Deforestation statistics for Canada

Tree cover loss data for Canada

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% tree cover loss since 2000	Avg tree cover loss/year (ha)	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
10	984104684	469748011	47.70%	472245960	48.00%	451522690	45.90%	42473642	9.00%	2359647	2175037	2590409
15	984104684	448997797	45.60%	448977235	45.60%	428539795	43.50%	42078108	9.40%	2337673	2164067	2554680
20	984104684	437269187	44.40%	435857895	44.30%	415666161	42.20%	41665668	9.50%	2314759	2147393	2523967
25	984104684	431178514	43.80%	431334135	43.80%	411282790	41.80%	41393341	9.60%	2299630	2134200	2506418
30	984104684	418232032	42.50%	421570143	42.80%	401886696	40.80%	40728277	9.70%	2262682	2104483	2460431
50	984104684	324321211	33.00%	313135332	31.80%	297912955	30.30%	32994072	10.20%	1833004	1777170	1902797
75	984104684	216822983	22.00%	208969526	21.20%	197600655	20.10%	25186712	11.60%	1399262	1381784	1421109

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Canada

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Biomass loss 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg biomass loss/year (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year (Mt)
10	984104684	469748011	472245960	53443764969	3243868569	180214921	5947092415	330394023
15	984104684	448997797	448977235	52747078129	3235217698	179734317	5931232440	329512913
20	984104684	437269187	435857895	52345252442	3226137075	179229838	5914584576	328588032
25	984104684	431178514	431334135	52119575669	3219909225	178883846	5903166916	327953718
30	984104684	418232032	421570143	51606630083	3203184054	177954670	5872504103	326250228
50	984104684	324321211	313135332	46215564845	2916935852	162051992	5347715835	297095324
75	984104684	216822983	208969526	37504270946	2530279874	140571104	4638846451	257713692

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Canada

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% cover in 2018	Loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% loss since 2000	Avg loss/year since 2000 (ha)	Loss 2001-2010 (ha)	loss between 2000-2010	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Loss 2011-2018 (ha)	loss between 2011-2018	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
Alberta	66347447	37814997	36823771	34128933	51%	4771480	13%	265,082	2076642	5%	207,664	2694838	7%	336,855
British Columbia	94975730	67238559	67105459	63544257	67%	7320920	11%	406,718	3759718	6%	375,972	3561202	5%	445,150
Manitoba	65009373	36803949	35872593	34636121	53%	2632319	7%	146,240	1395847	4%	139,585	1236472	3%	154,559
New Brunswick	7308297	6291577	6224515	5664093	78%	1159344	18%	64,408	598922	10%	59,892	560422	9%	70,053
Newfoundland and Labrador	40794258	21948807	23684626	23404535	57%	572835	3%	31,824	292744	1%	29,274	280091	1%	35,011
Northwest Territories	134327128	38619656	40064884	37421246	28%	3843030	10%	213,502	1199392	3%	119,939	2643638	7%	330,455
Nova Scotia	5567003	4617864	4584143	4349969	78%	630993	14%	35,055	396819	9%	39,682	234174	5%	29,272
Nunavut	195301666	986750	2779888	2777054	1%	13128	1%	729	10294	1%	1,029	2834	0%	354
Ontario	108162474	71168578	71962463	70046994	65%	4239397	6%	235,522	2323928	3%	232,393	1915469	3%	239,434
Prince Edward Island	576432	266170	268054	256670	45%	35924	13%	1,996	24540	9%	2,454	11384	4%	1,423
Québec	152100697	80569988	81407883	78276752	51%	7293119	9%	405,173	4161988	5%	416,199	3131131	4%	391,391
Saskatchewan	65256692	27251091	25292040	22446543	34%	6154008	23%	341,889	3308511	12%	330,851	2845497	11%	355,687
Yukon	48377487	24654046	25499824	24933529	52%	2061780	8%	114,543	1495485	6%	149,549	566295	2%	70,787

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Canada

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2011-18 (Mt)
Alberta	66347447	37814997	36823771	4941753259	660969980	36720554	30374785	44652766
British Columbia	94975730	67238559	67105459	15128660261	1845183321	102510185	97445913	108840524
Manitoba	65009373	36803949	35872593	2431100375	205118979	11395499	11111069	11751037
New Brunswick	7308297	6291577	6224515	1149890954	242563694	13475761	12848743	14259533
Newfoundland and Labrador	40794258	21948807	23684626	1915064971	58170165	3231676	3103604	3391766
Northwest Territories	134327128	38619656	40064884	2704896147	299403591	16633533	9507290	25541337
Nova Scotia	5567003	4617864	4584143	977368054	167105453	9283636	10885086	7281825
Nunavut	195301666	986750	2779888	38814583	740310	41128	57637	20493
Ontario	108162474	71168578	71962463	8240294815	615787475	34210415	34134553	34305244
Prince Edward Island	576432	266170	268054	45473037	7679725	426651	546644	276660
Québec	152100697	80569988	81407883	8899307814	911164894	50620272	51207424	49886332
Saskatchewan	65256692	27251091	25292040	2589895133	635879205	35326623	33771743	37270222
Yukon	48377487	24654046	25499824	2544110680	222737311	12374295	16304853	7461098

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Canada

This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Avg biomass per ha (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2011-18 (Mt)
Alberta	66347447	37814997	36823771	2695501780	72	360529071	20029393	16568065	24356053
British Columbia	94975730	67238559	67105459	8251996504	123	1006463624	55914646	53152316	59367558
Manitoba	65009373	36803949	35872593	1326054750	36	111883075	6215726	6060583	6409655
New Brunswick	7308297	6291577	6224515	627213249	100	132307473	7350415	7008406	7777927
Newfoundland and Labrador	40794258	21948807	23684626	1044580894	48	31729175	1762732	1692874	1850054
Northwest Territories	134327128	38619656	40064884	1475397899	38	163311051	9072836	5185795	13931638
Nova Scotia	5567003	4617864	4584143	533109849	115	91148435	5063802	5937320	3971904
Nunavut	195301666	986750	2779888	21171590	22	403805	22434	31438	11178
Ontario	108162474	71168578	71962463	4494706261	63	335884074	18660226	18618846	18711952
Prince Edward Island	576432	266170	268054	24803475	93	4188942	232719	298170	150906
Québec	152100697	80569988	81407883	4854167895	60	496999048	27611058	27931324	27210726
Saskatchewan	65256692	27251091	25292040	1412670070	52	346843203	19269067	18420951	20329212
Yukon	48377487	24654046	25499824	1387696734	56	121493078	6749615	8893556	4069690

Archived forest data for Canada | Forest data for Canada

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

Citation: Mongabay. "Deforestation statistics for [selected country name]". Accessed on [date] from worldrainforests.com.

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