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Forest Facts About Canada

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Total Forest Land Area that is Reserved in Protected Areas (Square Miles)
1.1 Area classification by province/territory, 2001 A. forest and other wooded land by status Reserved

  NL NS PE NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU Canada
Forest 279 1245 3 123 2675 13680 4981 2497 13295 15315 827 3322 - 56242
Other Wood Land 132 49 - 4 139 3621 3267 178 1793 3200 - 432 - 12816
Total 411 1294 3 127 2814 17301 8248 2675 15087 18515 827 3755 - 71057

Type of Forest Industry (lumber, paper, pulp, secondary manufacturing)
Forest Industry - Value of shipments - 1999 Millions of $US

NL NS PE NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU Canada
Value of Shipments x 1254 x 2909 14815 11299 740 647 3332 17814 - - - 53330
Logging 93 199 5 540 1520 1232 86 130 479 4615 - - - 8899
Wood Product Manu. 41 316 28 903 5664 3580 365 235 1834 8559 - - - 21525
Paper Manufacturing x 739 x 1467 7631 6487 289 289 1019 4640 - - - 22905


Export in US Dollars and by Volume (tons, board-feet, square feet)
Forest Industry - Value of Exports - 2003 US units

NL PE NS NB QC ON MB SK AB BC YT NT NU Canada
Softwood Lumber  
Quantity - Millions board feet 24 34 458 1172 3503 1913 185 268 1695 12292 - - - 21545
Value - Millions $US 6 9 116 308 880 410 39 60 414 3781 - - - 6024
Newsprint  
Quantity - Thousands Short Tons
 894 - 424 417 4087 1899 172 - 198 1045 - - - 9137
Value - Millions $US 383 - 168 156 1809 912 101 - 81 417       4027
Wood Pulp                            
Quantity - Thousands Short Tons Air Dry - 634 1014 1598 1604 2 484 2164 5196 - - - 12695  
Quantity - Thous. of Hunderweights Air Dry - - 12676 20282 31966 32077 44 9678 43276 103924 - - - 253902
Value - Millions $US - - 136 373 648 666 1 203 854 1966 - - - 4848
Waferboard                            
Quantity - Millions Board Feet - - - 125 532 969 191 145 660 737 - - - 3359
Value - Millions $US - - - 72 300 584 91 88 407 431 - - - 1970
Other Paper & Paperboard                            
Quantity - Thousands Short Tons 7 0 269 720 2752 1886 88 125 20 1340 - - - 7207
Quantity - Thous. of Hunderweights 132 0 5379 14396 55048 37720 1764 2491 397 26808 - - - 144136
Value - Millions $US 4 0 174 466 1782 1221 57 81 13 868 - - - 4665
Converted Paper                            
Quantity - N/A (Units not compatible)                            
Value - Millions $US - - 7 23 181 416 21 11 15 11 - - - 686
Other Products                            
Quantity - N/A (Units not compatible)                            
Value - Millions $US - 1 56 230 2016 1862 148 20 181 1500 1 1 - 6019
Total Exports                            
Value - Millions $US 395 9 659 1629 7616 6072 457 459 1967 8973 1 1 - 28372

 

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