Lumber rose to 545.10 USD/1000 board feet on September 12, 2025, up 4.61% from the previous day. Over the past month, Lumber's price has fallen 10.12%, but it is still 9.11% 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 September of 2025.

The price of lumber has seen both an overall increase, and large amounts of volatility since 2019. From its low in early April 2020 to its peak in May 2021, the price per 1,000 board feet of lumber increased almost sevenfold, reaching ***** U.S. dollars. Yet, after reaching this peak the price then fell to below *** U.S. dollars per 1,000 board feet in August 2021 before rising again to reach over 1,000 U.S. dollars in the beginning of 2022. Since then, the price per 1,000 board feet of lumber decreased overall, reaching *** U.S. dollars as of January 29, 2025.

Industrial product price index (IPPI), by product by North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) 2017 Version 2.0. Monthly data are available from January 1956. The table presents data for the most recent reference period and the last four periods. The base period for the index is (202001=100).

Graph and download economic data for Import Price Index: Sawmills and wood preservation for Canada (COCANZ3211) from Jun 2012 to Dec 2020 about preservation, sawmills, wood, Canada, imports, price index, indexes, and price.

This table contains 30 series, with data for years 1961 - 2001 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2001-10-29. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (8 items: Atlantic Region; Ontario; Quebec; Prairie Region ...), Commodities (9 items: Lumber; softwood; Lumber; softwood; Douglas fir; Lumber; softwood; spruce-pine-fir; Lumber; softwood; hemlock ...).

Graph and download economic data for Wholesale Price of Woodpulp (Mechanical, No. 1, Domestic and Canadian, Delivered Consumer Mill) for United States (M0424BUSM299NNBR) from Jan 1942 to Jan 1958 about mechanical, wholesale, wood, Canada, domestic, price, and USA.

Kraft Pulp fell to 4,936 CNY/T on September 12, 2025, down 0.24% from the previous day. Over the past month, Kraft Pulp's price has fallen 4.60%, and is down 11.51% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Kraft Pulp.

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.

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.