Table 19.1. Total above-ground carbon (million tonnes) by terrestrial ecozone in Canada.
Terrestrial ecozone Above-ground carbon
Taiga Plains 1 466.16
Taiga Shield 1 273.25
Boreal Shield 4 595.36
Atlantic Maritime 747.71
Mixedwood Plains 188.81
Boreal Plains 2 311.25
Prairies 214.47
Taiga Cordillera 267.47
Boreal Cordillera 864.98
Pacific Maritime 1 557.77
Montane Cordillera 2 513.59
Hudson Plains 289.58
Canada 16 290.41
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.