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Table 188. — Volume oj sawtimber ^ on accessible forest land in Canada, by region, 1953 



Region 



Total 



Softwood 



Hardwood 



Maritime Provinces ^ 



Quebec 



Ontario 



Prairie Provinces ' 



British Columbia 



Yukon and Northwestern Territories 



Million 



hd.-ft. 



15, 822 



52, 200 



76, 487 



28, 327 



407, 029 



2,807 



Percent 



3 



9 



13 



5 



70 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



13,041 



38, 181 



62, 378 



13, 536 



401, 652 



2, 077 



Percent 



2 



7 



12 



3 



76 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



2,781 



14,019 



14, 109 



14,791 



5,377 



730 



Percent 

 5 

 27 

 27 

 29 

 11 

 1 



Total 



582, 672 



100 



530, 865 



100 



51, 807 



100 



' All trees 10 inches d. b. h. and over. 



2 Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, 

 and New Brunswick. 



3 Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. 



Source: Canada Department of Northern Affairs and 

 National Resources (formerly Department of Resources 

 and Development), Forestry Branch. Bulletin 106. 

 Amended 1954. 



that the corresponding net growth per acre for 

 more or less comparable stands in the State of 

 Maine averages 8.5 cubic feet and in Coastal 

 Alaska 7.5 cubic feet. 



Annual timber mortality for 1952 was roughly 

 estimated at 700 million cubic feet. This is indi- 

 cated as being the total mortality due to combined 

 effects of fire, insects, and disease with perhaps as 

 much as 500 million cubic feet or about 70 percent 

 of the total attributable to the latter two causes. 

 There is no information which would indicate 

 whether or not mortality from weather or animals 

 and other natural causes is included in the total. 

 Likewise, it is not clear whether the total esti- 

 mated mortality represents a loss on only that 

 part of the commercial forest area that is con- 

 sidered accessible, or on the total commercial 

 forest area. If the former, the mortality is 0.25 

 percent of the volume on the accessible forest area. 

 If the latter, the mortality is 0.18 percent of the 

 volume on the total commercial forest area. The 

 corresponding mortality for the United States is 

 0.7 percent of the growing stock volume on all 

 commercial forest land. 



Forest Industries Contribute Sub- 

 stantially TO Canadian Economy 



In 1951 the forest industries of Canada con- 

 tributed 2 billion dollars (15 percent) to the net 

 value ^* of the products of all Canadian industries. 

 The contribution of the various segments of the 

 forest-product industries to this total was as 

 follows: 



'* Net value is gross or sales value, less cost of materials, 

 fuel, purchased electricity, and processed supplies con- 

 sumed. It is the value added in the process of manu- 

 facture. 



Percent 



Logging 31 



Pulp and paper manufacturers 34 



Lumber manufacturers 14 



Wood-using industries 13 



Paper-using industries 8 



Total 100 



The Provinces of Quebec, Ontario, and British 

 Columbia led all others in forest industrial effort, 

 accounting for 32, 28, and 25 percent, respectively, 

 of the 2 bUlion dollars of net value of forest indus- 

 tries output. 



The Canadian forest industrial plant consists of 

 nearly 8,000 sawmills, 128 pulp and/or paper mills, 

 50 veneer and plywood mills, nearly 4,000 other 

 wood-using industrial plants, and 421 paper-using 

 establishments. More than 370,000 persons were 

 employed (1951) on a man-3'ear basis. More than 

 a billion dollars were paid in salaries and wages. 

 Between 1940 and 1951, the net value of products 

 produced in these forest industry plants more than 

 quadrupled. Part of this increase, of course, is 

 due to the shrinking value of the dollar. Still 

 further growth in the forest industries wUl un- 

 doubtedly be needed to keep pace with Canada's 

 growing population and expanding industry and 

 agriculture. 



Canada's Timber Exports Are Mainly 

 TO THE United States 



Canada ranks tbird among the nations in volume 

 of world trade; only the United States and the 

 United Kingdom exceed it. With respect to forest 

 products, Canada is the world's leading exporter, 

 having in 1952 an aggregate forest-product export 

 equivalent to 1,625 million cubic feet of round 

 wood valued at 1.4 billion dollars. In that year. 



