{"id":99704,"date":"2026-08-25T02:12:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/?p=99704"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:19:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:19:55","slug":"bc-loses-more-than-30-sawmills-in-a-decade-of-lumber-industry-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/bc-loses-more-than-30-sawmills-in-a-decade-of-lumber-industry-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"BC loses more than 30 sawmills in a decade of lumber industry decline"},"content":{"rendered":"

British Columbia has lost more than 30 sawmills since 2017, while at least 21 lumber mills have closed permanently or indefinitely since 2023 alone. Provincial production data show that Interior lumber output had already fallen by roughly half from 2016 levels by 2024, with further closures and extended curtailments continuing through 2025 and 2026. Higher US duties are adding pressure, but the longer decline points to problems with log availability, harvesting and transport costs, weak lumber markets and increasingly difficult mill economics.<\/p>\n

Global Wood Markets Info compiled the latest company announcements, provincial records and Canadian forest-sector data to examine how much sawmill capacity British Columbia has lost and what is driving the contraction.<\/em><\/p>\n

British Columbia's lumber industry is operating with a much smaller production base than a decade ago. Industry evidence presented to the provincial legislature in 2025 said that more than 30 sawmills had closed since 2017<\/strong>. The BC Council of Forest Industries subsequently reported that at least 21 lumber mills had closed permanently or indefinitely since 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The precise totals vary according to whether an indefinite shutdown is counted as a closure, but company announcements show a continuous reduction in capacity across both the Interior and coastal regions.<\/p>\n

BC sawmill closures have continued into 2025-26<\/strong><\/p>\n

The largest producers have progressively reduced their BC footprints. Canfor closed Chetwynd, Polar, Plateau and Fort St. John, while West Fraser closed Fraser Lake and, most recently, 100 Mile House. Several coastal mills have remained open but operated intermittently through prolonged curtailments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
GLOBAL WOOD MARKETS INFO \u2014 SELECTED BC SAWMILL CLOSURES AND LONG-TERM CURTAILMENTS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Year<\/th>\nCompany<\/th>\nOperation<\/th>\nStatus<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2017<\/td>\nWestern Forest Products<\/td>\nSomass, Port Alberni<\/strong><\/td>\nClosed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nCanfor<\/td>\nMackenzie<\/strong><\/td>\nIndefinitely curtailed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nConifex<\/td>\nFort St. James<\/strong><\/td>\nClosed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nTolko<\/td>\nQuest Wood, Quesnel<\/strong><\/td>\nPermanently closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nCanfor<\/td>\nVavenby<\/strong><\/td>\nPermanently closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nWest Fraser<\/td>\nChasm<\/strong><\/td>\nPermanently closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nInterfor<\/td>\nHammond, Maple Ridge<\/strong><\/td>\nPermanently closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nTolko<\/td>\nKelowna<\/strong><\/td>\nPermanently closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nCanfor<\/td>\nIsle Pierre<\/strong><\/td>\nPermanently closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nFlavelle<\/td>\nPort Moody<\/strong><\/td>\nPermanently closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\nCanfor<\/td>\nChetwynd<\/strong><\/td>\nPermanently closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\nCanfor<\/td>\nHouston<\/strong><\/td>\nExisting mill closed; planned replacement later suspended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/td>\nWest Fraser<\/td>\nFraser Lake<\/strong><\/td>\nPermanently closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/td>\nCanfor<\/td>\nPolar, Bear Lake<\/strong><\/td>\nPermanently closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/td>\nCanfor<\/td>\nPlateau, Vanderhoof<\/strong><\/td>\nPermanently closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/td>\nCanfor<\/td>\nFort St. John<\/strong><\/td>\nPermanently closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025<\/td>\nWest Fraser<\/td>\n100 Mile House<\/strong><\/td>\nPermanently closed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025\u201326<\/td>\nWestern Forest Products<\/td>\nChemainus<\/strong><\/td>\nLong-term curtailment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025\u201326<\/td>\nConifex<\/td>\nMackenzie<\/strong><\/td>\nRepeated extended curtailments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2026<\/td>\nWestern Forest Products<\/td>\nCowichan Bay<\/strong><\/td>\nExtended curtailments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2026<\/td>\nWestern Forest Products<\/td>\nDuke Point<\/strong><\/td>\nProduction curtailments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2026<\/td>\nWestern Forest Products<\/td>\nLadysmith<\/strong><\/td>\nProduction curtailments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:<\/strong> Global Wood Markets Info compilation from company announcements, public filings and provincial industry records. Short seasonal curtailments are excluded.<\/p>\n

