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CANADA’S TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS Canada’s timber forest products have come a long way since the great white pines were harvested pre-Confederation to use as ship masts and squared timber. Through the development of increasingly innovative methods of processing and refining wood, its residues and waste products over time, Canada’s forest sector has diversified its range and versatility of timber products to keep a competitive edge. This graphic represents the major groups – but not the entire range – of timber forest products produced in Canada. Sweeteners Hemicellulose-based Wood pellets Resins Lignin and lignin-blended Biomethanol Thermoplastics Biochemicals Biogas Pulp-moulded products Lignin and lignin-blended Nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) Fibre mats Biofuels Thermal paper Cellulose filaments (CF) Labels Celluose nanofibrils Biomaterials Specialty paper Wood-plastic composites Biocomposites Tissue and paper towel Personal care (e.g. diapers) Wood-cement composites Household and sanitary Packaging Boxboard Oriented strand board (OSB) Corrugated box Particle board Paper Communications paper Medium-density fibreboard (MDF) Panels Wood composites Newsprint Uncoated and coated groundwood Decking Uncoated and coated freesheet Siding Prefabricated housing Millwork Windows and doors Furniture Chemical pulp Dissolving pulp Cabinets Northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) Secondary wood products Flooring Semi-chemical pulp Northern bleached hardwood kraft (NBHK) Engineered wood Cross-laminated timber (CLT) Mechanical pulp I-beams Panels Sawnwood Bleached chemi-thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP) Trusses Pulp Recycled pulp Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) Veneer Glue-laminated timber (Glulam) Shakes and shingles Plywood Squared timber Lumber products Dimension lumber (e.g. 2x4) Boards Glued (edge glued and finger joined) Logs Machine stress rated (MSR) SOLID WOOD PRODUCTS AND BIOCHEMICALS BIOMATERIALS BIOENERGY BIOMATERIALS AND BIOCHEMICALS BIOMATERIALS BIOENERGY PULP AND PAPER TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS Not familiar with a product you see here? See Glossary: Canada’s Timber Forest Products on page 58. Glossary: Canada’s timber forest products SOLID WOOD PRODUCTS Secondary wood products: Use of panels or lumber to Pulp-moulded products: Papermaking pulp moulded into Dissolving pulp: Has a high hemicellulose content and can create higher-value manufactured products, such as flooring, packaging materials that snugly fit or separate fragile be made from hardwood or softwood tree species. Used Logs: Trunk or large limbs of a felled tree. Used for log homes, decking, furniture and cabinets. articles. Used for products such as egg cartons, domestic mostly for non-paper applications, such as manufacturing solid wood and pulp products. Wood composites: Products made from wood waste or and utility trays, and bottle protectors. rayon and compounds for food and cosmetics. Squared timber: A large, squared piece of a log at least residues created in the manufacturing of other wood products. Biochemicals: a range of chemical substances made from Northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK): Made from 5.5 inches wide. Used to form post-and-beam style buildings. Panels: forest biomass and typically used in industrial applications. northern softwood species that grow in temperate forests. Used to make a wide variety of products, from Sawnwood: Wood produced by sawing logs into smaller parts Lignin and lignin-blended (See also Biomaterials): Lignin Oriented strand board (OSB): A structural panel made communication papers to packaging and tissue and for further processing. is one of the main components of wood, giving it its strength. of strands or flakes of wood glued and pressurized towel products. Lumber products: Wood of different sizes for different together and oriented in different directions to achieve Can be used as an alternative to fossil–fuel–based products. end-uses. desired properties. Used as a load-bearing component in Has a variety of uses, such as: Northern bleached hardwood kraft (NBHK): Made from northern hardwood species. Used to make a wide variety Dimension lumber: Softwood lumber of standardized sizes residential buildings. Resins: Viscous (liquid or semi-liquid) substances of products, from communication papers to tissue and that is usually 2 inches thick (e.g. 2x4). Used to frame wood derived from forest biomass and used as adhesives in Particle board: A non-structural panel made of small wood paper towels. buildings like houses. particles like shavings or sawdust. Used as a raw material industrial applications. Boards: Softwood lumber of standardized sizes that is in the production of finished goods, including ready-to- Thermoplastics: The