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Canfor Fort St. John

Canfor Fort St. John is a closed softwood sawmill in Fort St John, Canada, with a capacity of 489 000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year.

Company
Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
Group
Canfor
WoodComp ID
01716 (how IDs work)
Country
Canada
City
Fort St John
Status
Closed 2024
Capacity
about 489 000 m3/y sawn timber (reported as 288 MMBF/y)
verified 2026-09-07
Type
Softwood
Region
British Columbia

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Raw material

FirPineSpruce

Related facilities

Canfor Fort St. John is the 11th largest sawmill in Canada of the 113 with a sawn timber capacity figure in WoodComp's register.

More Canfor facilities
Intercontinental Pulp Mill ·Northwood Mill ·Prince George Mill ·Canfor Houston ·Canfor Plateau (Vanderhoof/Engen)
Largest sawmills in Canada
Barrette-Chapais ·GreenFirst Cochrane ·GreenFirst Chapleau ·Groupe Lebel Saint-Pamphile ·Bois Daaquam (Groupe Lebel, Saint-Just-de-Bretenières)
Nearest facilities
West Fraser Chetwynd (75 km) ·Canfor Chetwynd (80 km) ·Canfor Grande Prairie (171 km) ·Conifex Mackenzie (181 km) ·Grande Prairie Mill (184 km)

Timeline

  1. 2024closure

    Permanent closure announced on 4 September 2024 due to the persistent challenge of accessing economic fibre, sustained financial losses, depressed lumber markets and increased US tariffs, with about 500 workers affected across the Fort St. John and Plateau mills.

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Sources

Data confidence: High (90 of 100) how this is computed

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WoodComp (). Canfor Fort St. John (WoodComp ID 01716). WoodComp facility database, version 2026-09. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/id/1716

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