Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Canada
Canada: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 436,843 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Canada, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Canada is 436,843 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Canada peaked at 445,311 1000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 436,843 1000 ha, in 2022.
That places Canada 3rd out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Canada, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 439,282 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 439,282 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 439,281 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 440,119 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 440,214 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 440,351 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 440,394 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 440,676 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 441,090 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 442,789 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 443,383 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 443,717 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 444,236 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 444,754 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 445,041 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 445,201 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 445,158 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 445,311 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 444,323 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 443,460 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 442,731 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 442,393 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 441,914 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 441,515 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 440,876 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 440,815 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 439,656 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 437,867 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 437,780 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 437,442 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 436,843 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 436,843 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419.21 1000 ha, 1042.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 439,950 1000 ha | 439,281 1000 ha | 440,676 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 444,068 1000 ha | 441,090 1000 ha | 445,311 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 441,555 1000 ha | 437,867 1000 ha | 444,323 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 437,355 1000 ha | 436,843 1000 ha | 437,780 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 1 Russian Federation 939,327 1000 ha compare
- 2 Brazil 439,088 1000 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 185,074 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 57,532 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 188,821 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 186,559 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 51,213 1000 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 117,641 1000 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 45,155 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Canada
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.642 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 2.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.3398 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Canada?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Canada was 436,843 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 445,311 1000 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 436,843 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Canada rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Canada ranks 3rd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.