TIMBER RESOURCES OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE WORLD 



337 



SPRUCE 



BALSAM FIR 



JACK & LODGEPOLE 

 PINES 



HEMLOCK 



OTHER SOFTWOODS 



POPLAR (ASPEN) 



BIRCH 



OTHER HARDWOODS 



ACCESSIBLE 

 INACCESSIBLE 



40 80 



million cubic feet 



120 



160 



Figure 105 



Table 187.- — Volume of merchantable timber ^ on accessible forest land in Canada, by region, 1953 



Region 



Total 



Softwood 



Hardwood 



Maritime Provinces ^ 



Quebec 



Ontario 



Prairie Provinces ' _ - 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 16,019 

 63, 701 

 74, 151 

 24, 882 

 89, 322 

 7, 193 



Percent 



6 



23 



27 



9 



32 



3 



Million 

 cu. ft. 



12, 437 

 45, 928 

 54, 589 



13, 875 

 88, 247 



4, 879 



Percent 



6 



21 



25 



6 



40 



2 



Million 



cu. ft. 



3, 582 



17, 773 



19, 562 



11,007 



1, 075 



2, 314 



Percent 



7 



32 



35 



20 



British Columbia 



Yukon and Northwest Territories . 



2 

 4 







Total 



275, 268 



100 



219, 955 



100 



55,313 



100 



■ All trees 4 inches d. b. h. and over. 

 2 Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, 

 and New Brunswick. 



^ Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. 



Source: Canada Department of Northern Affairs and 

 National Resources (formerly Department of Resources 

 and Development), Forestrv Branch. Bulletin 106. 

 AiTiendefi 1954. 



