The forests of Canada are located within eight different regions:

Forest region	Location	Predominant tree species
Acadian	Maritimes	red spruce, balsam fir, yellow birch
Boreal	Northern Canada	white spruce, black spruce, balsam fir, jack pine, white birch, trembling aspen, tamarack, willow
Carolinian (Deciduous)	southwestern Ontario	beech, maple, black walnut, hickory, oak
Coast	British Columbia	western redcedar, western hemlock, Sitka spruce, Douglas-fir
Columbia	British Columbia	western redcedar, western hemlock, Douglas-fir
Great Lakes–St Lawrence	central Canada	red pine, eastern white pine, eastern hemlock, yellow birch, maple, oak
Montane	British Columbia and Alberta	Douglas-fir, lodgepole pine, ponderosa pine, trembling aspen
Subalpine	British Columbia and Alberta	Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, lodgepole pine

• An ecozone is an area of Earth’s surface representing large, very generalized ecological units. Each ecozone is characterized by a unique interplay of geologic, climatic, vegetative, wildlife and human activity factors.
• Canada has 20 ecozones: 15 terrestrial and 5 marine. The 15 terrestrial ecozones are further divided into 53 ecoprovinces, and those in turn are subdivided into 194 ecoregions.
• Ecozones, ecoprovinces and ecoregions are useful units for reporting and planning purposes at, respectively, the national, provincial and regional levels.

Ecozones are the broadest classification type for forests

1. Acadian Forest RegionLocated in Quebec as well as the Maritime Provinces in Eastern Canada, and extends into the United States.
2. Boreal Forest RegionThe largest forest region in Canada. It is located in the north and contains about one-third of the world’s circumpolar boreal forests (also sometimes referred to as a snow forest).
3. Coast Forest RegionLocated on the west coast, this region is home to almost entirely coniferous trees such as the Douglas-fir, Sitka spruce, western hemlock, and western red cedar.
4. Columbia Forest RegionThis region is located between the Rocky Mountains and the central plateau in British Columbia.
5. Deciduous Forest RegionThis Canadian forest region is located between Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario.
6. Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Forest– This region is the second-largest forest region and is located from southeastern Manitoba to the Gaspé Peninsula.
7. Montane Forest Region – Located in the west of Canada, this region covers parts of the Kootenays, the central plateau of British Columbia, and a number of valleys close to Alberta’s border.
8. Subalpine Forest Region– This region is located in British Columbia and Alberta.

Sources:

https://natural-resources.canada.ca/forest-forestry/sustainable-forest-management/forest-classification

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