How it works
Ontario Wood is a program that helps raise awareness of locally grown, locally made wood products, and encourages Ontarians to buy local.
Using the Ontario Wood logo on your products, website and marketing materials is the best way to help consumers identify and buy local wood products.
Benefits
Whether you are a promoter, producer, distributor or supporter, you can benefit from our free partnership program.
As a partner in the Ontario Wood network, you join a diverse group that includes manufacturers, retailers, builders and designers who make and use Ontario Wood products.
You can also:
- connect with consumers interested in what you have to offer through a listing on our website and promotion on our social media channels
- participate in our marketing and promotional efforts that help to spotlight the brand and our partners
- get free marketing material
Costs
Free—you pay nothing to become a partner and use the Ontario Wood logo.
Eligibility
You are eligible to become an Ontario Wood partner if you:
- make at least one product that meets the definition of Ontario Wood (for example, manufacturers and artisans)
- distribute products that would meet the definition of an Ontario Wood product
- build, renovate or design using Ontario wood in your projects
- support Ontario Wood (for example, a municipality providing public infrastructure and workforce for the forest industry, a forestry services company providing assistance, an industry association supporting its members, a group or organization interested in promoting local wood products)
Definition of an Ontario Wood product
To qualify for the program and use the Ontario Wood logo:
- your product’s wood content must meet 1 of the following criteria:
- it is produced from trees that are harvested from sustainably managed forests in Ontario
- when there is not enough wood from sustainably managed forests in Ontario to meet the licensee’s manufacturing production requirement, up to 25% of your product’s wood content can be sourced from sustainably managed forests in the rest of Canada and the other 75% from Ontario
- all wood used in your products associated with the logo must be from tree species that originate from or are commercially grown in Ontario
- the manufacturing licensee completes all parts of your products in facilities located in Ontario.
How to apply
To become a partner and use the Ontario Wood logo, complete the Partner application form online.
After you apply
We will contact you within 10 business days to discuss your application and best fit within the program.
If you meet the criteria, we will send you a partnership agreement that you must sign and return to the Ontario Wood office.
Once you become a partner, we’ll send you electronic version of the Ontario Wood logo to use in your promotional material, such as on your website and business cards.
You can also order free marketing materials online.
How to order marketing materials
If you’re an Ontario Wood partner and you offer wood products to consumers, we can give you a wide variety of free point-of-sale materials to suit your promotional needs, such as:
- stickers
- tags
- shelf danglers
- banners
- floor decals
- window clings
- Christmas items (for outdoor use)
To place an order
- Browse our Ontario Wood merchandising material order form.
- Enter the quantities you want for each item.
- Enter your contact information on Part 2.
Delivery time:
You will get your products within 15 business days if they are in stock.
If the product is out of stock, we will notify you by email.