most commonly used material in Paper: Sheets of material produced from wood pulp. Has many typically less than 2 inches thick. Used in manufacturing assemble furniture and cabinets. plastics processing. Softens with heat and solidifies uses, including for writing or printing on and packaging. and carpentry. Medium-density fibreboard (MDF): A non-structural panel when cooled. Communications paper: The most commonly produced Glued wood: Smaller boards glued or joined together to made of very fine wood fibres. Used as a raw material Hemicellulose-based: One of the main components of wood, paper in Canada. Includes: make larger or longer pieces of wood for structural and in the production of finished goods, including ready-to- hemicellulose is a sugar that can be used as fuel or converted non-structural uses. assemble furniture and cabinets. into other bioproducts, including sweeteners. Newsprint: Made from mechanical pulp. Used mostly to make newspapers. Machine stress rated (MSR): Softwood dimension lumber mechanically tested for strength. Used for engineered wood BIOMATERIALS AND BIOCHEMICALS BIOENERGY Groundwood: Made from at least 20% mechanical pulp, and can be bleached or unbleached and coated or not, products such as roof trusses. A growing and diverse class of forest biomass-based products Biofuels: A fuel derived from plant biomass by chemical or depending on desired characteristics. Uses include higher- Shakes and shingles: Thin, tapered pieces of wood (usually that are not typical pulp and paper or wood products. geological processes. quality coloured printing and magazines. cedar) used for roofing. Shakes are split from a block of Biomaterials: a range of novel materials made from forest Wood pellets: A fuel made from wood shavings, bark, Freesheet: Made from at least 80% chemical pulp, and can wood. Shingles are sawn and more precisely milled. biomass and typically used in industrial applications. sawdust and chips compressed or bound together. Low be bleached or unbleached and coated or not, depending Veneer: A thin layer of wood prepared by peeling or slicing a moisture content and easily transported over long distances. Biocomposites: Made of a resin matrix and reinforced with on desired characteristics. Uses include office paper for log. Used to overlay other wood products like cabinets, doors natural fibres. Biomethanol: Methanol produced from biomass instead of printing and copying. and furniture. the conventional raw material and processes. Wood-plastic composites: Non-structural materials made Packaging: Thicker and stronger paper sheets used to wrap Panels: Sheets of wood or fibres glued together under heat from wood residues and recycled plastic. In North America, Biogas: A combustible gas produced by the decomposition or contain materials and goods for storage and transport. and pressure. used outdoors as residential decks and railings; in Europe, of biological materials (e.g., forestry residues and Boxboard: (also known as paperboard) A thick, strong Plywood: A structural panel made of multiple layers of used as automobile parts. municipal waste). paper material suitable for packaging lighter products, such wood veneers glued together with the grain of each layer Wood-cement composites: Produced by mixing small as cereal or batteries. perpendicular to that of the next. Used as a structural, pieces of wood with cement under pressure. Non-structural PULP AND PAPER load-bearing component of buildings. uses include acoustic ceiling tiles, siding and roadside Corrugated box: (also known as containerboard) Made from Pulp: A fibrous material made by breaking down wood with noise barriers; structural uses include concrete-filled sheets of smooth boxboard with a wavy sheet in Engineered wood: Manufactured wood products made from mechanical force or chemicals. Used to produce paper and insulating forms. the middle. wood fibres and/or solid wood that can be designed and other materials. made to architects’ and engineers’ specifications: Cellulose nanofibrils: A nanomaterial commonly processed Household and sanitary: Made for various uses around the Recycled pulp: Made from paper and packaging material. home and for industrial and commercial purposes. Household Cross-laminated timber (CLT): Large structural panels made into a liquid or gel form. Strengthens paper and board Used to manufacture new communication papers, packaging papers include facial tissues, toilet paper, hand towels and of multiple layers of lumber glued together at right angles to products and can also be used in biocomposites, paints and and paper towels. napkins. Sanitary papers include products like baby diapers, each other. Used in walls, floors and roofs; an alternative to other high-value products. Mechanical pulp: Made from wood fibres ground into very adult incontinence products and sanitary napkins. concrete and steel
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