Table 3.26
Volume of roundwood harvested by forest product category, selected years

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Volume of roundwood harvested by forest product category, selected years
  Industrial roundwood Fuelwood and firewood Total roundwood harvested
Logs and bolts 1 Pulpwood Other Total
  thousands of cubic metres
1940 32,625 20,981 2,109 55,715 19,732 75,447
1945 30,596 26,412 2,039 59,047 17,188 76,235
1950 40,095 32,311 1,701 74,107 11,508 85,615
1955 44,262 38,721 1,691 84,674 8,208 92,882
1960 51,118 33,924 1,524 86,566 6,750 93,316
1965 62,618 34,164 1,838 98,620 5,125 103,745
1970 75,645 40,553 1,294 117,492 4,133 121,625
1975 73,542 r 37,270 r 915 111,727 r 3,783 115,510 r
1980 109,952 38,909 1,923 150,784 4,840 r 155,624 r
1985 119,317 r 40,620 r 2,077 r 162,014 r 6,708 168,722 r
1990 118,941 r 35,876 2 1,581 r 156,398 r 6,169 2 162,567 r
1995 150,150 r 30,926 3 2,081 r 183,156 r 5,340 r 188,497 r
2000 166,652 r 28,699 r 3,566 r 198,917 r 2,927 r 201,843 r
2001 154,417 r 23,079 r 5,449 r 182,945 r 2,908 r 185,854 r
2002 164,388 2 25,557 2 3,298 2 193,243 2 2,885 2 196,128 2
2003 147,053 r 27,841 r 3,318 r 178,211 r 2,843 2 181,054 r
2004 173,233 r 28,313 r 3,583 r 205,129 r 2,789 2 207,919 r
2005 172,478 r 23,442 r 4,330 r 200,250 r 3,045 2 203,325 r
2006 152,535 2 23,034 2 3,627 2 179,196 2 2,905 2 182,134 2
1.
Logs are defined as the stem of a tree after it has been felled; the raw material from which lumber, plywood, and other wood products are processed. Bolts are defined as raw material used in the manufacture of shingles and shakes; short logs to be sawn for lumber or peeled for veneer.
2.
Estimated by provincial or territorial forestry agency.
3.
Estimated by the Canadian Forest Service or by Statistics Canada.
Source(s):
Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, 2009, Forest Products - National Tables, http://nfdp.ccfm.org/products/national_e.php (accessed March 4, 2009). Natural Resources Canada, 2009, special tabulation.
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