Trends in forest area harvested and wood volume harvested on private and Crown lands in Canada. These measures are important for understanding the level of industrial activity in Canada’s forests and for assessing long-term sustainability of forests and the forest sector. Footnote 1
Forest area harvested in Canada
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Wood volume harvested in Canada
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Harvests include total industrial roundwood and exclude fuelwood and firewood.
The discrepancy between the harvested volumes of “total industrial roundwood” and the sum of the “total industrial softwoods” and “total industrial hardwoods” results from a very small amount of harvest categorized as “unspecified”. Typically, this harvest occurs in mixed wood forests where neither softwood nor hardwood categories strictly apply, and it accounts for less than 1% of the harvested volume of total industrial roundwood.
Data include provincial and territorial Crown and private forest land subject to even-aged management (clearcutting), uneven-aged management (selection cutting) and commercial thinning harvest methods.
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