And British Columbia's exports of forest products represent 36 per cent of the total for Canada. About 95 per cent of the B.C.'s forests are owned by the province. That's about 42 per cent of the total. British Columbia law requires all logged areas to be reforested. British Columbia's forest sector accounts for about six per cent of total employment in the province, roughly 90,000 jobs, and an estimated 15 per cent of provincial economic activity.
International markets are essential to British Columbia's forest industry.
That's 36 per cent of the total for all of Canada.