Canfor Houston
Closed 2023Canadian Forest Products Ltd.CanforID 01715
Canfor Houston is a closed softwood sawmill in Houston, Canada, owned by Canfor. With a capacity of 645 000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year it is the 4th largest of the 116 sawmills in Canada with a recorded capacity.
Location and logistics
- Location
- Houston, British Columbia, Canada
- Nearest port
- Prince Rupert · 234 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Rail siding
- Own sidingVerified by satellite 2026-10-02OpenStreetMap track way/450931961 ↗, 32 m from the site point. Method
Map
Capacity and output
- Capacity
- about 645 000 m3/y sawn timberreported as 380 MMBF/y
- Production
- Not reported
- Type
- Softwood
Raw material and products
History and sources
Timeline
- closure2023Closed in the second quarter of 2023 (announced January 26, 2023) as Canfor restructured its British Columbia operations to align capacity with the available long term fibre supply, and the planned rebuild of the Houston site was suspended in May 2024 due to a persistent shortage of economically available timber.Source ↗
Sources
- otherchecked 2026-07-26openstreetmap.org ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-26cbc.ca ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-26houston-today.com ↗
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- company websitechecked 2026-09-09canfor.com (archived copy) ↗
- otherchecked 2026-09-26canfor.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-10-02openstreetmap.org ↗
Related facilities
Canfor
Largest in Canada
How to cite
WoodComp (). Canfor Houston (WoodComp ID 01715). WoodComp facility database, version 2026-11. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/id/1715Data © WoodComp, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Attribution required.