Interior lumber production has roughly halved<\/strong><\/p>\n

The loss of mills is reflected in provincial production. BC produced around 31.4 million m\u00b3 of softwood lumber in 2016<\/strong>, including approximately 27.7 million m\u00b3 in the Interior. By 2024, Interior output was around 14 million m\u00b3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

That puts Interior production roughly 50% below 2016 levels<\/strong>. The decline is particularly important because the Interior accounts for the overwhelming majority of BC softwood lumber production and remains a major source of Western SPF for the US market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
GLOBAL WOOD MARKETS INFO \u2014 BC INTERIOR SOFTWOOD LUMBER PRODUCTION<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Region<\/th>\n2016<\/th>\n2024<\/th>\nChange<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
BC Interior<\/strong><\/td>\n27.7m m\u00b3<\/td>\n13.97m m\u00b3<\/td>\n-49.6%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:<\/strong> Global Wood Markets Info calculation based on Statistics Canada and British Columbia government data.<\/p>\n

Some recent closures have removed substantial individual blocks of capacity. West Fraser's Fraser Lake closure eliminated about 160 million board feet\/year<\/strong>. The closure of 100 Mile House removed another 160 million board feet. Canfor's Polar sawmill represented around 300 million board feet\/year<\/strong>, while the 2023 restructuring involving Chetwynd and Houston affected approximately 750 million board feet of annual capacity.<\/p>\n

Taken together with Plateau, Fort St. John and other closures, several billion board feet of BC sawmill capacity have disappeared since 2023.<\/p>\n

Installed capacity increasingly overstates actual supply<\/strong><\/p>\n

Permanent closures tell only part of the story. Several remaining mills are producing substantially below stated capacity.<\/p>\n

Western Forest Products' Chemainus operation, for example, produced only about 23 million board feet in 2025<\/strong> against stated two-shift capacity of around 70 million board feet. Cowichan Bay produced approximately 42 million board feet<\/strong> against capacity of around 140 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
GLOBAL WOOD MARKETS INFO \u2014 WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS BC SAWMILLS, 2025<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Mill<\/th>\nCapacity<\/th>\nProduction<\/th>\nOutput \/ capacity<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Ladysmith<\/td>\n90m bf<\/td>\n75m bf<\/td>\n83%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cowichan Bay<\/td>\n140m bf<\/td>\n42m bf<\/td>\n30%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saltair<\/td>\n240m bf<\/td>\n173m bf<\/td>\n72%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duke Point<\/td>\n160m bf<\/td>\n87m bf<\/td>\n54%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chemainus<\/td>\n70m bf<\/td>\n23m bf<\/td>\n33%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:<\/strong> Global Wood Markets Info compilation from company filings. Capacity based on stated operating schedules.<\/p>\n

The company continued to curtail production in 2026 at Chemainus, Cowichan Bay, Duke Point and Ladysmith. Conifex has also repeatedly adjusted production at Mackenzie.<\/p>\n

For the lumber market, this means BC's effective supply is lower than nominal sawmill capacity suggests. A mill can remain technically open while contributing little production for months at a time.<\/p>\n

Log supply has become the central issue<\/strong><\/p>\n

The recurrent phrase in recent closure announcements is not that British Columbia has physically run out of timber. Companies instead refer to the difficulty of securing enough economically viable logs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The provincial annual allowable cut remains considerably higher than actual harvesting. Industry estimates cited in the BC legislature put the allowable cut at around 60 million m\u00b3<\/strong>, while recent harvests have been closer to 30\u201335 million m\u00b3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For sawmills, the relevant figure is the amount of timber that can actually be harvested, transported and delivered at a price compatible with lumber markets.<\/p>\n

BC remains at a cost disadvantage to the US South<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cost data published by the Canadian Forest Sector Transformation Task Force show why BC mills remain vulnerable when lumber prices weaken.<\/p>\n

The BC Interior compares relatively favourably on standing-timber charges and sawmill processing costs. The disadvantage is concentrated in harvesting and transportation, where costs are substantially higher than in the US South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
GLOBAL WOOD MARKETS INFO \u2014 BC INTERIOR VS US SOUTH SAWMILL COST INDEX<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Cost component<\/th>\nUS South<\/th>\nBC Interior<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Harvesting & transport<\/td>\n1.00<\/td>\n2.54<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Standing timber \/ stumpage<\/td>\n1.00<\/td>\n0.74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sawmill variable costs<\/td>\n1.00<\/td>\n0.70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total production cost<\/strong><\/td>\n1.00<\/strong><\/td>\n1.20<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:<\/strong> Global Wood Markets Info compilation based on cost data published by the Canadian Forest Sector Transformation Task Force. US South = 1.00.<\/p>\n

