Canadian lumber production was down 7.1% from March, to 5 778.2 thousand cubic metres of lumber in April. Production was 1.8% lower than in April 2016.
Canada's sawmills shipped 5 886.6 thousand cubic metres of lumber in April 2017, up 0.8% from March and 4.1% higher than in April 2016.
|
December 2016 |
January 2017 |
February 2017 |
March 2017 |
April 2017 |
Total softwood and hardwood, production |
4,866.5 |
5,813.4 |
5,429.2 |
6,218.2 |
5,778.2 |
Total hardwood, production |
93.9 |
103.0 |
110.5 |
141.7 |
108.3 |
Total softwood, production |
4,772.6 |
5,710.4 |
5,318.6 |
6,076.5 |
5,669.9 |
Spruce, pine and fir, production |
4,342.0 |
5,284.2 |
4,867.7 |
5,454.9 |
5,134.2 |
Total softwood excluding spruce, pine and fir, production |
430.6 |
426.2 |
450.9 |
621.6 |
535.7 |
Lumber, total shipments |
4,950.1 |
5,452.0 |
5,119.2 |
5,838.7 |
5,886.6 |
Total softwood and hardwood, stocks |
6,833.1 |
7,352.7 |
7,387.3 |
7,678.0 |
7,511.0 |
Total hardwood, stocks |
F |
F |
114.6 |
123.7 |
F |
Total softwood, stocks |
6,701.7 |
7,201.7 |
7,272.7 |
7,554.2 |
7,391.6 |
Spruce, pine and fir, stocks |
6,070.2 |
6,570.3 |
6,605.4 |
6,862.4 |
6,710.6 |
Total softwood excluding spruce, pine and fir, stocks
|
631.5 |
631.4 |
667.3 |
691.9 |
681.0 |