Provincial and Territorial Profiles

Saskatchewan

FOREST AND FOREST MANAGEMENT STATISTICS Saskatchewan
HARVEST & WOOD SUPPLY (2023)
Total Crown Land -
Productive forest Crown Land -
Area available for harvest -
Area harvested (hectares) 24,389
Wood Supply/Potential Harvest (cubic metres) 8,940,000
Provincial contribution of wood supply to total national wood supply 4%
Net Merchantable Volume of Roundwood Harvested (cubic metres) 4,386,016
Provincial contribution of roundwood harvested to total national roundwood harvested 4%
FOREST FIRES (2024)
Area burned (hectares) 936,746
Number of forest fires 605
FOREST INSECTS (2023)
Area of moderate to severe defoliation and beetle-killed trees by major insects (hectares) 67,486
Insect disturbing the largest area Jack pine budworm
REGENERATION (2023)
Area of site preparation and scarification (hectares) 3,660
Area planted (hectares) 5,823
Number of seedlings planted (thousands) 6,320,185
Area seeded (hectares) -
REVENUES (2023)
Revenues from the sale of timber $35,015,381
PEST CONTROL PRODUCT USE (2023)
Total area treated with insecticide (hectares) -
Total area treated with herbicide (hectares) -

* The Province of Saskatchewan administers more than 37 million hectares of Crown resource land, primarily in central and northern Saskatchewan, with smaller holdings in the south.

Land area figures apply to forested Crown lands within the commercial and island forest zones, including:

  • Prince Albert Forest Management Agreement (FMA)
  • Pasquia Porcupine FMA
  • Mistik Management FMA
  • L&M Wood Products FMA
  • Mee-Toos Term Supply Licence (TSL)
  • North-West TSL
  • Kitsaki-Zelensky TSL
  • Tolko Industries TSL
  • Turnor East Timber Supply Area (TSA)
  • Turnor West TSA
  • Island Forest TSA

Land area figures do not include forested Crown lands within:

  • Nemeiben TSA
  • Suggi Lowlands
  • Cold Lake Air Weapons Range
  • Northern Reconnaissance
  • Forested Agricultural Crown Lease Lands

Saskatchewan

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