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Millwork in Canada - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Chris DellaCamera Chris DellaCamera New York, United States Last Updated: November 2024 NAICS 32191CA

Revenue

$6.8bn

2024

$6.8bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

21,759

Businesses

1,506

Wages

$X.Xbn

Millwork in Canada industry analysis

The millwork industry in Canada manufactures products that are used primarily in construction products. Revenue is closely tied to downstream construction markets. One of the industry's largest markets is renovation expenditures and growth in home improvement spending in response to rising incomes and home prices has sustained industry performance. Canadian real estate prices have been increasing sharply over the past decade. The fiscal and monetary stimulus pushed real estate prices even higher. In response to inflation, higher interest rates have contributed to a slowdown in growth across the industry. Millwork revenue is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.2% to $6.8 billion through the end of 2024, with an expansion of 2.8% forecast for the current year. Profit is expected to remain strong as downstream market volatility declines. 

Trends and Insights

  • Millwork benefited from homeowners focusing on home improvement projects during the pandemic. The extra disposable income and low interest rates boosted revenue in 2021 and helped limit overall revenue declines over the past five years.
  • Wood windows and doors are the biggest product segment. Even as competition with substitute products increase, demand for wood windows and doors has risen in recent years.
  • Ontario is the most populated province in Canada. A lot of downstream industries are concentrated in Ontario, making it cost effective and profitable for mills to locate in the region.
  • The largest market for industry goods is through home renovation expenditure projects, which are often on a smaller scale and require customizable services. Small and local companies are better equipped to serve clients in their local regional markets.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 2.2 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $6.8bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

A notable increase in home rennovation supported millwork demand

  • Millwork manufacturers benefited from homeowners focusing on home improvement projects beginning in 2020 when travel restrictions and higher discretionary incomes motivated homeowners to remodel.
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Millwork in Canada
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Lower interest rates will help support the industry's downstream markets

  • The Bank of Canada began to cut interest rates in 2024 as earlier inflationary pressures eased and economic conditions softened. Lower rates are expected to impact residential building activity as mortgages become more affordable.

Biggest companies in the Millwork in Canada

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
Profit ($m)
2024
Profit Margin (%)
2024
All Weather Windows Ltd.
273.7
21.8
8.0
Mirage
236.0
18.8
8.0
Ply Gem
222.9
10.2
4.6

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Products & Services Segmentation

Millwork in Canada
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Wood windows and doors, Cut stock and dimension lumber and Flooring and other products. Wood windows and doors is the largest segment of the Millwork in Canada.

Trends and Insights

Cut stock and dimension lumber's share of revenue fell

  • Dimension stock is lumber from either hardwood or softwood that has been finished and cut to a standardized width and depth.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

This industry manufactures hardwood and softwood cut stock and dimension stock timber, such as lumber and worked wood products cut or shaped into specialized sizes; wood windows and doors; and other millwork, such as wood flooring. These reshaped wood products are mainly sold to housing and other building construction industries and their contractors, in addition to wood product distributors.

What's included in this industry?

Wooden window manufacturingWooden door manufacturingWooden floor manufacturingSpecialized lumber cutting and shaping

Companies

All Weather Windows Ltd.MiragePly Gem

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Related Terms

MILLWORK CUT STOCKSOFTWOODHARDWOOD

Industry Code

NAICS 2007

NAICS 32191 - Millwork in Canada

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Millwork benefited from homeowners focusing on home improvement projects during the pandemic. The extra disposable income and low interest rates boosted revenue in 2021 and h...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Wood windows and doors are the biggest product segment. Even as competition with substitute products increase, demand for wood windows and doors has risen in recent years.

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Ontario is the most populated province in Canada. A lot of downstream industries are concentrated in Ontario, making it cost effective and profitable for mills to locate in t...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each province
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each province in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each province accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each province accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each province in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

The largest market for industry goods is through home renovation expenditure projects, which are often on a smaller scale and require customizable services. Small and local c...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

The millwork industry in Canada has no major companies. The industry is fragmented since small and local companies are better equipped to serve clients in their local regiona...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of All Weather Windows Ltd.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Mirage's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Ply Gem's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for one additional company

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for All Weather Windows Ltd., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Mirage, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Ply Gem, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for one additional company

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

The industry is sensitive to trends in both residential and, to a lesser extent, commercial construction. Fluctuating demand in these markets in recent years created revenue ...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Profit margins are increasing as widespread inflation grants mills the liberty to increase the prices of their products. Higher prices will likely remain for the next few yea...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Liquidity Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Coverage Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2017-2022)
  • Operating Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Assets (2017-2022)
  • Liabilities (2017-2022)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Millwork industry in Canada in 2024?

The market size of the Millwork industry in Canada is $6.8bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Millwork in Canada industry in 2024?

There are 1,506 businesses in the Millwork industry in Canada, which has declined at a CAGR of 1.5 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Millwork industry in Canada grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Millwork industry in Canada has been growing at a CAGR of 2.2 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Millwork industry in Canada over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Millwork industry in Canada is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Millwork market in Canada?

The biggest companies operating in the Millwork market in Canada are All Weather Windows Ltd., Mirage and Ply Gem

What does the Millwork in Canada include?

Wooden window manufacturing and Wooden door manufacturing are part of the Millwork industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Millwork in Canada?

The company holding the most market share in Canada is All Weather Windows Ltd..

How competitive is the Millwork industry in Canada?

The level of competition is high and steady in the Millwork industry in Canada.

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Competitors

  • Other Plastic Product Manufacturing in Canada

Complementors

  • Sawmills & Wood Production in Canada
  • Wood Panelling Manufacturing in Canada
  • Lumber Wholesaling in Canada
  • Hardware Stores in Canada

International industries

  • Millwork in the US
  • Timber Resawing and Dressing in Australia
  • Timber Resawing and Dressing in New Zealand
  • Sawmilling & Wood Planing in the UK
  • Sawmills in China

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Key data sources in Canada include:

  • Statistics Canada
  • Industry Canada
  • Canadian Business Patterns

Analysts also use industry specific sources to complement catch-all sources, although their perspective may focus on a particular organization or representative body, rather than a clear overview of all industry operations. However, when balanced against other perspectives, industry-specific sources provide insights into industry trends.

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  • Industry federations or regulators
  • Major industry players annual or quarterly filings

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