Canada Increasing Forestry Sector Subsidies to Over C$9 Billion Dollars Since August 2025 - U.S. Jobs Direct Target of Canada's Unfair Trade and Abuse of the U.S. Market

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Canada has announced a massive subsidy injection of C$6.5 billion dollars for its forestry industry, bringing total new subsidies since August of 2025 to well over C$9 billion dollars. This assistance is on top of the billions of dollars in subsidies already identified by the U.S. Department of Commerce for prior years. 

"Canada's new round of massive subsidies is a clear attempt by Canada to neutralize the United States' enforcement of its antidumping and countervailing duty trade cases against unfairly traded Canadian lumber imports," stated Zoltan van Heyningen, Executive Director of the U.S. Lumber Coalition. "Canadian industry officials are even gloating that this will provide its industry with a 'competitive' advantage, thus further enabling Canadian sawmill operators to displace American softwood lumber out of the American market to the detriment of U.S. workers, their companies, their forestry-dependent communities, and our stable supply of domestically-sourced softwood lumber."

The U.S. forestry sector supports about 1.3 million American jobs throughout the United States, often representing the best paid jobs in rural forestry dependent communities. Canada's unfair and abusive trade practices in the forestry sector have been well documented and investigated for decades. The U.S. Department of Commerce has found that Canadian companies continue to dump their excess lumber product into the U.S. market while receiving billions of dollars in subsidies. The U.S. International Trade Commission has found that unfairly traded Canadian lumber imports have and continue to harm U.S. workers, their companies, and their forestry-dependent communities. U.S. courts and binational dispute panels have confirmed that Canada has engaged in dumping and unfair subsidies schemes to the detriment of U.S. industry.

In response to these abusive unfair trade practices, the U.S. Department of Commerce has calculated the degree of Canada's unfair trade and imposed commensurate antidumping and countervailing duty measures. Additionally, the Administration has imposed a well calibrated and targeted Section 232 measure that has been instrumental in allowing the U.S. industry to continue its growth trajectory – increasing the total supply of Made in U.S.A. softwood lumber to the U.S. market while keeping lumber prices at a two-year low.

"Canada's abusive unfair trade practices have been well documented and it's not complicated. Canada has the capacity to produce 27 billion board feet of lumber while only consuming 7 billion board feet of lumber, hence driving Canada's aim to export up to 17 billion board feet of lumber annually. Canada's only viable volume market is the United States, so Canada dumps its excess lumber into the United States whether we need it or not. In short, Canada dumps its lumber into the U.S. market well below normal market prices, and the Canadian federal and provincial governments then pump billions of dollars in subsidies into their forestry sector to make up for the losses Canadian lumber companies incur as a result of their dumping practices. The impact on U.S. workers and the U.S. forestry sector is devastating, which is why strong enforcement of our trade laws has been, and remains, so essential," stated van Heyningen.

 "Canada's latest announcement of an additional C$6.5 billion in new unfair subsidies to its forestry sector is a slap in the face to every U.S. worker and family who depends on a healthy U.S. forestry sector. U.S. forestry jobs and the stable supply of U.S. made lumber should not be undermined by Canada's abusive trade practices," added van Heyningen.

"We need policies that will put a stop to Canada's unfair trade behavior in the forestry sector once and for all. The Canadian taxpayer should be aware that we will work relentlessly to collect in the form of duties and tariffs every cent of Canadian taxpayer-funded subsidies to the Canadian softwood lumber industry. This latest announcement of a massive injection of federal subsidies will only guarantee that the United States will continue to enforce its trade laws and collect duties at the border designed to offset the harmful impact of Canada's unfair trade practices," concluded van Heyningen.

Key Facts Regarding Canada's Unfair Forestry Trade Practices

• Massive Excess Canadian Lumber Capacity is Driving Force of Canada's Unfair Forestry Trade Practices – Canada needs to address its massive excess lumber capacity.
• Canadian Federal and Provincial Governments Have Given Over C$9 billion in New Subsidies Since August 2025 to Maintain Canada's Unneeded and Market Disrupting Massive Excess Lumber Capacity.
• Canadian Unfair Trade Practices Confirmed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and U.S. Courts and Binational Dispute Panels.
• Canadian Unfair Forestry Trade Practices Put at Risk the 1.3 Million American Jobs Supported by the U.S. Forestry Sector.
• Trade Law Enforcement Against Unfairly Traded Canadian Lumber Imports Have Been an Unparalleled Success for U.S. Workers, Industry, and Consumers – increasing U.S. softwood lumber capacity, creating and protecting U.S. jobs, stabilizing the domestic supply of U.S. lumber.
• U.S. Housing Demand is Forecasted to Remain Depressed for the Foreseeable Future – meaning that the United States does not need a single board of unfairly traded Canadian lumber imports.

List of New Canadian Subsidies announced since August 2025.

About the U.S. Lumber Coalition
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The U.S. Lumber Coalition is an alliance of large and small softwood lumber producers from around the country, joined by their employees and woodland owners, working to address Canada's unfair lumber trade practices. Our goal is to serve as the voice of the American lumber community and effectively address Canada's unfair softwood lumber trade practices. The Coalition supports the full enforcement of the U.S. trade laws to allow the U.S. industry to invest and grow to its natural size without being impaired by unfairly traded imports. Continued full enforcement of the U.S. trade laws will strengthen domestic supply lines by maximizing long-term domestic production and lumber availability produced by U.S. workers to build U.S. homes. For more information, please visit the Coalition's website at www.uslumbercoalition.org.

CONTACT: Zoltan van Heyningen
[email protected] | 202-805-9133

SOURCE The U.S. Lumber Coalition