What makes Alberta a great place for the forest industry?
Through several generations of operation, Alberta’s forest industry has proven that trees can be sustainably harvested and regrown. The use of bark and sawdust, instead of whole trees, to produce electricity means that zero additional trees are harvested for the generation of electricity.
Is forestry the largest industry in Alberta?
In terms of total contribution, the forestry sector is dwarfed by other major industries but nevertheless is still important to the province. It currently accounts for about 0.7% of AB’s total output and about $2.2 billion in real GDP in 2018.
How much money does Alberta make from forestry?
Alberta’s forest industry directly employs 18,700 Albertans and 25,300 people in supporting occupations. Industry revenues exceed $6.5 billion from harvesting operations and the sale of lumber, pulp, newsprint, wood panels, engineered wood products, bioenergy, and ecosystem services.
How many trees are in Alberta?
80 million trees
Where is the boreal forest located in Alberta?
Interior Plains
Which province dominates Canada’s lumber industry?
British Columbia
Why is there a lumber shortage in Canada?
As if Canada’s housing sector wasn’t already irrational enough, a pandemic-induced lumber shortage is pushing the price of building a home even higher. And that’s left mills scrambling to get logs, lumber yards short on supply, and contractors forced to pay more for what supply is available.
Why is there a lumber shortage in 2020?
What is causing the lumber shortage and price surge? The lack of lumber available in stores is less to do with a shortage of trees or, even lumber production. The industry, impacted by the pandemic, had to adjust their operations, which at first slowed production, resulting in less supply.
Why is lumber so expensive in Alberta?
Lumber price increases have not only been pushed up because of demand. A shortage of supply has also played a role. Many mills were shut down during COVID and inventories have been depleted. Alberta’s forestry industry did not face shutdowns in either the pulp and paper side of the business and the lumber side.