Overview
A leader in forest stewardship, Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd. began operations in 1965 and has grown to become the second largest forest products company in Western Canada. The company has manufacturing operation in British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan-employing 4,300 people-producing a range of pulp, paper, lumber, engineered panel products, and industrial and consumer chemicals for Canadian and international markets.
Weyerhaeuser Canada’s head office is in Kamloops, with corporate offices in Vancouver. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Company of Tacoma, Washington, one of the largest forest products companies in North America.
British Columbia
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Bleached Kraft pulp mill (softwood) at Kamloops
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Sawmills at Kamloops, Lumby, Merritt, Princeton, Okanagan Falls, and Vavenby
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Seedling nursery and seed orchard at Armstrong
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Head office at Kamloops; corporate office at Vancouver
Alberta
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Kraft pulp mill (softwood) at Grande Prairie
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"Sturdi-Wood" mills (oriented-strand board) at Drayton Valley, Edson, and Slave Lake
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Sawmills at Drayton Valley, Grande Prairie, and Grande Cache
Saskatchewan
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Bleached Kraft pulp mill (softwood and hardwood) and fine-paper mill at Prince Albert
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Sawmill at Big River
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Seed orchard near Prince Albert
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Chemical plant producing industrial and consumer chemicals at Saskatoon
Other facilities
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Regional Sales Centre at Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax
(Canadian marketing and distribution of solid-wood products)
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Recycling Division at Richmond, BC (waste-paper collection)
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Shemin Nurseries at Milton Ontario (wholesale nursery)
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Biographical Notes: George H. Weyerhaeuser Jr.
Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Weyerhaeuser
Canada Ltd. June 1993
*** 18 facilities across western Canada manufacturing pulp, paper, lumber, engineered panel products, chemicals
*** second largest forest Products company in western Canada, with 4,400 employees; $1.4 billion annual sales (1993 est.)

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Weyerhaeuser Company - Federal Way, WA
*** Vice President, Manufacturing for Weyerhaeuser pulp & paper businesses (1990-
93)
Valliant Oklahoma - Containerboard Mill
*** Vice President and Mill Manager 1987-90
*** Production manager, pulp and power 1986-88
*** Facilitator/project chemist/supervisor trainee 1981-86
Dierks, Arkansas
*** Sawmill supervisor 1980-81
*** Analyst technical forester, contract logger administrator 1978-80
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MSc (Sloan School of Management) 1986 -
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__ Yale University BA (Mathematics and Philosophy) 1976 born Eugene, Oregon 1953 great-great grandfather, Frederick Weyerhaeuser, was one of Weyerhaeuser Company’s founders in 1900; father George Weyerhaeuser Sr. is currently chairman of the board resides with family in West Vancouver, BC -
At Weyerhaeuser Canada, our business [ILLEGIBLE WORD] with the forest. Growing and using a precious renewable resource, we manufacture products that meet basic human needs for shelter, communications and a host of other uses. We believe in long-term forest [ILLEGIBLE WORD] on public lands. Harvested lands are reforested quickly and other forest values are [ILLEGIBLE WORD] water, soil, fish, birds, wildlife, [ILLEGIBLE
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Weyerhaeuser Canada
CANADIAN LUMBER
The Company operates six sawmills in BC’s Southern Interior, three sawmills in Alberta, and one in Saskatchewan. Combined annual capacity of all sawmills exceeds one billion board feet. They employ 1,400 people.
Lumber products include North American construction and appearance grades,
[ILLEGIBLE WORD] grade for Japan, Machine-Stress-Rated, and Performance-Rated lumber for the truss industry. Sales to all markets are managed by the Kamloops Trading Centre, supported by the Weyerhaeuser Distribution Network.
STURDI-WOOD: ENGINEERED PANEL PRODUCTS

Sturdi-Wood, an engineered oriented-strand board product using aspen libre, is manufactured at three processing facilities in Alberta: Drayton Valley, Edson, and Slave Lake.
The combined production of these mills exceeds 800 million sq.ft. (3/8-inch basis) annually. Sturdi-Wood is marketed in Canada, the United States, and overseas. The business is based in Edmonton, and employs about 550 people.
REGIONAL SALES
Distribution and service to retail and industrial customers in Canada is provided by a network of six regional sales centres and four satellites. About 20 percent of Weyerhaeuser
Canada’s solid wood production is sold in the Canadian market, with the balance exported to the
United States and overseas.
To assure Canadian customers of a wide selection of quality products, sales outlets supplement their own product lines with material purchased from other manufacturers.
FOREST STEWARDSHIP
Our goal is to be the industry leader in stewardship on public forest land - judged by our employees, customers, communities, and shareholders. As stewards, we manage with regard for the rights of other stakeholders, and for the long-term health of forest eco-systems.
This vision of stewardship encompasses the full range of resource values: soil, water, timber for commercial use; habitat for wildlife, birds and fish; recreation; range; preservation of unique or special areas; and sensitivity to the visual impact of our operations.
TIMBERLANDS
Forest harvesting and renewal on public land is managed by a Timberlands group in each province and at each facility. Most logging, hauling and reforestation is done by independent contractors. We operate a seed orchard in Saskatchewan and a seedling nursery in BC.
Species harvested in BC include Englemann spruce, lodgepole pine, Interior Douglas fir, white pine, hemlock, balsam, ponderosa pine and Western larch. In Alberta, soft-wood species include lodgepole pine, white and black spruce, and balsam fir; aspen (a hardwood) is also an important commercial species. In Saskatchewan, major species include jack pine, white spruce and aspen.
KAMLOOPS PULP
Kamloops Pulp began operation in 1965. Thorough expansion and upgrading, the mill became recognized as one of the finest world-scale, internationally competitive mills in North
America. It produces three grades of bleached and semi-bleached softwood Kraft: Kamloops,
Tyee, and Kokanee. It employees 600 people. Current production capacity is 132,000 tonnes a year.
The fibre supply for the pulp mill is drawn from sawmill residues. Wood chips, sawdust, shavings, and hog fuel are supplied by six company sawmills and by 20 independent sawmills within a 200 kilometre radius of Kamloops.
GRANDE PRAIRIE PULP

