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Domestic economic impact (Canada)
	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990
Canadian housing starts ^{Footnote 1}	271,198	217,802	208,685	212,843	219,763	197,916	195,535	189,329	187,923	214,827	193,950	189,930	149,081	211,056	228,343	227,395	225,481	233,431	218,426	205,034	162,733	151,653	149,968	137,439	147,040	124,713	110,933	154,057	155,443	168,271	156,197	181,630
Contribution to nominal GDP (current dollars) ^{Footnote 2}
Forestry and logging	5,270,035,084	4,049,168,890	4,255,377,622	4,816,000,000	4,515,000,000	4,086,000,000	3,985,000,000	3,728,000,000	3,391,000,000	3,937,000,000	3,850,000,000	3,642,000,000	3,502,000,000	4,096,000,000	4,457,000,000	4,771,000,000	4,968,000,000	4,960,000,000	4,470,000,000	4,877,000,000	4,326,000,000	4,735,000,000	4,727,000,000	4,975,000,000	4,799,000,000	4,418,631,333	4,755,419,167	4,504,741,500	4,286,316,000	3,934,864,250	3,834,020,000	4,325,382,000
Pulp and paper product manufacturing	9,719,878,832	9,209,308,267	9,601,932,384	10,469,000,000	8,837,000,000	8,607,000,000	8,581,000,000	7,927,000,000	7,419,000,000	7,466,000,000	8,178,000,000	8,583,000,000	7,711,000,000	8,832,000,000	9,304,000,000	10,163,000,000	10,615,000,000	10,656,000,000	10,366,000,000	11,554,000,000	13,145,000,000	13,823,000,000	10,385,000,000	10,498,000,000	9,945,000,000	9,833,260,000	9,519,708,000	9,403,002,000	8,844,696,000	8,116,691,000	7,797,360,000	7,988,680,000
Wood product manufacturing	19,820,127,123	12,845,873,768	11,212,102,904	11,862,000,000	11,122,000,000	9,990,000,000	8,961,000,000	8,724,000,000	8,785,000,000	7,402,000,000	6,529,000,000	6,813,000,000	6,108,000,000	7,977,000,000	9,702,000,000	11,285,000,000	13,007,000,000	14,274,000,000	11,680,000,000	12,108,000,000	11,325,000,000	12,183,000,000	11,898,000,000	9,130,000,000	9,304,000,000	7,297,772,000	6,975,166,000	6,873,426,000	6,678,648,000	6,270,700,000	5,877,488,000	6,446,152,000
Total contribution to nominal GDP	34,810,041,039	26,104,350,925	25,069,412,910	27,147,000,000	24,474,000,000	22,683,000,000	21,527,000,000	20,379,000,000	19,595,000,000	18,805,000,000	18,557,000,000	19,038,000,000	17,321,000,000	20,905,000,000	23,463,000,000	26,219,000,000	28,590,000,000	29,890,000,000	26,516,000,000	28,539,000,000	28,796,000,000	30,741,000,000	27,010,000,000	24,603,000,000	24,048,000,000	21,549,663,333	21,250,293,167	20,781,169,500	19,809,660,000	18,322,255,250	17,508,868,000	18,760,214,000
Contribution to real GDP (constant 2012 dollars) ^{Footnote 3}
Forestry and logging	3,844,000,000	3,717,000,000	3,752,000,000	4,122,000,000	3,975,000,000	4,030,000,000	4,259,000,000	4,210,000,000	4,049,000,000	3,937,000,000	4,014,916,667	3,650,000,000	3,157,750,000	4,002,916,667	4,283,000,000	4,699,083,333	4,907,000,000	4,838,916,667	4,585,916,667	4,762,916,667	4,607,000,000	4,599,083,333	4,409,000,000	4,283,000,000	4,280,916,667	4,823,833,333	5,272,083,333	5,107,416,667	4,915,500,000	4,580,750,000	4,521,250,000	5,249,250,000
Pulp and paper product manufacturing	6,685,000,000	6,671,000,000	6,707,000,000	7,223,000,000	7,406,000,000	7,647,000,000	7,857,000,000	7,547,000,000	7,146,000,000	7,466,000,000	7,940,916,667	8,243,916,667	7,590,083,333	9,302,000,000	10,046,166,667	10,350,083,333	11,555,083,333	11,657,916,667	11,607,833,333	11,617,000,000	11,026,000,000	11,485,000,000	10,864,916,667	9,989,000,000	10,236,916,667	10,735,000,000	10,554,000,000	10,660,916,667	10,143,000,000	9,449,000,000	9,195,000,000	9,695,000,000
Wood product manufacturing	9,020,000,000	8,179,000,000	8,404,000,000	8,729,000,000	8,756,000,000	8,872,000,000	8,394,000,000	8,124,000,000	7,928,000,000	7,402,000,000	7,125,000,000	6,948,083,333	6,606,916,667	8,060,916,667	9,070,916,667	9,917,000,000	9,997,000,000	9,303,000,000	8,916,000,000	8,850,000,000	7,917,083,333	8,327,916,667	7,532,083,333	7,078,000,000	6,797,083,333	7,967,333,333	7,733,416,667	7,792,833,333	7,658,916,667	7,299,833,333	6,931,000,000	7,823,083,333
Total contribution to real GDP	19,549,000,000	18,567,000,000	18,863,000,000	20,074,000,000	20,137,000,000	20,549,000,000	20,510,000,000	19,881,000,000	19,123,000,000	18,805,000,000	19,080,833,333	18,842,000,000	17,354,750,000	21,365,833,333	23,400,083,333	24,966,166,667	26,459,083,333	25,799,833,333	25,109,750,000	25,229,916,667	23,550,083,333	24,412,000,000	22,806,000,000	21,350,000,000	21,314,916,667	23,526,166,667	23,559,500,000	23,561,166,667	22,717,416,667	21,329,583,333	20,647,250,000	22,767,333,333
