Provincial and Territorial Profiles
Quebec
| FOREST AND FOREST MANAGEMENT STATISTICS | Quebec | CANADA |
|---|---|---|
| HARVEST & WOOD SUPPLY (2020) | ||
| Total Crown Land | 117,996,139 * | - |
| Productive forest Crown Land | 82,746,841 ** | - |
| Area available for harvest | 31,855,585 *** | - |
| Area harvested (hectares) | 198,990 p | 710,332.735 E |
| Wood Supply/Potential Harvest (cubic metres) | 49,637,317 a | 215,312,744 E |
| Provincial contribution of wood supply to total national wood supply | 23% | - |
| Net Merchantable Volume of Roundwood Harvested (cubic metres) | 25,925,399.02 a | 143,061,196.4 E |
| Provincial contribution of roundwood harvested to total national roundwood harvested | 18% | - |
| FOREST FIRES (2021) | ||
| Area burned (hectares) | 49,748 e | 4,307,520.1 p |
| Number of forest fires | 625 e | 6,596 p |
| FOREST INSECTS (2020) | ||
| Area of moderate to severe defoliation and beetle-killed trees by major insects (hectares) | 6,246,502 u | 1,776,8618 e |
| Insect disturbing the largest area | Spruce budworm | Spruce Budworm |
| REGENERATION (2020) | ||
| Area of site preparation and scarification (hectares) | 62,448 u | 174,466.79 e |
| Area planted (hectares) | 64,868 u | 422,363 e |
| Number of seedlings planted (thousands) | 125,411,241 u | 624,818,414 e |
| Area seeded (hectares) | - | 9,210 e |
| REVENUES (2020) | ||
| Revenues from the sale of timber | $265,401,849.7 a | $2,337,129,191 E |
| PEST CONTROL PRODUCT USE (2020) | ||
| Total area treated with insecticide (hectares) | 105,792 a | 169,558 E |
| Total area treated with herbicide (hectares) | - | 53,772.32 E |
* Area of forest and other forest land on public land (provincial and federal), without water.
** Area of forest on public land (provincial and federal) having the following characteristics:
• Land occupying an area of more than 0.5 ha (in Quebec, it is mainly areas of more than 4 ha);
• Tree cover (projection on the ground of trees and undergrowth) of more than 10% of the total land area;
• Trees reaching a height of more than 5 meters.
*** Forest area on public land (provincial and federal) within the territory of rights granted south of the timber allocation limit.
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Estimated by the Canadian Forest Service or by Statistics Canada