Pulp and paper industry in Canada
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The pulp and paper industry
in Canada
is one of the country's most important and profitable industries. It is especially concentrated in Ontario
and Quebec
but plays an important role in many other provinces.
Pulp and paper industry
The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American , northern European and East Asian countries...
in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
is one of the country's most important and profitable industries. It is especially concentrated in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
and Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
but plays an important role in many other provinces.
Leading companies
Leading forest and paper products companies in Canada include:| Rank | Company | 2003 Total Revenue (C$M) |
2003 Net Income (Loss) (C$M) |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AbitibiBowater Inc. AbitibiBowater Resolute Forest Products , formerly known as AbitibiBowater Inc. is a pulp and paper manufacturer headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, formed by the merger of Bowater and Abitibi-Consolidated, which was announced 29 January 2007... |
5,534.0 | 179.0 | http://www.abitibibowater.com/ |
| 2 | Domtar Inc. Domtar Domtar Corporation is the largest integrated producer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America and the second largest in the world based on production capacity, and is also a manufacturer of papergrade pulp.... |
4,791.0 | (190.0) | http://investdb.theglobeandmail.com/invest/investSQL/gx.company_prof?company_id=181748 |
| 3 | Cascades Inc. Cascades (company) Founded in 1964, Cascades produces, converts and markets packaging and tissue products composed mainly of recycled fibres. Cascades employs more than 11,000 men and women in more than 100 modern, versatile operating units in North Amercica and Europe.... |
3,521.0 | 55.0 | http://investdb.theglobeandmail.com/invest/investSQL/gx.company_prof?company_id=181649 |
| 4 | Tembec Tembec Tembec Inc. is a paper company in Canada. Tembec has approximately 6000 employees located in Canada, United States, and France. Tembec's operating divisions include Forest Products, Pulp, Paper & Paperboard, and Chemicals.... |
3,173.1 | 11.4 | http://investdb.theglobeandmail.com/invest/investSQL/gx.company_prof?company_id=167298 NOTE: Fiscal period ends September 27 |
| 5 | Norbord Norbord Norbord Inc. is an international forest products company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It has 15 operations located in Canada, the United States and Europe, with assets of US$ 1.4 billion and annual sales in excess of $1 billion... |
2,721.4 | 176.4 | http://investdb.theglobeandmail.com/invest/investSQL/gx.company_prof?company_id=163794 NOTE: Formerly Nexfor |
| 6 | Canfor Canfor Canfor Corporation is a Canadian integrated forest products company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company traces its roots to the late 1930s, when brothers-in-law John G. Prentice and L.L.G. "Poldi" Bentley and their families left their native Austria just before the outbreak of World... |
2,232.7 | 153.3 | http://investdb.theglobeandmail.com/invest/investSQL/gx.company_prof?company_id=181664 |
| 7 | Catalyst Catalyst Paper Catalyst Paper Corporation is a Canadian paper manufacturer. Based in Richmond, British Columbia, the company produces paper and pulp for commercial printers, publishers and paper manufacturers in North America, Latin America, the Pacific Rim and Europe... |
1,649.4 | (84.5) | http://investdb.theglobeandmail.com/invest/investSQL/gx.company_prof?company_id=168358 |
| 8 | West Fraser Timber West Fraser Timber West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is a Canadian forestry company based in Quesnel, British Columbia. In 2006 it became the second largest lumber producer in North America.West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is a member of the Forest Products Association of Canada.... |
1,552.7 | 43.1 | http://investdb.theglobeandmail.com/invest/investSQL/gx.company_prof?company_id=183985 |
| 9 | International Forest Products International Forest Products International Forest Products Limited is one of the Pacific Northwest's largest producers of wood products. The company's sawmilling operations have a combined manufacturing capacity of 1.6 billion board feet of lumber with sales to North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe. Interfor is based in... (Interfor) |
614.5 | (23.0) | http://investdb.theglobeandmail.com/invest/investSQL/gx.company_prof?company_id=161515 |
| 10 | Arbec Forest Products Arbec Forest Products Arbec Forest Products inc. is a Canadian manufacturer of softwood lumber. It carries on business through mills located in Port-Cartier and in the Péribonka, Quebec, area.-External links:*... (Uniforêt) |
158.3 | 11.8 | http://investdb.theglobeandmail.com/invest/investSQL/gx.company_prof?company_id=167905 |
| 11 | Western Forest Products Western Forest Products Western Forest Products Inc. is a Canadian lumber company based in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada.-History:Doman Singh bought a sawmill near Duncan in 1905... |
http://investdb.theglobeandmail.com/invest/investSQL/gx.company_prof?company_id=183982 NOTE: Was Doman Industries Ltd. |
Environmental expenses
In 2000, Canadian pulp, paper and paperboard companies had operating expenses of C$425.4 million on environmental protection with the majority ($263.3 million) used for pollution abatement. Capital expenditures totalled $234.8 million, with over half ($140.4 million) being spent on pollution prevention processes. http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/021205/d021205d.htmSee also
- Bleaching of wood pulpBleaching of wood pulpBleaching of wood pulp is the chemical processing carried out on various types of wood pulp to decrease the color of the pulp, so that it becomes whiter. The main use of wood pulp is to make paper where whiteness is an important characteristic...
- Charles FenertyCharles FenertyCharles Fenerty , is a Canadian inventor who invented the wood pulp process for papermaking, which was first adapted into the production of newsprint. Fenerty was also a poet...
- Paper and pulp industry in Dryden, OntarioPaper and pulp industry in Dryden, OntarioThe paper and pulp industry in Dryden, Ontario, which began in the early 1900s, resulted in a significant environmental issue through the dumping of mercury by a paper mill into local waters.-History:...
External links
- TAPPI Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry
- Forest Products Association of Canada
- An Update on the Paper and Allied Products Industry (Statistics Canada, 1999)
- Canadian Industry Statistics (Strategis)
- Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada (PAPTAC)