Revenue from goods manufactured (dollars) ^{Footnote 4}
Logging		9,591,110,000	10,529,444,000	10,729,699,000	10,154,358,000	9,782,530,000	9,381,792,000	9,199,638,000	8,928,442,000	8,565,752,000	8,507,998,000	7,658,999,000	7,471,343,000	10,014,469,000	11,961,135,000	13,688,887,000	14,566,697,000	14,106,996,000	12,177,771,000	12,333,746,000	12,657,985,000	12,620,475,000	11,852,320,000	11,866,513,000	12,471,679,000	12,394,275,000	11,728,142,000	10,178,455,000	9,034,557,000	8,372,842,000	7,716,504,000	8,135,995,000
Pulp and paper product manufacturing		27,303,223,000	30,001,407,000	30,784,337,000	27,736,303,000	25,684,269,000	25,861,315,000	25,352,934,000	23,165,414,000	23,245,171,000	24,547,505,000	25,212,544,000	24,479,706,000	28,418,900,000	29,618,338,000	30,154,961,000	32,063,868,000	33,711,010,000	33,299,610,000	34,225,256,000	35,842,469,000	38,275,806,000	31,940,639,000	29,790,115,000	29,761,570,000	30,663,220,000	36,013,741,000	25,226,380,000	20,824,673,000	20,433,746,000	20,741,685,000	23,655,748,000
Converted paper product manufacturing		11,498,114,000	11,520,843,000	10,997,510,000	10,580,368,000	9,839,123,000	9,807,737,000	10,249,217,000	8,686,178,000	7,883,666,000	7,942,809,000	7,767,431,000	8,069,268,000	8,224,244,000	8,710,855,000	9,162,435,000	9,614,679,000	9,967,467,000	10,175,305,000	10,221,841,000	9,851,721,000	9,269,275,000	8,005,517,000	7,527,855,000	6,413,561,000	6,621,211,000	6,493,685,000	5,411,187,000	4,873,328,000	4,777,439,000	4,934,505,000	5,130,351,000
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills		15,805,109,000	18,480,564,000	19,786,826,000	17,155,935,000	15,845,146,000	16,053,578,000	15,103,717,000	14,479,236,000	15,361,505,000	16,604,696,000	17,445,113,000	16,410,438,000	20,194,656,000	20,907,483,000	20,992,526,000	22,449,189,000	23,743,543,000	23,124,305,000	24,003,415,000	25,990,748,000	29,006,531,000	23,935,122,000	22,262,260,000	23,348,009,000	24,042,009,000	29,520,056,000	19,815,193,000	15,951,345,000	15,656,307,000	15,807,180,000	18,525,397,000
Wood product manufacturing		36,050,943,000	31,682,993,000	35,919,477,000	33,355,765,000	29,772,070,000	27,415,986,000	26,409,948,000	25,207,657,000	21,328,395,000	19,902,484,000	20,245,368,000	18,446,149,000	22,489,821,000	26,693,219,000	31,418,040,000	33,822,041,000	35,843,804,000	30,600,184,000	32,174,361,000	30,074,874,000	31,671,414,000	29,841,091,000	25,994,256,000	25,960,218,000	24,000,280,000	22,621,482,000	22,274,741,000	18,521,546,000	14,538,221,000	12,568,373,000	14,059,239,000
Other wood product manufacturing		9,414,888,000	9,104,800,000	9,256,872,000	8,409,112,000	7,988,203,000	7,689,949,000	7,478,184,000	7,361,273,000	6,743,430,000	6,763,762,000	6,463,330,000	6,422,519,000	7,465,869,000	8,068,195,000	8,213,671,000	8,101,909,000	8,192,042,000	7,593,935,000	7,594,103,000	6,744,842,000	6,486,301,000	4,790,422,000	4,261,636,000	4,123,075,000	3,811,755,000	3,312,907,000	3,287,551,000	3,011,667,000	2,741,975,000	2,677,095,000	3,327,161,000
Sawmills and wood preservation		36,304,894,000	31,178,364,000	37,153,646,000	34,503,912,000	30,497,474,000	28,234,834,000	27,259,806,000	24,963,756,000	19,994,364,000	9,196,377,000	9,505,733,000	8,089,336,000	10,502,134,000	12,911,091,000	16,141,952,000	17,336,181,000	18,278,780,000	15,270,643,000	17,842,483,000	17,201,664,000	18,758,970,000	18,775,251,000	16,791,566,000	17,692,237,000	16,459,430,000	15,571,245,000	15,438,661,000	12,704,225,000	9,667,214,000	8,192,549,000	8,822,536,000
Veneer, plywood and engineered wood product manufacturing		16,967,216,000	13,978,022,000	16,171,566,000	15,389,394,000	13,070,260,000	11,217,242,000	10,603,724,000	10,729,014,000	9,175,566,000	3,942,345,000	4,276,305,000	3,934,294,000	4,521,818,000	5,713,933,000	7,062,417,000	8,383,951,000	9,372,982,000	7,735,606,000	6,737,775,000	6,128,368,000	6,426,143,000	6,275,418,000	4,941,054,000	4,144,906,000	3,729,095,000	3,737,330,000	3,548,529,000	2,805,654,000	2,129,032,000	1,698,729,000	1,909,542,000
Total revenue from goods manufactured		72,945,276,000	72,213,844,000	77,433,513,000	71,246,426,000	65,238,869,000	62,659,093,000	60,962,520,000	57,301,513,000	53,139,318,000	52,957,987,000	53,116,911,000	50,397,198,000	60,923,190,000	68,272,692,000	75,261,888,000	80,452,606,000	83,661,810,000	76,077,565,000	78,733,363,000	78,575,328,000	82,567,695,000	73,634,050,000	67,650,884,000	68,193,467,000	67,057,775,000	70,363,365,000	57,679,576,000	48,380,776,000	43,344,809,000	41,026,562,000	45,850,982,000

