Plant Certification

Treating Plant Certification

Wood preservation owners and operators share with all Canadians the responsibility of maintaining the integrity of our environment, now and for the future. In the spirit of environmental responsibility and sustainable development, the Canadian Wood Preservation Certification Authority (CWPCA) was created to ensure that treating plants maintain environmentally responsible practices in plant design and operation. CWPCA certified plants endorse a set of principles to govern their attitude and action in environmental matters including a commitment to “assess, plan, construct and operate facilities in compliance with all applicable environmental regulations”.

The CWPCA ensures that certified plants respect and fulfill the demands and requirements outlined by Environment Canada’s Technical Recommendations Document for the Design and Operation of Wood Preservation Facilities (TRD).

Currently, all of the plants operating in Canada are certified under the CWPCA program. Plants are re-certified annually on completion of a successful audit of environmental and worker safety practices.

The CWPCA certification program was created to include all treated wood manufacturers, regardless of the preservative chemicals used. A yearly certification is assigned to individual facilities following a complete audit process, which includes plant design and operational practices.

The certification program does not include any federal or provincial regulatory, environmental, and worker health programs other than the recommendations from the Strategic Options Process of Environment Canada (1999).

Wood Preservation Canada strongly encourages buyers of treated wood products to purchase from wood preservation plants that are certified under the CWPCA program.

Should you have any questions about the program, please contact your treated wood supplier or Wood Preservation Canada for more information.

NAME

CITY

PRESERVATIVE (S)

Brisco Wood Preservers Ltd.

Brisco

CCA

Envirofor Preservers (BC) Ltd.

Langley

CA-B, CCA

Decker Lake Forest Products

Burns Lake

CCA

North American Wood Preservers LP

Abbotsford

MCA

*SUSPENDED for CCA*Northwest Wood Preservers

Prince George

CCA, MCA

Princeton Wood Preservers Ltd.

Princeton

CCA

Stella-Jones Inc.

Galloway

Penta

Stella Jones Inc.

New Westminster

CCA, Penta

Stella-Jones Inc.

Prince George

CCA, Creosote

Koppers Ashcroft Inc.

Ashcroft

Creosote

Western Wood Preservers Ltd.

Aldergrove

CA-B, CCA

Kootenay Wood Preservers

Cranbrook

CCA

NAME

CITY

PRESERVATIVE (S)

Armor Wood Products Ltd.

Edmonton

CCA

Brisco Wood Preservers Ltd.

Peers

CCA

Envirofor Preservers (AB) Ltd.

Edmonton

CA-B

West Fraser Cochrane

Cochrane

CCA, MCA

Stella-Jones Inc.

Carseland

MCA, Penta

Sundre Forest Products Ltd.

Sundre

CA-B, CCA

NAME

CITY

PRESERVATIVE (S)

*SUSPENDED* Aallcann Wood Suppliers Inc.

Prince Albert

CCA

Northwind Wood Treatment Inc

Glaslyn

CCA

   

Vermette Wood Preservers

Spruce Home

Penta

NAME

CITY

PRESERVATIVE (S)

Stella-Jones Inc.

Neepawa

CCA, MCA

Roblin Forest Products Ltd.

Roblin

CCA

NAME

CITY

PRESERVATIVE (S)

Eastern Wood Preservers LP

Cambridge

MCA

Envirofor Preservers (ON) Ltd.

Monetville

CA-B

Stella-Jones Inc.

Guelph

CCA

Lebel Cambium

Bancroft

CA-B

Pastway Planing Ltd.

Combermere

MCA

Stella-Jones Inc.

Gormley

MCA

Total Forest Industries LP

Hagersville

MCA

Stella-Jones Inc.

Peterborough

MCA

   

Stella-Jones Inc.

Shelburne

MCA

Stella-Jones Inc.

Kirkland Lake

CCA

NAME

CITY

PRESERVATIVE (S)

Lebel Cambium

Degelis

CA-B

Lebel Cambium

Kamouraska

CA-B

Barrettewood

St-Jean sur Richelieu

CA-B

Goodfellow Inc.

Delson

CCA, MCA

Québec Wood Preservers LP

Maskinonge

MCA

Stella-Jones Inc.

Delson

Creosote

Stella-Jones Inc.

Masson-Angers

CCA

Stella-Jones Inc.

Sorel-Tracy

MCA

Stella-Jones Inc.

Rivière-Rouge

CCA

Les Bois Traités M.G. Inc. (Taché)

Montmagny

CA-B

*SUSPENDED* Les Bois Traités M.G. Inc. (St-Pierre)

Montmagny

CA-B

NAME

CITY

PRESERVATIVE (S)

Marwood Ltd.

Fredericton

CA-B, CCA, MCA

NAME

CITY

PRESERVATIVE (S)

*SUSPENDED* Goodfellow Inc.

Elmsdale

MCA

Marwood Ltd.

Truro

CA-B, CCA

Stella-Jones Inc.

Truro

CCA, Penta

NAME

CITY

PRESERVATIVE (S)

Marwood Ltd.

Jamestown

CA-B

*SUSPENDED* Goodfellow Inc.

Deer Lake

ACQ

Sexton Lumber Co. Limited

Bloomfield

CA-B