Statistical data



 

Forest management (Canada)

  2009 2010 2011
Area defoliated by insects and beetle-killed trees (hectares) 15 225 333 12 744 776 30
Balsam fir sawfly 8 945 55 545  
Forest tent caterpillar 154 243 220 651  
Gypsy moth 385    
Jack pine budworm 206 082 45 349  
Mountain pine beetle 8 953 441 6 251 586  
Spruce beetle 77 296 73 959  
Spruce budworm 970 776 1 486 764  
Western spruce budworm 796 904 503 014  
Other insects 4 057 261 4 107 908 30
Area planted (hectares) 407 541 411 978  
Area seeded (hectares) 15 972 15 622  
Fire – area burned (hectares) 780 398 3 048 926 2 603 833
Fires – number 7 031 6 986 4 608
Forest area certified (hectares) 142 782 131 149 838 198 150 567 044
Harvest (area) (hectares) 612 711 642 429  
Harvest (volume) (cubic metres) 118 035 581 144 858 000  
Greenhouse gas inventory      
For forest lands affected by land-use change      
Afforestation – forest area (kilohectares)      
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      
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