Statistical data

Overview

This table provides the arboreal emblem and population of Canada.

Maple

Canada Population (April 1, 2011) 34 349 236

Domestic economic impact

This table details the domestic economic impact of the forest industry and covers contribution to GDP, direct jobs, and revenue from goods manufactured.

Canadian housing starts (SAAR) (2010)	191 558
Capital and repair expenditures (dollars) (2009)	4 129 900 000
Forestry and logging industry	569 900 000
Pulp and paper product manufacturing industry	2 080 700 000
Wood product manufacturing industry	1 479 300 000
Contribution to GDP (constant 2002) (dollars) (2010)	23 450 000 000
Forestry and logging industry	4 781 000 000
Pulp and paper product manufacturing industry	8 768 000 000
Wood product manufacturing industry	9 901 000 000
Direct jobs (number) (2010)
Direct jobs (LFS)	238 200
Direct jobs (SEPH)	190 658
New investments (dollars) (2010)	1 578 300 000
Forestry and logging industry	171 800 000
Pulp and paper product manufacturing industry	946 900 000
Wood product manufacturing industry	459 600 000
Revenue from goods manufactured (dollars) (2009)	50 818 062 000
Forestry and logging industry	7 608 444 000
Pulp and paper product manufacturing industry	24 905 620 000
Wood product manufacturing industry	18 303 998 000
Wages and salaries (dollars) (2009)	8 779 067 000
Forestry and logging industry	1 378 184 000
Pulp and paper product manufacturing industry	3 689 521 000
Wood product manufacturing industry	3 711 362 000

Forest management

This table provides information describing how Canada manages its forests pertaining to insects, forest fires, harvesting and greenhouse gas inventory.

Area defoliated by insects and beetle-killed trees (hectares) (2009)	15 225 333
Area planted (hectares) (2009)	386 840
Area seeded (hectares) (2009)	15 978
Fire – area burned (hectares) (2010)	3 156 100
Fires – number (number) (2010)	7 319
Forest area certified (hectares) (2010)	149 838 198
Harvest (area) (hectares) (2009)	609 297
Harvest (volume) (cubic metres) (2009)	118 254 000
Greenhouse gas inventory
For forest lands affected by land-use change (2009)
Afforestation – forest area (kilohectares)	Not available
CO2e removals from the atmosphere due to afforestation (megatonnes)	-1.0
Deforestation – forest area (kilohectares)	44.8
CO2e emissions due to deforestation (megatonnes)	18.0
For managed forests (2009)
Area of managed forests (million hectares)	229.0
Net greenhouse gas inventory (CO2e/yr) (megatonnes)	-16.0
Net greenhouse gas exchange (CO2e/yr) (megatonnes)	-130.0

Forest products

This table provides the domestic consumption of forest products and both quantity and value of forest products produced in Canada.

Domestic consumption
Lumber – hardwood (cubic metres) (2010)	2 197 000
Lumber – softwood (cubic metres) (2010)	27 531 000
Newsprint (tonnes) (2010)	771 000
Printing and writing paper (tonnes) (2010)	1 450 000
Structural panels (plywood and oriented strandboard) (cubic metres) (2010)	3 482 000
Wood pulp (tonnes) (2010)	9 450 000
Production
Christmas trees (dollars) (2009)	39 407 000
Christmas trees (number) (2009)	1 878 000
Lumber – hardwood (cubic metres) (2010)	955 000
Lumber – softwood (cubic metres) (2010)	52 356 000
Maple products (dollars) (2009)	353 801 000
Maple products (litres) (2009)	41 274 000
Newsprint (tonnes) (2010)	4 640 000
Printing and writing paper (tonnes) (2010)	4 064 000
Structural panels (plywood and oriented strandboard) (cubic metres) (2010)	5 968 000
Wildlife pelts (minus sealskins) (number) (2008)	748 000
Wood pulp (tonnes) (2010)	18 530 000

Inventory

This table provides a breakdown of the land classifications by forest land, other land with tree cover, other wooded land and the total.

Land classification	Thousand hectares
Forest land	347 710
Other land with tree cover	7 773
Other wooded land	41 779
Forest, other wooded land and other land with tree cover	397 262

Trade

This table displays data on Canada’s trade of forest products including balance of trade, domestic exports and imports.

Balance of trade (total exports) (dollars) (2010)	16 623 964 000
Value of domestic exports (dollars) (2010)	25 953 953 000
Primary wood products	872 468 000
Pulp and paper products	17 233 247 000
Wood-fabricated materials	7 848 238 000
Value of imports (dollars) (2010)	9 459 190 000
Primary wood products	453 327 000
Pulp and paper products	6 293 860 000
Wood-fabricated materials	2 712 003 000