Mass Timber Company Coming to Elmsdale Business Park

Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, March 20, 2025 — The federal government announced support for Mass Timber Company (MTC), a new manufacturing business that includes partnership between Nova Scotian sawmills, We’koqma’q L’nue’Kati and other Indigenous Partners, to build a $215M facility in Elmsdale.

The federal government is investing in MTC to help them construct a large-scale mass timber industrial plant. Once built, MTC will be the first fully integrated mass timber manufacturer in Atlantic Canada, helping to grow the region’s offsite construction industry and improving access to housing in Nova Scotia.

MTC has been conditionally approved for $10 million in federal funding, pending due diligence and a final agreement. Once complete, the facility will provide over 120 new local jobs in East Hants and revolutionize the use of eastern spruce lumber in manufacturing. Read the complete Natural Resources Canada press release for all the details.

Left to Right: Gioia Usher, CEO, We’koqma’q L’nue’Kati; The Honourable Kody Blois, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development; Eleanor Roulston, Warden, Municipality of East Hants; Patrick Crabbe, Director, Mass Timber Company.

Quotes

“We’re blessed with some incredible natural resources here in Nova Scotia, and our forestry sector is certainly no exception. By investing in Canadian companies, like MTC Mass Timber Company, and helping to create more Canadian products, we’re setting our country — and our local economies in places like East Hants — up for success.”

-Kody Blois, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development and Member of Parliament for Kings–Hants

“The Mass Timber Company locating their project in East Hants, specifically in our Elmsdale Business Park, is going to be transformational for our community. With jobs and supply chain support for our local area, this investment will support the continued growth of our Municipality. On behalf of the Municipality, I extend our thanks to the Mass Timber Company and their partners for choosing East Hants as the place to establish mass timber manufacturing in Atlantic Canada.”

– Eleanor Roulston, Warden of the Municipality of East Hants