Canfor Corporation is an integrated forest products company based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The company traces its roots to the late 1930s, when brothers-in-law John G. Prentice and L.L.G. “Poldi” Bentley (surname changed from Bloch-Bauer of the famous Bloch-Bauer family of Vienna, Austria) and their families left their native Austria just before the outbreak of World War II.

They settled in Vancouver and built a small mill that was the beginning of the more than 75-year-old company.

In 2006, the company was subject to a proxy fight between billionaires Jim Pattison and Stephen A. Jarislowsky, who owned 30% and 18% of the firm’s shares, respectively. Pattison won and ousted CEO Jim Shepherd over Canfor’s poor performance and declining share price, which saw Jim Pattison appointed as interim CEO.

Traded as:           TSX: CFP; S&P/TSX Composite Component

Industry:              Forest Products

Founded:            Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Headquarters:   Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Products:             Forest products

Website:              www.canfor.com