47 85.67 130.63 110.13 63.30 41.40 130.93 21.19 0.80 13.35 - 860.53
Subtotal 67.18 332.57 139.34 265.71 147.09 98.40 47.95 131.24 21.57 0.80 13.35 12.68 1 277.87
32 Non-treed 0.10 0.05 0.10 <0.01 <0.01 - - - - - - 40.52 40.77
Treed Mixedwood 16.92 52.97 60.95 78.82 75.20 23.23 18.03 7.05 - - 0.98 - 334.15
Treed Broadleaf 100.74 185.90 147.75 74.03 35.26 42.55 3.57 2.59 - 1.65 - - 594.04
Treed Coniferous 23.31 138.17 106.44 109.34 142.47 70.69 58.39 36.29 8.38 18.87 55.54 - 767.90
Subtotal 141.08 377.09 315.24 262.19 252.93 136.46 79.99 45.93 8.38 20.52 56.52 40.52 1 736.86
33 Non-treed 5.35 0.62 1.89 1.72 0.04 1.44 0.01 2.05 - - - 595.61 608.72
Treed Mixedwood 129.12 152.69 144.78 170.04 98.09 48.59 24.68 13.83 5.77 0.23 6.47 - 794.30
Treed Broadleaf 171.76 150.15 196.49 186.60 111.35 94.17 59.35 18.00 1.77 1.71 1.14 - 992.48
Treed Coniferous 359.47 878.60 671.49 914.67 822.08 540.18 1 235.90 403.56 248.70 272.64 1 268.88 - 7 616.16
Subtotal 665.70 1 182.06 1 014.64 1 273.02 1 031.56 684.38 1 319.94 437.43 256.24 274.59 1 276.49 595.61 10 011.66
40 Non-treed - 11.45 0.89 11.71 4.87 - 5.53 - - - - 62.67 97.12
Treed Broadleaf 71.64 59.42 56.82 57.79 209.81 160.45 1.58 6.85 - - - - 624.37
Treed Mixedwood 49.64 84.08 87.02 104.98 79.96 227.91 79.92 18.89 0.58 - - - 733.00
Treed Coniferous 44.50 274.26 545.35 605.43 503.14 2 090.19 995.38 235.31 36.76 23.89 157.11 - 5 511.33
Subtotal 165.78 429.21 690.09 779.92 797.78 2 478.55 1 082.42 261.05 37.34 23.89 157.11 62.67 6 965.82
50 Non-treed 6.66 18.31 19.20 2.86 1.14 0.06 - - - - - 1 357.43 1 405.66
Treed Coniferous 582.88 1 310.49 1 473.42 1 345.81 749.39 425.02 277.12 103.41 60.23 32.93 182.74 - 6 543.44
Treed Mixedwood 796.83 1 104.67 1 880.94 1 696.11 809.70 254.45 56.49 33.61 3.99 1.66 4.97 - 6 643.39
Treed Broadleaf 895.80 1 812.40 2 604.77 2 459.75 1 458.87 401.18 102.83 27.70 2.87 7.73 2.54 - 9 776.43
Subtotal 2 282.16 4 245.87 5 978.33 5 504.53 3 019.09 1 080.71 436.43 164.72 67.08 42.32 190.25 1 357.43 24 368.93
100 Non-treed 1.43 1.94 0.94 0.16 0.92 4.91 0.07 - - - - 190.55 200.91
Treed Broadleaf 52.72 57.00 81.14 66.06 71.10 41.60 8.50 2.73 0.67 0.36 1.24 - 383.11
Treed Mixedwood 42.20 91.62 89.60 111.52 129.95 54.58 32.89 6.87 0.73 0.46 0.93 - 561.36
Treed Coniferous 74.51 363.13 446.44 384.60 596.11 501.61 657.33 220.31 20.77 6.04 56.89 - 3 327.74
Subtotal 170.86 513.69 618.13 562.33 798.08 602.69 698.78 229.91 22.16 6.86 59.07 190.55 4 473.12
Canada Non-treed 113.24 200.33 254.47 297.98 305.09 205.05 26.87 4.29 1.28 1.60 0.47 16 726.49 18 137.15
Treed Broadleaf 4 622.56 6 166.82 8 020.38 10 081.63 8 374.35 3 719.84 948.14 310.51 50.97 28.94 27.36 - 42 351.51
Treed Mixedwood 5 489.08 7 268.36 8 297.94 10 205.79 8 897.83 6 573.83 2 447.58 707.00 179.27 65.04 117.20 - 50 248.92
Treed Coniferous 11 186.15 24 473.36 29 958.00 33 704.39 35 902.38 46 416.75 39 652.83 15 330.42 4 259.04 2 263.76 16 031.57 - 259 178.64
Total 21 411.02 38 108.87 46 530.80 54 289.79 53 479.64 56 915.47 43 075.42 16 352.22 4 490.56 2 359.34 16 176.60 16 726.49 369 916.22
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.
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