Chart 2.2
Forest and non-forest land area by ecozone, 2006

Chart 2.2 Forest and non-forest land area by ecozone, 2006

Data table for Chart 2.2
Data table for Chart 2.2
Table summary
This table displays the results of data for Chart 2.2. The information is grouped by Ecozone (appearing as row headers), Forest land, Other wooded land, Other land with tree cover, Other land and Total, calculated using square kilometres units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Ecozone Forest land Other wooded land Other land with tree cover Other land Total
square kilometres
Boreal Shield 1,312,747 66,204 10,246 251,060 1,640,258
Taiga Shield 462,929 76,756 207 560,495 1,100,387
Boreal Plains 384,547 42,779 55,499 188,084 670,908
Taiga Plains 336,012 30,065 973 200,336 567,386
Montane Cordillera 311,285 5,804 4,807 152,678 474,574
Boreal Cordillera 191,165 51,205 213 216,751 459,333
Atlantic Maritime 162,957 6,043 567 27,156 196,722
Pacific Maritime 107,441 1,072 1,283 93,506 203,302
Hudson Plains 98,577 108,612 668 136,646 344,504
Taiga Cordillera 64,429 17,842 0 182,303 264,574
Mixedwood Plains 31,692 2,219 1,389 75,316 110,616
Prairies 11,978 57 9,136 429,801 450,972
Notes: Forest land is defined as area with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 10%, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It includes areas that are temporarily unstocked with trees. Other wooded land has trees higher than 5 m and a canopy cover of 5% to 10%, or trees able to reach these thresholds, or with a combined cover of shrubs, bushes and trees above 10%. These two classes do not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use. Other land is not classified as forest or other wooded land and includes agricultural land, built-up and barrenland. Other land with tree cover has patches of tree cover over 0.5 ha with a canopy cover of more than 10% and trees able to reach a height of 5 metres at maturity. Excludes non-inventoried land in the Arctic ecozones (Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Southern Arctic) and small areas of the Taiga Plains and Hudson Plains ecozones located in Nunavut—areas that are largely devoid of tree cover. The total land area excludes inland water.
Source: Canada's National Forest Inventory, 2013, Table 4.1 Area (1000 ha) of forest and non-forest land by terrestrial ecozone in Canada, 2006 revised baseline, Version 3, December 2013, https://nfi.nfis.org/en/standardreports (accessed April 7, 2017).
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