Advanced Wood Construction Working Group

February 26, 2026

The Ontario government has reached a key strategic milestone in its ongoing actions to equip the province’s world-class forest sector to meet the threat of U.S. tariffs. Yesterday, Minister Holland joined the first meeting of the new Advanced Wood Construction Working Group, a team of leaders and experts assembled by the province to guide the implementation of the Advanced Wood Construction Action Plan: Ontario’s blueprint for education, research and investment in the fast-growing sector of prefabricated and modular wood-based building materials, known as advanced wood construction.

The action plan was launched last year to support the government’s plan to protect Ontario by promoting the use of more wood-based building materials that can help build more homes and buildings faster and create a more resilient forestry sector in response to U.S. tariffs.