Harvesting and transportation costs in the BC Interior are therefore more than 2.5 times the benchmark used for the US South. Once the major cost components are combined, total production costs are approximately 20% higher<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This puts BC mills near the front of the line for curtailments when North American lumber prices weaken. Delivered log costs remain high while mills have limited ability to raise lumber prices, compressing the margin between raw material and finished product.<\/p>\n

Higher US tariffs arrive on top of the capacity decline<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest increase in US duties makes that calculation harder. BC remains heavily dependent on the American market, and additional trade costs reduce the amount available to cover logs, transportation, labour and mill operating expenses.<\/p>\n

The chronology, however, shows that tariffs did not start the contraction. Many of the largest closures occurred years before the latest escalation in US trade measures, while provincial lumber production had already fallen dramatically.<\/p>\n

The new duties therefore act as another pressure on an industry that already had too much processing capacity relative to the volume and cost of logs reaching mills.<\/p>\n

For marginal operations, that additional cost can still be decisive. When the difference between lumber prices and delivered log costs is already narrow, higher duties can turn a temporary curtailment into a permanent capacity decision.<\/p>\n

Capacity is moving away from British Columbia<\/strong><\/p>\n

The decline in BC has coincided with a broader redistribution of North American lumber production.<\/p>\n

Major Canadian producers now operate much larger manufacturing networks in the US South. West Fraser, Canfor and Interfor have invested heavily in southern US sawmills while reducing capacity in British Columbia.<\/p>\n

West Fraser provides a useful indication of the shift. At the end of 2025, the company had around 1.14 billion board feet of lumber capacity in BC compared with 3.52 billion board feet in the US South<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A new or modernised sawmill requires confidence that sufficient logs will remain available for decades. In regions where timber supply is more predictable and delivered-log costs are lower, large capital investments are easier to justify.<\/p>\n

Weak demand has so far absorbed the lost production<\/strong><\/p>\n

The disappearance of capacity has not yet produced a sustained lumber shortage because North American demand remains subdued.<\/p>\n

US construction has been weak enough to absorb much of the reduction in Canadian production, while distributors have generally maintained lean inventories. Canadian lumber shipments to the US also fell substantially during 2025, with BC accounting for a large part of the decline.<\/p>\n

That explains why the removal of substantial sawmill capacity has not translated directly into a sustained price rally.<\/p>\n

The market could behave differently once construction demand strengthens. Permanent closures cannot return production as quickly as temporary curtailments, leaving less spare capacity available to respond to a stronger buying cycle.<\/p>\n

Sawmill contraction is now spreading to pulp and pellets<\/strong><\/p>\n

The decline in lumber production is also affecting the rest of BC's wood-processing chain.<\/p>\n

Historically, roughly 70% of the raw material used by BC pulp and paper mills came from sawmills<\/strong>, principally chips and other residues. Fewer operating sawmills mean less material available for pulp, paper and pellet plants.<\/p>\n

The effects have become more visible in 2025 and 2026. Domtar permanently closed the Crofton pulp operation, Canfor announced the closure of Northwood Pulp in Prince George, and Domtar subsequently moved to idle Howe Sound Pulp and Bayview Fibre.<\/p>\n

Pulp-market weakness is an important factor in its own right, but lower sawmill production has made raw-material procurement more difficult as well. The relationship also works in reverse: sawmills depend on pulp and pellet plants as buyers for chips, sawdust and other residues.<\/p>\n

BC is moving toward a smaller sawmill industry<\/strong><\/p>\n

The scale of the adjustment is now difficult to describe as a normal cyclical downturn. More than 30 sawmill closures have been cited since 2017, at least 21 lumber mills have closed permanently or indefinitely since 2023, and Interior lumber production has roughly halved from its 2016 level.<\/p>\n

The closures should eventually improve the balance between available logs and surviving sawmill capacity. Fewer mills mean less competition for economically harvestable timber and potentially higher utilisation at the operations that remain.<\/p>\n

For the North American lumber market, the significance of BC's contraction will become clearer when demand improves. A large part of the capacity removed since 2017 is permanent, leaving the region with substantially less ability to raise Western SPF output in response to a stronger US construction cycle.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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