![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2009, approximately 80,000 Christmas trees were exported from Prince Edward Island to the United States. Many growers plant seedlings on old fields but there is increasing interest in managing balsam fir that establishes itself naturally on many old cutover sites. The primary species is Balsam Fir with pines and spruce accounting for most of the rest. Prince Edward Island has a small Christmas tree industry some growers cater to the "u-cut" and local retail trade. Ontario Īccording to 2001 Canadian agriculture statistics the Christmas tree crop in Ontario covered 30,000 acres (120 km 2) and was worth a total of $8.3 million. Usually, the Boston Tree is cut from an open stand, where trees are allowed to grow uncontrolled, but occasionally it has been donated by a Christmas tree grower. Īrguably the most famous Christmas tree produced in Nova Scotia is the Boston Tree, which is donated by the province to the people of Boston in remembrance of the city's response after the infamous Halifax Explosion. In 1996, Nova Scotia had ranked second behind Quebec in terms of land area devoted to Christmas trees. Despite the overall decrease in land area for the crop, Nova Scotia led Canada in terms of land used for Christmas tree cultivation. Production was spread out over 535 farms, one-third less than in 1996. īetween the 19 Census of Agriculture the total area devoted to Christmas tree production in Nova Scotia fell 18.1 percent to 23,450 acres (94.9 km 2). The industry provided 500 permanent jobs and seasonal work for 2,500 Nova Scotia workers. The $30 million crop is represented by a harvest of over 1.8 million trees annually, 95 percent of the trees harvested are sold outside the province. The Christmas tree industry in Nova Scotia is worth $30 million per year and involves some 3,500 producers and exporters. All British Columbian Christmas tree plantations are found in the Fraser Valley, on Vancouver Island, and in the Okanagan, Thompson and Kootenays regions. While 75 percent of the trees produced are harvested from native stands those that are grown on plantations are grown by about 450 individual growers. British Columbia Įach year about 900,000 Christmas trees are produced in British Columbia (BC), most of these trees are cut from native stands and originate in the East Kootenay region of BC. īy 2015, the number of farms had fallen to just under 2,400 and the industry was valued at just over $78 million. Overall, between 20 Canadian tree farmers saw revenue decline 12 percent. The 2004 Christmas tree harvest represented a 3.3 percent decrease when compared to 2003. The 2004 crop was worth around $62 million, 36.2 million of which came from the 2.5 million trees Canadians exported. Nearly a decade later, in 2004, Canadian Christmas tree production was at 3.9 million trees cut, a 0.3 percent decrease over the preceding 10 years. The 1995 total crop numbered 3.2 million trees cut, Quebec provided 32.5 percent of the total trees harvested. Quebec, Nova Scotia and Ontario all accounted for 22–24 percent of the total national acreage used by Christmas tree production, and together the five leading provinces accounted for 95 percent of all land in production with the crop nationwide. The leading provinces in 1995 were Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, British Columbia and New Brunswick. Five provinces vied for the title of Canada's top Christmas tree producer, three of which were close to each other in terms of percentage of the total national acreage devoted to the crop. In 1995, there were about 126,000 acres (510 km 2) of land, divided over 4,077 farms, in production with Christmas trees in Canada. About half of the total harvest is exported each year, mostly to the United States but also to the Caribbean, Central America, and Germany. The nation's top three producers of Christmas trees, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Ontario, account for around 80 percent of all Canadian Christmas tree production. Īround 40 million Christmas trees are cut every year in North America of that number, between 3 and 6 million are cut from Canadian Christmas tree farms and native pine and fir stands annually. Demand for Christmas trees continued to rise and the interest in Christmas tree cultivation increased with it. Into the 1930s nearly all Canadian Christmas trees were harvested from native stands within local forests. The production of natural Christmas trees in Canada developed similarly to that of the United States. Of the 900,000 trees produced annually in British Columbia, most are cut from native pine stands. ![]() Trees are produced in many of the provinces of Canada but the nation's leading producers are found in Quebec, Nova Scotia and Ontario, which account for 80 percent of Canadian tree production. A grower in Waterloo, Nova Scotia prunes Balsam Fir trees in OctoberĬhristmas tree production in Canada totals from 3 to 6 million trees annually. ![]()
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