About half of Canada ’s land mass is covered by forest (approx. 417 million hectares)
Only ¼ of Canada’s forests are dedicated to forest management
94% of Canada’s forests are publicly owned
Canada harvests less than ½ of 1% of its commercial forest area each
year… and grows twice as much as it harvests
Roughly half of the Canadian forest will NEVER be harvested. This is an area larger than California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Louisiana combined!
Canada harvests less of its commercial forest each year than is taken
by fire, insects and disease
By law, all forest harvested on public land in Canada must be replaced.
Despite over half of the earth’s original forest cover being gone, Canada has maintained over 90% of its forest cover…all while being one of the world’s largest producers of high quality forest products.
