Lumber production in Canada fell 9.2% from January to 5 293.0 thousand cubic metres of lumber in February. Production was 2.5% lower than in February 2017.
Canadian sawmills shipped 4 878.2 thousand cubic metres of lumber in February, down 7.8% from January, and 4.7% lower than in February 2017.
|
2017 |
2018 |
October |
November |
December |
January |
February |
Total softwood and hardwood, production
|
5,991.0 |
5,929.0 |
4,826.5 |
5,829.2 |
5,293.0 |
Total hardwood, production |
110.8 |
123.5 |
89.0 |
102.5 |
102.4 |
Total softwood, production |
5,880.2 |
5,805.5 |
4,737.5 |
5,726.6 |
5,190.6 |
Spruce, pine and fir, production |
5,368.9 |
5,229.2 |
4,318.0 |
5,221.4 |
4,744.3 |
Total softwood excluding spruce, pine and fir, production
|
511.3 |
576.3 |
419.5 |
505.2 |
446.3 |
Lumber, total shipments |
5,884.0 |
5,656.2 |
4,811.5 |
5,291.7 |
4,878.2 |
Total softwood and hardwood, stocks
|
7,154.9 |
7,474.5 |
7,501.8 |
8,154.0 |
8,339.5 |
Total hardwood, stocks |
83.7 |
84.4 |
83.7 |
F |
F |
Total softwood, stocks |
7,071.3 |
7,390.1 |
7,418.1 |
7,993.1 |
8,187.8 |
Spruce, pine and fir, stocks |
6,499.6 |
6,704.6 |
6,780.3 |
7,302.8 |
7,518.8 |
Total softwood excluding spruce, pine and fir, stocks
|
571.6 |
685.5 |
637.8 |
690.4 |
668.9 |