Trends in the domestic production for a range of forest products. This measure is important because Canada is one of the top global manufacturers of forest products, and production is one of the first indicators influenced by economic and market challenges. Footnote 1
Production volume of forest products in Canada
Select forest product
Data table
Sources and information
Footnote 1
Sources:
Statistics Canada. Merchandise trade data.
Notes:
Data used for lumber production include total softwood production for Canada.
In January 2019, Statistics Canada noted that they made changes to the sampling and estimation methods for the monthly Sawmills Survey, which is the source of the softwood lumber production data. As a result of these changes, Statistics Canada replaced Table 16-10-0017-01 (which was used in previous editions of the State of Canada’s Forests: Annual Report) with Table 16-10-0045-01 as of January 2019. See Statistics Canada's The Daily for more information.
Because of changes in sampling and estimation methods in the Sawmills survey, readers should exercise caution in comparing data from different sources directly.
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