In the last 10 years, Canada lost 1,017 Christmas tree farms and 19,165 acres of Christmas tree farmland, according to Statistics Canada. Christmas trees — and the farmers who grow them — are ...

Canada, the world’s top exporter of natural Christmas trees, is grappling with a shortage that will likely be exacerbated by historic flooding in British Columbia, ...

Over the last decade, Canada has lost more than 20,000 acres of Christmas tree farms solely due to farmers aging out, retiring or dying without a succession plan in place, Brennan said.

Christmas has come early to Canada, it seems, with parts of the country hunkered down since November. Its biggest city, Toronto, and two of its large suburbs went into lockdown two weeks ago.

Canada had 2,381 Christmas tree farms in 2011, which fell to 1,872 by 2016 and continues to decline as farmers retire. Planted acres fell by 16% in the same period.

Of the more than $64-million earned from the farms' Christmas tree sales in 2014, Canada exported $32.6-million worth, or 1.5-million trees, with about 96 per cent of them going to the United States.

There's a Canada-wide Christmas tree shortage, which can be chalked up to high demand, fewer tree farmers and climate change. But for Yukoners who live in "the land of trees," people might not ...

If you haven’t picked up the perfect Christmas tree already - you may be out of luck. This year the demand for Christmas trees outweighs the supply. "We do have a shortage this year all across ...

First developed by Canada’s indigenous peoples, spruce beer was commonly used to prevent scurvy, even by French navigator Jacques Cartier. Today, it continues to have a following. Strange Brews ...

Jeff Feccia is the co-owner of Christmas Tree for Me, and his business is also running the Tree Farm at Snowport in the Seaport as the new vendor this year. Their trees start around $125 to $140 ...

The Boston Common Christmas tree will have its official lighting on Thursday, December 1st. But this isn't just any holiday ceremony, it's the continuation of a tradition started between Boston ...