total forest area of the planet), they occupy 45% of its territory. Therefore, logging is carried out in almost all provinces and territories of Canada, but 40% of canadian business timber is supplied by one province - British Columbia. Industrial or commercial forests cover 235 million hectares out of 418 million hectares of the total forest area; each year logging is carried out on the territory of about 1 million hectares. it is Important to note that forestry for logging purposes is carried out only on the territory of 119 million hectares. ha, or 28, 5% of the wooded area. There are many so - called open forests in Canada on swamps, rocky and other barren lands, as well as woodlands-they occupy about 37% of the total forested area, all other productive forests are either in remote places or in protected national and provincial parks.