ONTARIO-PRODUCED PULP CHIPS, 1969 



Production 



No. of producing mills 



Quantity (bone-dry tons) 



Percentages ol total 



Consumption 



No. ot consuming mills 



Quantity (bone-dry tons) 



Percentages of total 



*Department's Administrative Regions. 



sixteen out of every twenty owners were not familiar with 

 The Woodlands Improvement Act assistance program. 



During the December holiday season, a telephone survey of 

 the Metropolitan Toronto Christmas tree market was con- 

 ducted in co-operation with the Ontario Christmas Tree 

 Growers Association. The essential objective of the survey 

 was to determine the impact of the artificial tree on the 

 natural tree market, and was designed to correlate the var- 

 ious socio-economic characteristics of the tree consumer 

 with his tree purchasing behaviour. 



This market was found to be composed of households 

 such that 28 per cent did not have a tree of any type, 33 per 

 cent had artificial trees, and 39 per cent had natural trees. 

 In addition to providing the specific details relating to that 

 product's market size, economic prospects and future out- 

 look, the survey provided considerable experience and in- 

 sight into the practical aspects of survey design and con- 

 sumer acceptance. 



In addition to the special studies described, -the Unit was 

 primarily occupied in collecting and analyzing information 

 and statistics as pertaining to the production, transportation 

 and marketing of timber. In this endeavour, activities in- 

 cluded statistical analysis, the conduction of various feasi- 

 bility studies, the promotion of industrial activity, and the 

 provision of advice and information available to Timber 

 Branch, other government departments, and private firms 

 or individuals. 



LICENSING OF MILLS 



Mills licensed under The Crown Timber .Act are distributed 

 as shown in the following table. The trend toward fewer mills 

 continues. 



Licensed Mills 



1967 



l%8 



1969 



SAWMILLS: 



Lumber capacity over 50 M fbm 28 



Lumber capacity 10 to 50 M tbm 100 



Lumber capacity under 10 M fbm 644 



Miscellaneous sawn products 96 



VENEER MILLS 29 



PULP MILLS 25 



Total 922 



874 



869 



TIMBER SALES SECTION 



FOREST RESOURCES 

 INVENTORY UNIT 



Aerial Photography was completed on 19,700 square miles, 

 covering parts of the Forest Districts of Parry Sound, Pem- 

 broke, Lindsay, North Bay, Tweed, Kemptville and Lake 

 Simcoe. In the re-inventory program, field work was carried 

 out on 9,400 square miles in the Sioux Lookout District. 



Forest Stand maps and tabulated inventory data were 

 completed on 10,310 square miles and covered the Dryden, 

 Red Lake and the Sioux Lookout Crown Management Units. 

 The co-operative forest inventories were extended to in- 

 clude areas under licence for the Dryden Paper Co. Ltd., Lac 

 Seul Land & Lumber Ltd. and the Ontario-Minnesota Pulp 



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