Canadian Forest Service Publications
Secondary manufacturing of solid wood products in Quebec 2017: Structure and economic contribution. 2020. Bogdanski, B.E.C.; Wong, L.; Agbantey, A.J.P. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, British Columbia. Information report BC-X-453. 43 p.
Year: 2020
Issued by: Pacific Forestry Centre
Catalog ID: 40125
Language: English / French
Series: Information Report (PFC - Victoria)
Availability: PDF (download)
Abstract
This report presents the survey results for Quebec’s secondary wood manufacturing industries in 2017. The survey compiled operational, employment, production, marketing, and financial information for eight business types. This is the first Canadian Forest Service survey of this subsector of Quebec’s forest sector. The Quebec secondary wood manufacturing sector experienced a decline in the early 2000s but did not change appreciably between 2004 and 2017 despite significant contraction after the Great Recession of 2009. In 2017, Quebec secondary wood product industries were largely concentrated in the heavily urbanized areas of southern Quebec. The majority of the industry’s requirement for wood fibre (69%) was sourced from within Quebec. Most of the sales (46%) were to the Quebec market and the bulk of the rest was to the United States (33%). Approximately two out of five responding companies planned to expand operations, though opportunities to do so were tempered by existing constraints. Key potential constraints identified were lack of experienced labour and the costs of labour as well as markets and finance.
Plain Language Summary
This report presents the survey results for Quebec’s secondary wood manufacturing industries in 2017. The survey compiled operational, employment, production, marketing, and financial information on eight business types. This is the first Canadian Forest Service survey of the sub-sector of Quebec’s forest sector. The Quebec secondary wood manufacturing sector has grown significantly over the past two decades but has struggled somewhat over the past decade following the Great Recession of 2009. But recently the sector has shown signs of growth. In 2017, the Quebec secondary wood product industries were largely concentrated in the heavily urbanized area of southern Quebec. The majority of the wood fibre (69%) was sourced from within Quebec. The majority of sales (46%) were to the Quebec market and the bulk of the rest went to the United States (33%). Approximately two out of five responding companies planned to expand operations, though opportunities to do so were tempered by existing constraints. Lack of experienced labour and the costs of labour were identified as potential constraints, as were markets and finance. For 2017, we estimated that 1434 businesses (excluding panelboard businesses) employed 32 942 people, had sales of $6.9 billion and used 20.6 million m3 of wood fibre.
