Current lumber, pulp and panel prices

December 10, 2025

The most recent prices for key forest sector products in Canada published on a weekly basis by the Canadian Forest Service.

Information includes:

Figure 1: Weekly lumber prices in North America

This table shows weekly softwood lumber prices in North America for the current week, as well as a 4-week and 52 week averages.
Dollars per thousand board feet	December 5, 2025	November 28, 2025	4-week average	52-weeks average
2x4 eastern spruce-pine-fir (Canadian dollars)^Footnote^a	515	525	530	628
Composite (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^a	362	366	369	427
2x4 western spruce-pine-fir (kiln dried) #2 and better (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^b	380	390	393	468
2x4 western spruce-pine-fir (kiln dried) Utility #3 (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^b	256	262	258	313

Figure 2: Weekly panel prices in North America

This table shows weekly panel prices in North America for the current week, as well as a 4-week and 52 week averages.
Dollars per thousand square feet	December 5, 2025	November 28, 2025	4-week average	52-week average
Composite (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^a	436	436	438	482
15/32" 4-ply exterior (south) (U.S. dollars)^Footnote^a	496	494	492	500
9.5mm 4-ply exterior (west) (Canadian dollars)^Footnote^b	621	621	624	612
7/16" oriented strand board (north central) (Canadian dollars)^Footnote^b	315	315	318	390

Figure 3: Monthly pulp prices

U.S. dollars per metric ton

This table shows monthly prices of U.S.-NBSK pulp, Europe-NBSK pulp, China-NBSK pulp and China-BCTMP as well as their 3- and 12-month average in U.S. dollars per metric ton.
	October 2025	September 2025	3-months average	12-months average
Northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (U.S.)	1,620	1,600	1,640	1,728
Northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (Europe)	1,495	1,490	1,492	1,518
Northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (China)	665	680	677	738
Bleached chemithermomechanical pulp (China)^Footnote^b	430	440	437	439

Figure 4: Weekly exchange rates

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