About the Logging in Alberta Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Logging in Alberta Market Research Report
Definition of the Logging in Alberta?
Operators in this industry buy and lease log harvesting equipment and vehicles, which they use to fell trees. The trees are then transported as sawlogs to sawmills and pulp mills. Companies that are primarily engaged in the breeding, planting or growing of trees are excluded from this industry and are instead classified under the Timber Services NAICS code 11311.
What’s included in the Logging in Alberta?
The Logging in Alberta includes cutting timber, transporting timber and producing wood chips in the forest. Related terms covered in the Logging in Alberta industry report includes land owned by either federal or provincial governments, the annual level of harvest allowed on a particular area of provincial crown land over a specific number of years. harvests on federal and private lands are not regulated the same way, a fee paid to the landowner, often a provincial government, for the timber harvested within it. stumpage rates often vary by region and species, the practice of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health and quality of forests and woodlands to meet various needs, the greater-in-diameter and straighter part of a tree stem processed at a sawmill; the most financially valuable part of a tree and a short, round section of a log.
Industry Performance of the Logging industry in Alberta
Benchmark the Logging in Alberta industry performance with all AB Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.
Logging in Alberta
#5 in Highest Revenue 5.5% of province's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
Logging in Canada
Revenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
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Key Drivers of the Logging industry in Alberta
See how key industry drivers, such as population, median houshold income, gross domestic product, demand from wood product manufacturing, demand from paper mills and price of wood products are impacting Logging in Alberta
Alberta Economic Indicators
Population
Median Houshold Income
Gross Domestic Product
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Canada Key External Drivers
Demand from wood product manufacturing
Demand from paper mills
Price of wood products
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Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Logging industry in Alberta
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Key Statistics of the Logging industry in Alberta
Download 18 years of historical data and 5 years of projected performance.