The Grande Prairie pulp mill began operating in 1973, and was acquired by
Weyerhaeuser in 1992.
Grande Prairie Pulp employs 500 people. The mill produces 285,000 tonnes of high quality softwood bleached Kraft pulp annually. This pulp is marketed primarily in the US, for use in end products ranging from quality writing paper to paper towelling.
PRINCE ALBERT PULP & PAPER
Prince Albert Pulp & Paper employs 850 people, with an annual capacity of 325,000 tonnes of Bleached Kraft pulp and 210,000 tons of uncoated free-sheet paper.
The pulp mill, which began operation in 1968, processes both softwood and hardwood fibre.
Prince Albert Pulp has established a strong reputation in th pulp market as a premier quality product.
Completed in 1988, the fine paper mill includes both cut-size and folio paper-sheeting machines.
Primary uses of the paper products include business forms, photocopier paper and commercial printing stock, with major markets in the US Midwest and Canada.
RECYCLING
The Recycling Division in Richmond, BC, collects waste paper for recycling. The waste paper is re-pulped and reused in other paper products such as linerboard and corrugated materials. Markets for the waste paper are found in the western US as well as offshore. The plant currently collects 1,800 tons of waste paper a month.
SASKATOON CHEMICALS LTD.
A chemical processing subsidiary in Saskatoon supplies industrial chemicals to the pulp, paper and uranium-mining industries, as well as a product line of water purifiers for drinkingwater systems and swimming pools.
HISTORY
1964 Kamloops Pulp and Paper and Weyerhaeuser Company of Tacoma, Washington, form partnership to build 250 ton-per-day pulp mill in Kamloops, BC.
1965 Kamloops mill commences operation.
1966-70 Kamloops Pulp acquires sawmills in Merritt and Kamloops.
1971
1972
Weyerhaeuser purchases all shares of Kamloops Pulp from original partners.
Company renamed Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.
Major expansion of Kamloops pulp mill increases capacity to 1,080 tonnes a day.

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1981
1986
1989
1990
1992
1993
1994
1987
1988
Sawmills in Princeton and Okanagan Falls acquired. Optimization programs increase capacity of Kamloops Pulp to 1,165. tonnes a day.
Bare-root conifer seedling nursery opens near Vernon; Regional sales offices open in Toronto and Edmonton to service Canadian markets.
Acquisition of Prince Albert Pulp mill, timberlands, sawmill and chemical plant from the Government of Saskatchewan; company commits to build new fine-paper mill in Prince Albert.
Investment in Pelican Spruce Mills Ltd. in Alberta, which operates two orientedstrand board mills and lumber manufacturing facilities.
Construction of Prince Albert paper mill complete; 185 permanent jobs created
Annual capacity of Prince Albert Pulp expands to 325,000 tonnes; annual capacity of Kamloops Pulp increases to 432,000 tonnes; Weyerhaeuser Canada assumes full ownership of the Pelican companies in Alberta; Paper recycling operation established in Richmond BC; Regional sales centre opens in Winnipeg.
Regional sales centres open in Montreal and Halifax.
50 millionth seedling in BC planted. Prince Albert adds cut-size and folio paper sheeting machines.
Acquisition of Grande Prairie Pulp mill and sawmills at Grande Prairie and Grande
Cache, AB from Procter and Gamble; acquisition of Slave Lake, AB OSB mill.
Planting of 50 millionth seedling in Saskatchewan.
Startup of Kamyr Digester at Kamloops Pulp.
1995 Company celebrates 30th anniversary.
B.C.
LUMBER & OSB
Kamloops Sawmill
Vavenby Sawmill
Okanagan Falls Sawmill
Lumby Sawmill
Princeton Sawmill
Merritt Sawmill
PULP & PAPER RECYCLE
Kamloops Pulp
Richmond Recycling
Grande Prairie Pulp
TIMBERLANDS
Manages 1.4 million ha of forest Seedling Nursery
Manages 2.3 million ha of forest
BUSINESS SUPPORT
Kamloops Head Office
Finance & Administration
Business Systems
Legal and Environment
Human Resources
Canadian Lumber Business
Vancouver Corporate Office
Grande Prairie Site
Alberta OSB Office- Edmonton
ALBERTA
SASKATCHEWAN
Drayton Valley Sawmill
Grande Prairie Sawmill
Grande Cache Sawmill
Edson OSB
Slave Lake OSB
Drayton Valley OSB
Big River Sawmill Prince Albert
Pulp & Paper
OTHER
Manages 3.4 million ha of forest
Seed Orchard
Saskatchewan Division
Office - Prince Albert

LUMBER & OSB PULP & PAPER RECYCLE
Saskatoon Chemicals Ltd.
TIMBERLANDS BUSINESS SUPPORT