Chart 2.4
Forest type by ecozone, 2006

Chart 2.4 Forest type by ecozone, 2006

Data table for Chart 2.4
Data table for Chart 2.4
Table summary
This table displays the results of data for Chart 2.4. The information is grouped by Ecozone (appearing as row headers), Coniferous, Broadleaf, Mixedwood, Non-treed and Forest land, calculated using square kilometres units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Ecozone Coniferous Broadleaf Mixedwood Non-treed Forest land
square kilometres
Boreal Shield 788,790 129,030 307,893 87,035 1,312,747
Taiga Shield 384,541 9,067 13,715 55,607 462,929
Montane Cordillera 276,268 7,547 15,176 12,292 311,285
Taiga Plains 262,123 37,659 35,563 667 336,012
Boreal Plains 212,335 103,706 47,458 21,048 384,546
Boreal Cordillera 150,186 13,700 25,875 1,403 191,165
Pacific Maritime 94,765 2,815 2,682 7,179 107,441
Atlantic Maritime 67,353 30,918 56,325 8,361 162,957
Taiga Cordillera 59,426 1,520 3,483 0 64,429
Hudson Plains 55,427 965 33,112 9,074 98,577
Mixedwood Plains 4,252 17,720 8,875 845 31,692
Prairies 435 11,096 145 302 11,978
Note: The category 'non-treed' includes areas that meet the criteria to be classified as forests, but that are temporarily unstocked with trees.
Source: Canada's National Forest Inventory, 2013, Table 5.1 Area (1000 ha) of forest land by forest type and age class and 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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