Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Canada
Canada: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 501,610 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Canada, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Canada recorded 501,610 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Canada peaked at 501,610 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 469,350 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Canada 3rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Canada, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 469,350 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 486,798 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 483,410 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 481,292 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 484,925 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 487,953 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 487,863 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 487,479 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 486,613 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 490,201 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 493,405 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 493,743 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 494,420 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 495,012 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 496,651 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 495,077 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 495,535 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 493,457 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 494,463 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 494,536 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 497,261 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 500,529 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 501,448 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 501,610 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 501,610 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 1097.8× the median. (73 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 483,965 1000 ha | 469,350 1000 ha | 487,953 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 494,196 1000 ha | 490,201 1000 ha | 496,651 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 499,077 1000 ha | 494,536 1000 ha | 501,610 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 1 Russian Federation 922,274 1000 ha compare
- 2 Brazil 597,725 1000 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 220,821 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 70,293 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 270,880 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 268,203 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68,863 1000 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 165,940 1000 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 50,572 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 modis in Canada?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Canada was 501,610 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 501,610 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 469,350 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Canada rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Canada ranks 3rd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 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 MODIS. 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.