Chantiers Chibougamau Béarn
Chantiers Chibougamau Béarn is a closed softwood sawmill in Béarn, Canada, with a capacity of 187 000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year.
- Company
- Chantiers Chibougamau Ltée
- WoodComp ID
- 01948 (how IDs work)
- Country
- Canada
- City
- Béarn
- Status
- Closed
- Capacity
- about 187 000 m3/y sawn timber (reported as 110 MMBF/y)Annual report · verified 2026-09-08
- Type
- Softwood
- Region
- Québec
47.285, -79.335
Raw material
Related facilities
Chantiers Chibougamau Béarn is the 81st largest sawmill in Canada of the 113 with a sawn timber capacity figure in WoodComp's register.
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- Largest sawmills in Canada
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- Nearest facilities
- Interfor Elk Lake (90 km) ·Interfor Val-d'Or (149 km) ·Materiaux Blanchet Amos (166 km) ·Domtar Senneterre (199 km) ·Interfor Timmins (201 km)
Timeline
- 2026capacity reported
Capacity reported: 110 t/y (mill scope, observed 2026-09-08).
Source ↗ - 2026-07-10closure
Chantiers Chibougamau permanently closed the Bearn sawmill on 10 July 2026 after years of monthly losses driven by very high production costs at a mill that had never been modernized, compounded by low lumber prices, US trade uncertainty and a weak construction sector (about 60 jobs).
Source ↗
Sources
Data confidence: High (84 of 100) how this is computed
- annual reportchecked 2026-09-08sec.gov
- otherchecked 2026-07-25woodworkingnetwork.com
- otherchecked 2026-07-27ici.radio-canada.ca
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- otherchecked 2026-07-30server.arcgisonline.com
- otherchecked 2026-09-09diffusion.mffp.gouv.qc.ca
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