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Footnote 1

Canadian housing starts

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 34-10-0126-01 (formerly CANSIM table 027-0009): Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, housing starts, under construction and completions, all areas. (accessed March 3, 2022).

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Contribution to nominal GDP

Sources:

Statistics Canada. Table 36-10-0434-04: Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by industry, monthly (x 1,000,000). (accessed March 1, 2022).
Statistics Canada. Table 18-10-0267-01: Industrial product price index, by industry, monthly. (accessed March 1, 2022).
Statistics Canada. Table 18-10-0268-01: Raw materials price index, monthly. (accessed March 1, 2022).
Statistics Canada. Table 18-10-0265-01: Industrial product price index, by major product group, monthly. (accessed March 1, 2022).

Notes:

Natural Resources Canada–Canadian Forest Service’s calculations for the latest year’s nominal GDP are based on Statistics Canada’s tables 36-10-0434-04, 18-10-0267-01, 18-10-0268-01 and 18-10-0265-01: GDP in 2012 constant prices and on estimated industry price deflators indexed to 2012.
Data from Statistics Canada’s Natural Resources Satellite Account (NRSA) are a key source of information on the economic contribution of the forest sector in Canada. The NRSA, the result of collaboration between Natural Resources Canada and Statistics Canada, is able to capture economic activity in forest industry segments that have traditionally been difficult to measure, such as wood furniture manufacturing. According to data from the NRSA, the forest sector directly accounted for $39.2 billion to Canada’s nominal GDP (1.7% of total GDP) in 2021.

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Contribution to real GDP

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 36-10-0434-04: Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by industry, monthly (x 1,000,000). (accessed March 1, 2022).

Notes:

Real GDP in 2012 constant prices.
Nominal and real GDP vary in that real values are adjusted for inflation whereas nominal values are not. Therefore, real GDP is used to account for differences between time periods (e.g., comparing 2020 and 2021 GDP).

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Revenue from goods manufactured

Sources:

Statistics Canada. Table 16-10-0117-01 (formerly CANSIM 301-0008): Principal statistics for manufacturing industries, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (x 1,000). (accessed March 3, 2022).
Statistics Canada. Table 16-10-0114-01 (formerly CANSIM 301-0009): Logging industries, principal statistics by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (x 1,000). (accessed May 25, 2022).

Note: Revenue from goods manufactured includes revenue from the sale of goods manufactured using materials owned by the establishment, as well as from repair work, manufacturing service charges and work contracted to others.

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