Investment will create good-paying jobs in Belleville and accelerate advanced manufacturing of high-quality forest products
As part of its plan to protect Ontario, the government is investing more than $3.3 million in Ontario Truss & Wall to expand its production of made-in-Ontario wood building materials and help meet growing demand in the province’s construction sector. The investment will create 13 new good-paying jobs, retain 50 existing positions and support an additional 100 jobs throughout the region.
“Ontario’s forest sector businesses have manufactured high-quality construction materials for generations, establishing our province as a forest product leader in the G7,” said Kevin Holland, Associate Minister of Forestry and Forest Products. “Under our forest sector roadmap, our government is accelerating sector productivity to help build homes and businesses faster and more affordably with Ontario wood.”
The government’s investment, which is made through the Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program, will equip Ontario Truss & Wall with automated equipment and an added 20,000 square feet of facility space, boosting the company’s production of wood construction materials by nearly 70 per cent. The upgrades will empower Ontario Truss & Wall to broaden its market reach, expand wood-based building capacity in the region and strengthen forestry supply chains by increasing demand for harvesting, hauling and transportation.
The investment will provide Ontario Truss & Wall with advanced manufacturing technology to increase production, reduce costs and deliver higher-quality wood building materials, helping meet growing demand while strengthening the competitive advantage of made-in-Ontario forest products.
Guided by the Roadmap to Protecting Ontario’s Forest Sector, modernizing the Forest Resources Inventory and cutting red tape are essential to keeping Ontario’s forest sector strong and competitive.
Quick Facts
- Established in 1982 in Foxboro, Ontario, Ontario Truss & Wall manufactures and resells wood building products used in residential, commercial and agricultural construction. The company is currently completing an $11 million project to increase production capacity, improve efficiency and grow revenues.
- As of July 2026, close to $98 million in funding has been approved under the Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program, securing an added $540 million in external investments to reinforce forest sector productivity.
- This funding follows Ontario’s recent investments to increase sawmill productivity, commercialize biofuel production in forestry and advance a major upgrade of an oriented strand board manufacturer.
- The government released the Roadmap to Protecting Ontario’s Forest Sector on April 28, setting out a 10-year plan to maintain Ontario’s position as a G7 leader in making and selling wood products, with the competitive excellence and transformative technologies to unlock new global markets.
- The forest sector is an essential industry, generating almost $21 billion in business revenue and supporting nearly 155,000 jobs.
- Wood produced from Ontario’s Crown forests is sustainably sourced and renewable. Wood is a renewable resource, a clean energy source and a sustainable – and biodegradable – alternative to single-use plastics.
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