Ranked by total number of employees in B.C. in 2020
Published in BIV print edition on July 20, 2020. Sources: Interviews with below companies and BIV research. Other companies may have ranked but information was not available or provided.
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| Rank '20 | Company | Top local executive(s) | Partial list of products | Year founded | No. of worldwide staff '20/'19 | No. of B.C. staff '20/'19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Canfor Corp |
Don Kayne, president and CEO |
Integrated forest products company and the producer of sustainable lumber, pulp and paper, and green energy production |
1938 |
NP |
3,701 |
|
2
|
West Fraser Timber Co Ltd |
Raymond Ferris, president and CEO |
Diversified wood products company producing lumber, laminated veneer lumber, medium-density fibreboard, plywood, pulp, newsprint, other residuals and energy with facilities in Western Canada and the southern U.S. |
1955 |
8,230 |
2,772 |
|
3
|
Paper Excellence |
Brian Baarda, CEO |
Pulp and paper manufacturing |
2007 |
NP |
2,450 |
|
4
|
Western Forest Products Inc |
Donald Demens, president and CEO, Stephen Williams, executive vice-president and CFO |
Timber harvesting, reforestation, forest management, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips and value-added lumber remanufacturing |
2004 |
NP |
2,150 (2) |
|
5
|
Tolko Industries Ltd. |
Brad Thorlakson, president and CEO |
Lumber, oriented strand board, plywood and veneer, harvest bins, biomass energy and other value-added products |
1956 |
2,612 |
1,672 |
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