The Ontario Wood program aims to raise awareness of the benefits of buying local Ontario wood products and encourage Ontarians to do so.
The program is free for wood product producers, distributors, builders and supporters throughout Ontario. As a potential licensee, you pay nothing to use the Ontario Wood logo.
The Ontario Wood logo identifies that your licensed products are made from wood that is grown, harvested and processed right here in Ontario. When consumers see the logo they can feel confident the wood products they’re buying have been harvested under some of the highest environmental standards in the world.
Using the Ontario Wood logo on your products and marketing materials is the best way to help shoppers identify local wood products!
Definition of Ontario Wood - More than 75% of the wood used in an Ontario Wood product is from trees that are harvested from sustainably managed forests in Ontario. Up to 25% of the wood may come from sustainably managed forests in the rest of Canada. All wood used in Ontario Wood products must be from tree species that are indigenous to or are commercially grown in Ontario. In addition, all processing associated with the manufacturing of the products must take place in facilities located in Ontario.
How to become an Ontario Wood Partner
Becoming a partner is easy. If any of the products you make meet the definition of Ontario Wood, we welcome you to join the Ontario Wood initiative and use the Ontario Wood logo.
Manufacturers and Artisans
As a producer of Ontario wood products, if any of your products meet the industry approved definition of an Ontario Wood product and you wish to use the Ontario Wood logo in your sales flyers, advertising and other marketing materials to help promote these products, we enocourage you to join Ontario Wood. Please follow these steps to join the Ontario Wood initiative and get permission to use the logo.
Distributors
As a distributor of Ontario Wood products, we invite you to display our Point of Sale (POS) material in your stores to help your customers identify Ontario Wood products and as a result to show your support for Ontario's industry.
Supporter
You don’t have to sell Ontario Wood to play a role in its story. Supporters of Ontario Wood can be a municipality providing public infrastructure and workforce for the forest industry, a sustainable forest licensee assisting with the supply of wood, a forestry services company providing assistance, or an industry association supporting its members, or a group/organisation interested in promoting buying local products. Please follow steps 2 (excluding a-d) through 4 below to become a supportor of the Ontario Wood Initiative.
How to join the Ontario Wood Initiative and get permission to use the logo
There is no fee for joining the Ontario Wood initiative or for using the Ontario Wood logo. Follow the steps below to apply for a logo agreement: Producers and Distributors, follow steps 1 through 4. Supporters, follow steps 2 (excluding a-d) through 4.
- Ensure your product meets the consumer and industry approved definition of an Ontario Wood product.
- Contact the Ontario Wood office by email, letter or fax at:
Ontario Wood
a) identify what product(s) you are interested in using the logo in association with;
Ministry of Natural Resources
70 Foster Drive, Suite 610
Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada P6A 1X2
Tel: 705-945-6765
Fax: 705-945-6796
Email: info@ontariowood.ca
In your correspondence, please describe your product and/or marketing materials, and your intended use of the Ontario Wood logo. You should:
b) demonstrate how the product meets the definition of an Ontario Wood product:
i. what kind of wood your product is made from;
ii. where you source the wood used for your product (if you are a producer);
iii. where product is manufactured;
c) identify how you intend to use the Ontario Wood logo (eg. on your product packaging, other marketing materials, or on websites);
d) distributors must also demonstrate that you source from vendors who meet the approved definition of an Ontario Wood product. - If your product meets the above criteria, you will be sent a logo agreement to complete and return to our office.
- You will then be sent electronic and hard copies of the Ontario Wood logo to use on your products and/or marketing materials.
