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- Forest product exports make a large contribution to Canada's trade surplus ($31.9 billion in 2005)
- In 2005, 339 900 people were employed in the forest industry, according to Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey
- Canada is the world's second largest producer of softwood lumber and the largest exporter
- Canada is the world's leading producer and exporter of newsprint
- Canada is the world's largest exporter of wood pulp
- Canada exports more than 80% of its printing and writing paper production
- Canada accounts for 85% of the world's maple syrup production
- On provincial Crown lands, harvest levels are a regulated component associated with the licensing of forest management activities
- Harvest levels are usually specified in terms of an allowable annual cut (AAC)
- By law, all forests harvested on Canada's public lands must be replaced
- Foresters replace harvested areas using either natural or artificial regeneration
- Forest fires in Canada vary considerably in number and in area burned
- Forest fires tend to rage in warm, dry weather brought about by high-pressure ridges in the atmosphere
- The forest industry varies according to region: Eastern Canada is dominated by pulp and paper, while the west is more focused on wood products
- The United States is by far the largest buyer of Canadian forest products
- Canada has 10% of the world's forests
- Canada has 402.1 million hectares of wooded lands
- Wooded land represents 41.1% of Canada's total surface area
- In 2003, Canada harvested 180.5 million cubic metres of roundwood
- Annually, Canada harvests 0.3% of its commercial forest area
- In 2003, an estimated 378 746 hectares were planted
- In 2003, an estimated 17 651 hectares were seeded
- Production of softwood lumber was 82.7 million m3 in 2004
- In 2004, Canada was the world's largest forest-product exporter
- Direct employment in the forest sector was 361 100 in 2004
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