Lumber fell to 599.02 USD/1000 board feet on July 11, 2025, down 1.89% from the previous day. Over the past month, Lumber's price has fallen 2.99%, but it is still 37.54% higher than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Lumber - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on July of 2025.

Between 2022 and 2025, the construction price of residential and non-residential buildings in Canada has grown at the same pace. The price of both types of buildings was roughly *** percent higher in the last quarter of 2025 than in 2024, which is the year when the index base was set at 100. Nevertheless, that only considers the cost of buildings in 15 selected metropolitan areas in Canada. Toronto was by far the metropolitan region with the highest construction costs in Canada.

What determines construction costs? The growth rate of the construction price of different types of buildings tends to follow similar trends to some extent. For example, price growth rates in Canada for most types of buildings were more moderate in 2024 than in previous years. However, those figures show a lot of disparity, with the cost of building a high rise apartment building growing much faster than that of other types of buildings. This might be because the construction costs depend on elements such as the location, materials, and complexity of the building, which tend to be quite different for each type of building.

Lumber building materials in Canada In 2024, Canada was the world’s second-largest exporter of wood building materials such as veneer sheets, parquet flooring, particleboard, laminated wood, and builders’ joinery and carpentry. Forestry, logging, and processing wood into ready-to-use materials are important industries in the Canadian economy. High price growth rates of building materials impact negatively the construction industry as their activities become more expensive. However, the forestry and logging industry benefited from the cost of lumber rising in 2020 and 2021. In the past years, the price of lumber, however, has fallen again.

89 Global import shipment records of Beech Sawn Timber Unedged B C Grade with prices, volume & current Buyer's suppliers relationships based on actual Global export trade database.

The statistic shows the gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices for the Canadian forestry and logging industry in 2023, broken down by province in million Canadian dollars. In 2023, the GDP for the forestry and logging sector stood at around 1.56 billion Canadian dollars in British Columbia.

In 2024, clay and ceramic products and refractories were the construction materials with the highest price increase in Canada. The average price of that product was over ***** percent higher in 2024 than in the previous year. Meanwhile, the price of Asphalt, architectural metal, and a some other products decreased in 2024.