Provincial and Territorial Profiles

British Columbia

FOREST AND FOREST MANAGEMENT STATISTICS British Columbia CANADA
HARVEST & WOOD SUPPLY (2022)
Total Crown Land - -
Productive forest Crown Land - -
Area available for harvest - -
Area harvested (hectares) 112 902 e

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Wood Supply/Potential Harvest (cubic metres) 67 752 661 E

213 625 104 e
Provincial contribution of wood supply to total national wood supply 32% -
Net Merchantable Volume of Roundwood Harvested (cubic metres) 47 577 636 e 131 555 229 E
Provincial contribution of roundwood harvested to total national roundwood harvested 36% -
FOREST FIRES (2023)
Area burned (hectares) 2 840 830 e 17 197 201 e
Number of forest fires 2 269 e 6 811 e
FOREST INSECTS (2022)
Area of moderate to severe defoliation and beetle-killed trees by major insects (hectares) 2 904 314 e 13 167 660 e
Insect disturbing the largest area Western spruce budworm Spruce budworm
REGENERATION (2022)
Area of site preparation and scarification (hectares) 36 006 e 184 115 e
Area planted (hectares) 189 689 e 413 084 e
Number of seedlings planted (thousands) 258 606 005 e 609 994 204 e
Area seeded (hectares) 32 e 10 888 e
REVENUES (2022)
Revenues from the sale of timber $1 477 599 928 E $2 381 250 269 E
PEST CONTROL PRODUCT USE (2022)
Total area treated with insecticide (hectares) 37 364 E 1 011 539 E
Total area treated with herbicide (hectares) 0 E 85 871 E

Source and Notes

* Source: Minister of Forests and Range, Allowable Annual Cut Database, December 2008. The area available for harvest does not include woodlots and community forests.

British Columbia

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