Introduction

, more than 57 percent of the entire province.

The Boreal Forest as a whole is Canada’s largest ecosystem, covering 58 percent of the country. It  stretches through all provinces except PEI, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. According to the Boreal Forest initiative, an estimated 208 billion tonnes of carbon are stored in the Canadian Boreal’s trees, soils, water and peat –equivalent to 26 years’ worth of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.