Table 19C.1b. Confidence interval (million tonnes) for annual change in total above-ground carbon by terrestrial ecozone in Canada.
Terrestrial ecozone Above-ground carbon
Taiga Plains ±3.97
Taiga Shield ±1.57
Boreal Shield ±6.65
Atlantic Maritime ±1.91
Mixedwood Plains ±0.83
Boreal Plains ±5.62
Prairies ±1.38
Taiga Cordillera ±1.15
Boreal Cordillera ±3.21
Pacific Maritime ±4.90
Montane Cordillera ±6.85
Hudson Plains ±1.09
Canada ±13.57
Source: Canada's National Forest Inventory, combined remeasured (2007-2017) and projected (2006-2017 with NFI projection system) data, where plots with strong indicators of artificial change are removed. Artificial change between successive plot measurements can be caused by using different image sources, incorporating vintage baseline inventories, and updating photo-interpretation techniques (Version 3.1, November 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.