Lumber production by sawmills decreased 5.8% from October to 4,891.9 thousand
cubic metres in November. Compared with November 2011, lumber production
increased 9.6%.
Sawmills shipped 4,640.3 thousand cubic metres of lumber in
November, a decrease of 8.7% from October.
In January 2012, a number of changes were made to the sampling
and estimation methods for the Monthly Sawmills Survey. CANSIM table 303-0009 has been terminated. Starting with
January 2012 data are now available in CANSIM tables 303-0064 and 303-0065.
Historically revised data based on the new methodology are also available
in CANSIM table 303-0064 from January 2003 to
December 2011.
