Making up approximately 35% of Canada’s landmass and 77% of its total forested area, the Boreal biome affects the economic, cultural, and environmental aspects of Canadian lives. Its diverse ecosystem consists of a variety of deciduous and coniferous trees such as birch (Betula papyrifera), mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia), and aspens (Populus tremuloides) to black spruce (Picea mariana), balsam fir (Abies balsamea) and red pine (Pinus resinosa), just to name a few. While constituting a significant size of Canada’s landscape, the Boreal forest extends its reach to sub-arctic regions of Scandinavia and Russia. Thus, the Boreal forest manages to achieve a circumpolar range comprising 25% of the world’s closed canopy forests!

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