Forest Products - Background

A multitude of products can be harvested from the forest. Some of them are roundwood, such as industrial roundwood and fuelwood, firewood, maple products, and Christmas trees.


ROUNDWOOD Before 1990, Statistics Canada received provincial crown land information from the provincial/territorial agencies responsible for forest management, and made its own estimates for private land information. Beginning in 1990, the National Forestry Database receives all the information from the provincial/territorial and federal agencies responsible for forest management with some details for Ontario private lands as estimates.

CHRISTMAS TREES Mainly pine and balsam fir. Data on the production of Christmas trees for the years before 1990 are available only from Christmas tree grower associations.

MAPLE PRODUCTS Includes syrup, sugar, taffy, and butter. The totals for maple products are compiled by Statistics Canada.