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

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

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

1981	66 605	5 495	38 159	15 875	22 121	13 237	161 492
1982	82 795	5 398	38 040	17 120	22 458	13 612	162 303
1983	94 726	7 547	48 772	19 834	19 985	14 626	185 656
1984	100 032	13 795	63 354	30 960	19 406	14 510	211 097
1985	101 442	9 229	72 678	42 716	19 453	19 323	222 125
1986	115 739	14 699	73 857	65 584	20 517	19 453	244 265
1987	169 002	13 279	75 158	81 147	18 916	24 570	300 925
1988	169 485	18 658	83 712	107 415	19 123	31 246	322 224
1989	174 310	24 254	85 287	116 452	20 272	26 579	330 702
1990	209 168	25 475^f	80 840	110 595	22 079	27 360	339 447
1991	199 422	32 383^f	83 917	103 714	19 497	26 744	329 580
1992	184 922	36 930^f	71 792	97 189	16 526	25 674	298 914
1993	190 176	34 924^f	73 684	84 491	13 089	21 903	417 863^f
1994	216 811	48 726^e	73 880^e	77 480^f	15 399	24 585	456 881^f
1995	206 473	51 162^f	64 732^e	70 783^f	16 162^e	25 420	434 732^f
1996	189 322	41 412^f	72 899^f	73 002^e	15 919	25 636	418 190^f
1997	188 474	45 343^f	72 784	73 697^e	19 963	33 565^g	433 826^g

Crown land only. From 1981 to 1985, an additional 41 429 ha were planted under a special stand conversion program. Aerial seeding, a large component of seeding/planting activities, is not accounted for in these statistics. Includes Nfld., P.E.I., N.S., Man., Sask., and N.W.T. Includes Nfld., and Yukon. Revised. Estimate by provincial or territorial forestry agency. Data source: Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, 1998.

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