Table 19.1b. Confidence interval (million tonnes) of total above-ground carbon by terrestrial ecozone in Canada.
Terrestrial ecozone Above-ground carbon
Taiga Plains ±81.79
Taiga Shield ±51.93
Boreal Shield ±109.56
Atlantic Maritime ±36.98
Mixedwood Plains ±26.94
Boreal Plains ±105.69
Prairies ±16.55
Taiga Cordillera ±36.19
Boreal Cordillera ±78.15
Pacific Maritime ±161.14
Montane Cordillera ±130.97
Hudson Plains ±21.85
Canada ±293.16
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.