provincial forest
A provincial forest is a type of government-owned land in Canada, controlled by one of Canada's ten provinces. The nature of their management varies between the provinces.
Provincial control of forest lands
{{main|Land ownership in Canada}}
The largest class of landowners in Canada are the provincial governments, who hold all unclaimed land in their jurisdiction in the name of the Crown (Crown Lands). Over 90% of the sprawling boreal forest of Canada is provincial Crown land.{{cite book|title=State of Canada's Forests 2004-2005|page=49}} Provincial lands account for 60% of the area of the province of Alberta,{{cite web|url=http://www.srd.alberta.ca/lands/geographicinformation/resourcedataproductcatalogue/greenwwhiteareas.aspx |accessdate=April 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |title=Green / White Areas |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312072546/http://www.srd.alberta.ca/lands/geographicinformation/resourcedataproductcatalogue/greenwwhiteareas.aspx |archivedate=March 12, 2009 }} 94% of the land in British Columbia,[http://www.al.gov.bc.ca/clad/crownland_factsheet.pdf; Minister of Agriculture and Lands; Crown Land Fact Sheet.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903144257/http://www.al.gov.bc.ca/clad/crownland_factsheet.pdf |date=2011-09-03 }} 95% of Newfoundland and Labrador,{{Cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002049|title=Crown Land|accessdate=2007-02-12|author=V.P. NEIMANIS|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia: Geography|publisher=Historica Foundation of Canada|archive-date=2010-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203222935/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002049|url-status=dead}} and 48% of New Brunswick.{{citation|last=Mitchell|first=Simon J.|title=Who Owns Crown Lands?|publisher=Falls Brook Centre|date=June 2003}}
Provincial forest lands by province
; Alberta
{{see|Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve}}
; Manitoba
{{see|Provincial forests (Manitoba)}}
;Saskatchewan
{{see|List of Saskatchewan provincial forests}}