Ontario Launches Roadmap to Protect Forest Sector Workers and Businesses

April 28, 2026

Ontario has announced the Roadmap to Protecting Ontario’s Forest Sector, a 10-year path to protect the workers, businesses, families and communities of the province’s forestry sector.

Building on the government’s strategic investments and actions to-date through Ontario’s Forest Sector Strategy, the roadmap responds to new unprecedented trade pressures facing the sector today by increasing the forest industry’s competitive advantage and unlocking new markets to maintain Ontario’s position as a G7 leader in making and selling wood products.

The government will take steps under the three pillars:

• Defend workers, communities and businesses by reducing the impact of unjustified U.S. tariffs and duties, working with the federal government to keep critical mills operating and promoting Ontario forestry and forest products.
• Adapt the forest sector to be more competitive in the global market while safeguarding the long-term sustainability of Ontario’s forests by reducing regulatory burden, working with the sector to help modernize and improve facilities and increasing global demand for Ontario forestry products by unlocking new revenue streams.
• Grow long-term demand for Ontario’s forestry products by helping the sector develop and commercialize new forest products, attracting international investment and using more wood to build Ontario as part of the province’s Buy Ontario policy.

News Releases:

En: Protect Forest Sector Workers and Businesses

Fr: Protéger les travailleurs et les entreprises du secteur forestier