Mississauga, ON – Canadian Business and PROFIT have ranked Weston Forest No. 315 on the 29th annual PROFIT 500, a ranking of Canada’s fastest-growing companies. This is the third consecutive year that Weston Forest makes an appearance on the list.

Published in the October issue of Maclean’s magazine and at CanadianBusiness.com, the PROFIT 500 ranks Canadian businesses by their five-year revenue growth.

Weston Forest recorded five-year revenue growth of 181 per cent.

“This year’s winners demonstrate the resilience, innovation and sheer management smarts it takes to build a thriving business today,” says Deborah Aarts, PROFIT 500 program manager. “Canada—and the world—needs more entrepreneurial success stories like these.”

Steve Rhone, president of Weston Forest, stated, “We are honoured to be included on the PROFIT 500 ranking for the third consecutive year. A heartfelt ‘thank you’ to every member of the Weston Forest team: our continued success is a direct result of your dedication and hard work.”

Weston Forest is a distributor and remanufacturer of softwood and hardwood lumber and specialty panel products. Weston’s various business units serve the industrial crating and packaging sectors, provide specialty products to the construction and infrastructure sectors, and manufacture and distribute a wide variety of products to lumber and building material dealers.