Northern Ontario · Crown forests
Know the forest you live beside.
Who manages Ontario's northern Crown forests, what they supply, and how their history shaped the towns around them.
Find your forest
Nine forests, one map
- 01Hearst ForestHearst, Mattice–Val Côté, Constance Lake FN1,521,767 ha
- 02Gordon Cosens ForestKapuskasing, Hearst, Cochrane2,005,287 ha
- 03Pineland ForestTimmins, Chapleau393,783 ha
- 04Romeo Malette ForestTimmins–Cochrane630,008 ha
- 05Algoma ForestSault Ste. Marie and Algoma1,573,629 ha
- 06Northshore ForestLake Huron north shore1,260,577 ha
- 07Spanish ForestSpanish River watershed, Sudbury–Algoma1,234,877 ha
- 08Timiskaming ForestTemiskaming Shores, Kirkland Lake, Elk Lake1,538,923 ha
- 09Temagami ForestNorth of North Bay634,119 ha
ForestryInfo.ca is a plain-language guide to the Crown forest management units of northern Ontario: where each forest is, who manages it, what it supplies, and how its history shaped the communities around it.
Ontario's Crown forests are managed under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act. Most are run by a Sustainable Forest License holder that prepares a long-term Forest Management Plan, carries out harvest, renewal and road work, and is checked by independent forest audits, with public and Indigenous consultation built into every plan.
On the forest floor
Life in the forest
