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

Company Licence Administrative unit Area (ha) 
AV Cell Inc. 1 Upsalquitch 1 Upsalquitch  421,350
Interfor 2 Nepisiguit 3 Nepisiguit-Miramichi  257,024
3 Lower Miramichi 310,599
4 Upper Miramichi  381,293
DNR - Kent License 
Management Team
5 Kent 5 Kent 70,815 
J.D. Irving Ltd. 6 Queens-Charlotte 7 Queens-Charlotte-Fundy 622,332 
7 Fundy 424,308
AV Nackawic Inc. 8 York  8 York 257,605
Twin Rivers Paper Company 9 Carleton  9 Carleton-Restigouche-Tobique 130,896
10 Restigouche-Tobique 396,283 

Total area 3,272,505 ha

Timber Sub-Licensees

Company Location
Arbec Forest Products Miramichi
Ashmore Ltd. Harvey/Blissville
Canusa Cedar Inc. Baker Brook
Clair Industrial Development Clair
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 Lumber Cocagne
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 Ltée Balmoral
Marwood Ltd. (Nasonworth) Nasonworth
Plaster Rock Lumber Company Plaster 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