B.C./Canada Statistics -- Forestry Practices -- Area Harvested

Did You KNOW			B.C. has only 17% of Canada’s total forest land but grows almost 40% of the nation’s merchantable timber. Data source: Westland Resource Group, 1995.

Area harvested (ha) from 1981 to 1997, by province

Year	B.C.	Alta.	Ont.	Que.	N.B.	Other^a	Canada

1981	147 889	20 424	227 603	250 000	65 500	83 691	795 107
1982	162 172	27 864	222 921	195 000	72 445	72 564	752 966
1983	208 252	34 870	183 208	272 085	81 570	68 028	848 013
1984	216 417	29 290	217 806	280 739	83 000	85 404	912 656
1985	231 730	34 612	217 984	266 180	87 070	81 455	919 031
1986	239 877	38 811	223 517	297 616	86 898	85 094	971 813
1987	259 982	40 248	228 464	329 300	88 976	103 879	1 050 849
1988	270 401	42 538	237 188	337 668	99 192	99 111	1 086 098
1989	218 384	41 688	230 308	342 231	90 114	95 093	1 017 818
1990	181 530	47 671^b	238 213	255 094	80 109	91 305^c	892 869^c
1991	193 654	50 628^b	199 719	229 525^c	91 916	85 175^c	856 402^c
1992	221 599	53 147^b	190 676	256 271	99 751^c	85 802^c	905 755^c
1993	207 748	57 087^d	206 000^c	294 201	97 793^c	97 998^c	968 574^c
1994	190 244	74 298^b	209 700^c	321 634	92 790^e	111 519^c	1 000 185
1995	189 608	65 321^b	214 104^b	338 515	99 857	110 252^c	1 017 657
1996	199 029	55 830^d	213 235^b	348 313^c	108 730^b	118 781^c	1 043 918
1997	175 808	50 697^d	197 941^d	363 844^c	112 436^c	122 954^d	1 023 680

Other includes: Yukon, N.W.T., Sask., Man., N.S., P.E.I., Nfld. Revised. Estimated by provincial or territorial forestry agency. Preliminary. Estimated by Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service or by Statistics Canada. Data source: Canadian Council of Forest Ministers. 1998.

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Did You KNOW			In general, B.C. harvests less area annually than Ontario and Quebec yet plants two to three times more area per year.