WFP Cowichan Bay
Idled 2026Western Forest Products Inc.Western Forest Productswesternforest.com (group)ID 01758
WFP Cowichan Bay is an idled softwood sawmill in Cowichan Bay, Canada, owned by Western Forest Products. With a capacity of 238 000 cubic metres of sawn timber per year it is the 67th largest of the 116 sawmills in Canada with a recorded capacity, and it produced 42 MMBF of sawn timber in 2025.
Location and logistics
- Location
- Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, Canada
- Nearest port
- Victoria Harbor · 41 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Own quay
- Cowichan Bay · 2.1 km
- Rail siding
- No siding mapped
- Nearest railway
- 3.3 km
Map
Capacity and output
- Capacity
- about 238 000 m3/y sawn timberreported as 140 MMBF/y · Annual report
- Production
- 42 MMBF sawn timber2025 · annual report
- Utilisation
- 30 %
- Type
- Softwood
Raw material and products
Sawn timber
History and sources
Timeline
- other2026-09-12Corrected 2026-09-12: the row name said Value Added Division, but the company lists Cowichan Bay among its sawmills and its value added division is at Chemainus. The suffix was removed; no figure was changed by this edit.Source ↗
Sources
- otherchecked 2026-07-25www2.gov.bc.ca ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-26openstreetmap.org ↗
- annual reportchecked 2026-10-25westernforest.com ↗
Related facilities
Western Forest Products
Largest in Canada
How to cite
WoodComp (). WFP Cowichan Bay (WoodComp ID 01758). WoodComp facility database, version 2026-11. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/id/1758Data © WoodComp, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Attribution required.