Chart 2.22
Protected forest area by ecozone, 2006

Chart 2.22 Protected forest area by ecozone, 2006

Data table for Chart 2.22
Data table for Chart 2.22
Table summary
This table displays the results of data for Chart 2.22. The information is grouped by Ecozone (appearing as row headers), Total area, calculated using square kilometres units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Ecozone Total area
square kilometres
Boreal Shield 88,300
Montane Cordillera 45,308
Boreal Plains 35,484
Boreal Cordillera 15,781
Taiga Plains 15,100
Pacific Maritime 14,577
Taiga Shield 11,282
Atlantic Maritime 7,075
Hudson Plains 3,447
Taiga Cordillera 2,251
Prairies 1,330
Mixedwood Plains 476
Notes: Protected areas are defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), https://iucn.org. Canada's National Forest Inventory obtained data on protected areas from the Conservation Areas Reporting and Tracking System (CARTS).
Source: Canada's National Forest Inventory, 2013, Table 9.1 Area (1000 ha) of forest land by IUCN category, age class and terrestrial ecozone in Canada, 2006 revised baseline, Version 3, December 2013, https://nfi.nfis.org/en/standardreports (accessed April 24, 2017).
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