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Lesson 3: The Economic Value of Canada's Forests
Unit 1 - The Importance of Canada's Forests
Lesson 3: The Economic Value of Canada's Forests
Canada's forests are an integral part of the economy:
The following graph shows the 2013 trade balance for the leading forest product nations. A positive number indicates that exports are greater than imports, whereas a negative number indicates that imports are greater than exports.
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The forest industry accounted for about $24.6 billion in Canada's economy in 2017.
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For about 200 communities in Canada, the forest sector makes up at least 50% of the economic base.
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In 2018, the forest industry provided more than 57,000 direct and indirect jobs in Alberta; in Canada, 209,940 were directly employed in the forest industry.
- Canada is the world's largest exporter of wood, pulp, newsprint, and softwood lumber.
The following graph shows the 2013 trade balance for the leading forest product nations. A positive number indicates that exports are greater than imports, whereas a negative number indicates that imports are greater than exports.

Tourism also plays a very important role in Canada's economy.
Between 2016 and 2017, people visited Canada's national partks in the boreal forest region approximately 9 million times.