Statistical data

Select period

Greenhouse gas inventory (Canada) ^{Footnote 1}
	2015	2016
For forest lands affected by land-use change
Removals from the atmosphere due to afforestation (CO₂e/yr, megatonnes)	0.5	-0.4
Total emissions due to deforestation (CO₂e/yr, megatonnes)	9.6	9.7
For managed forests
Area of managed forests (hectares)	226,000,000	226,000,000
Total net emissions or removals to the atmosphere, all causes (CO₂e/yr, megatonnes)	221.0	77.6
Net emissions or removals due to natural disturbances (CO₂e/yr, megatonnes)	247.1	97.7
Net emissions or removals due to human forest management activities and from harvested wood products (CO₂e/yr, megatonnes)	-26.2	-20.1
Transfers from the managed forest sector to the forest products sector due to harvesting (CO₂e/yr, megatonnes)	-164.0	-164.3

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Greenhouse gas inventory

Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada. 2018. National Inventory Report 1990–2016: Greenhouse gas sources and sinks in Canada (accessed April 13, 2018).

Notes:

Environment and Climate Change Canada’s National Inventory Report 1990–2016: Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada is based on data and analysis from Natural Resources Canada–Canadian Forest Service’s National Forest Carbon Monitoring, Accounting and Reporting System.
For forest lands affected by land-use change, the deforestation and afforestation figures reflect annual rates. Figures for CO₂ equivalent (CO₂e) emissions and removals reflect the current year plus the emissions in the reporting year from lands that were converted from forest in the previous 20 years. Thus, the figures for CO₂e emissions include residual emissions from areas deforested over the past 20 years, and the figures for CO₂e removals in the reporting year include removals by all areas afforested over the past 20 years.
- Emissions bear a positive sign. Removals bear a negative sign.
See the sources and information for the sustainability indicator Carbon emissions and removals for more detail.