Provincial and Territorial Profiles

Ontario

FOREST AND FOREST MANAGEMENT STATISTICS Ontario CANADA
HARVEST & WOOD SUPPLY (2020)
Total Crown Land 74,291,159* -
Productive forest Crown Land 31,039,217** -
Area available for harvest 27,096,419*** -
Area harvested (hectares) 125,456 a 710,332.735 E
Wood Supply/Potential Harvest (cubic metres)[1] 29,022,018 E 215,312,744 E
Provincial contribution of wood supply to total national wood supply 14% -
Net Merchantable Volume of Roundwood Harvested (cubic metres) 14,025,132 a 143,061,196.4 E
Provincial contribution of roundwood harvested to total national roundwood harvested 10% -
FOREST FIRES (2021)
Area burned (hectares) 793,326 e 4,307,520.1 p
Number of forest fires 1,198 e 6,596 p
FOREST INSECTS (2020)
Area of moderate to severe defoliation and beetle-killed trees by major insects (hectares) 2,114,198 u 1,776,8618 e
Insect disturbing the largest area Jack Pine Budworm Spruce Budworm
REGENERATION (2020)
Area of site preparation and scarification (hectares) 35,891.77 u 174,466.79 e
Area planted (hectares) 43,219 u 422,363 e
Number of seedlings planted (thousands) 62,510 997 u 624,818,414 e
Area seeded (hectares) 4,510 u 9,210 e
REVENUES (2020)
Revenues from the sale of timber 204,467,233 a $2,337,129,191 E
PEST CONTROL PRODUCT USE (2020)
Total area treated with insecticide (hectares) - 169,558 E
Total area treated with herbicide (hectares) 323,28.82 a 53,772.32 E

* Source: Forest Resources Ontario 2016, Crown plus Protected areas minus water.

** Source: Forest Resources Ontario 2016, Crown and Parks.

*** Source: Forest Resources Ontario 2016, Crown Productive Forest within the Managed Forest Zone.

[1] Ontario does not determine an annual allowable cut in either area or volume. Area regulation is used to determine the level of harvest in hectares for a five year term (usually) within the context of a forest management plan for each forest management unit in the province. Forest management plans also provide estimates of the volumes of wood available from the allowable harvest area. The figures (both area and volumes) provided here are estimates of an average annual area and volume to approximate the annual allowable cut required for NFD reporting.

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