While the forestry industry makes a smaller percentage of the economy than Canada’s other energy sectors, it creates a massive amount of jobs, which is why much of Canada remains to be forested. In 2017 it employed about 209,940 people in the country and contributed 24.6 billion that same year(around 1.4 billion provincially). After parts of a forest are cut down, they are still crown land, and are allowed to regrow without any other industries being allowed to take over the area while it regrows. Forestry remains to be one of Canada’s largest industry’s, and because of this, efforts are put in place to keep the area protected. Forty-two percentage of Canada is covered by forests, which make around 10% of the world’s forested land. It is no surprise that Canada values it’s resources as a country.

In this article, we go over the reasons why it has been and tends to remain one of the lowest population density’s worldwide.

It’s a very peaceful country, and while our central cities are packed with life, people, industry, and activities, they pale in comparison to how much of our land is actually uninhabited. If you’ve ever been to Canada, or if you live in Canada, you may already know about how easy it is to find an un-populated back-road, or maybe you have witnessed the miles upon miles of farmlands and forests in between towns.

Canada population density