Timber licensees and sub-licensees

New Brunswick's public forest is divided into 10 timber licences, each is leased to a large forest-based company (called a licensee) under a 25-year forest management agreement. Each license has an assigned number of sub-licensees.

Timber Licensees

CompanyLicenceAdministrative unitArea (ha) 
AV Cell Inc.1 Upsalquitch1 Upsalquitch 421,350
Interfor2 Nepisiguit3 Nepisiguit-Miramichi 257,024
3 Lower Miramichi310,599
4 Upper Miramichi 381,293
DNR - Kent License 
Management Team
5 Kent5 Kent70,815 
J.D. Irving Ltd.6 Queens-Charlotte7 Queens-Charlotte-Fundy622,332 
7 Fundy424,308
AV Nackawic Inc.8 York 8 York257,605
Twin Rivers Paper Company9 Carleton 9 Carleton-Restigouche-Tobique130,896
10 Restigouche-Tobique396,283 

Total area 3,272,505 ha

Timber Sub-Licensees

CompanyLocation
Arbec Forest ProductsMiramichi
Ashmore Ltd.Harvey/Blissville
Canusa Cedar Inc.Baker Brook
Clair Industrial DevelopmentClair
Delco Forest Products Ltd.West Branch
Devon Lumber Co. Ltd.Fredericton
Flakeboard Co. Ltd.St. Stephen
Garant, Div. Of Hanson Kidde Canada Inc.Woodstock
Goguen LumberCocagne
Groupe Savoie Inc.Saint-Quentin
H. J. Crabbe & Sons Ltd.Florenceville-Bristol
J.D.I. (Doaktown)Doaktown
J.D.I. (Kedgwick)Kedgwick
J.D.I. (St. Leonard)Saint Leonard
J.D.I. (Veneer)Veneer Siding
John W. Jamer Ltd.Perth-Andover
Junction Lumber Products Inc.Gloucester Junction
Les Cèdres Balmoral LtéeBalmoral
Marwood Ltd. (Nasonworth)Nasonworth
Plaster Rock Lumber CompanyPlaster Rock
R. F. Sadler Ltd.Perth-Andover
Ridel Firewood Ltd.Barryville
SBC Cedar Inc.Grandfalls
Seacoast Fishing Supply Ltd.Grand-Barachois
Westwood Industries Ltd.Scoudouc