•Average annual litter flux was similar for studied pine, spruce and birch stands.•Both stand age and site quality index were significant factors affecting the annual litter flux.•No significant relationship was established between stand basal area and litter flux.•For all tree species, the relative proportion of needles or leaves from in total annual litter flux declined with stand age.•The effect of weather conditions on the annual litter flux was revealed in continuously studied stands. Canopy litterfall represents an essential aboveground flux in every forest ecosystem, affecting soil carbon and nutrient dynamics as well as soil fertility. However, despite the important role of the canopy litter flux in ecosysteḿs functioning and carbon sequestration, litterfall dynamics is still poorly studied in hemiboreal forests. The main aim of the current study was to estimate average annual litter fluxes in Scots pine, Norway spruce and birch (Betula pendula and Betula pubescens) stands, as well as to compile regional litter models for estimating the annual litter flux. The annual litter flux from a total of 33 pine, 15 spruce and 21 birch stands, with 85, 43 and 53 datapoints, respectively, was included in the study. Although the annual litter flux depended on site quality index and stand age, no significant relationship was established between stand basal area and litter flux. Average annual canopy litterfall was similar for the studied tree species, being 3.24 ± 0.14 for pine, 3.62 ± 0.16 for spruce and 3.22 ± 0.07 t ha−1 yr−1 for birch across the stands of different ages. For all studied tree species, the relative proportion of needles or leaves in the total annual litter flux declined with stand age, due to the increased share of twigs and other fractions in the litter of older stands. The developed models of the litter flux allow to estimate the annual litter production of the canopy for the studied tree species on the basis of site quality index and stand age.