Provincial forest explained

A provincial forest is a type of government-owned land in Canada, controlled by one of Canada's ten provinces. The nature of their management varies between the provinces.

Provincial control of forest lands

See main article: Land ownership in Canada. The largest class of landowners in Canada are the provincial governments, who hold all unclaimed land in their jurisdiction in the name of the Crown (Crown Lands). Over 90% of the sprawling boreal forest of Canada is provincial Crown land.^[1] Provincial lands account for 60% of the area of the province of Alberta,^[2] 94% of the land in British Columbia,^[3] 95% of Newfoundland and Labrador,^[4] and 48% of New Brunswick.

Provincial forest lands by province

Alberta

See also: Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve.

Manitoba

See also: Provincial forests (Manitoba).

Saskatchewan

See also: List of Saskatchewan provincial forests.

See also

• Forests of Canada

Notes and References

1. Book: State of Canada's Forests 2004-2005. 49.
2. Web site: Green / White Areas . April 2, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090312072546/http://www.srd.alberta.ca/lands/geographicinformation/resourcedataproductcatalogue/greenwwhiteareas.aspx . March 12, 2009 .
3. http://www.al.gov.bc.ca/clad/crownland_factsheet.pdf; Minister of Agriculture and Lands; Crown Land Fact Sheet.
4. Encyclopedia: Crown Land. 2007-02-12. V.P. NEIMANIS. The Canadian Encyclopedia: Geography. Historica Foundation of Canada. 2010-12-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20101203222935/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002049. dead.