The 6,580 people directly and indirectly employed at Canfor, work in woodlands operations and manufacturing facilities primarily in Alberta and British Columbia. It is here where the employees produce quality lumber products for the largest home centres in North America, specialty paper to global customers and reinforcement pulp for the world's largest paper makers.

Commitment to the environment has been a part of Canfor's corporate culture since the company's inception. Today, Canfor is a leader in forestland certification. All of its forestlands are certified to the ISO 14001 standard and approximately 1.7 million hectares are certified to the Canadian Standards Association Sustainable Forest Management standard. Canfor's manufacturing facilities operate to the same high standard.