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Canadian Bavarian Everything you see that’s wood, we craft. From raw timber to finished, all happen under our roof. We source our own logs and process them in house.

Canadian Bavarian Millwork and Lumber has built a reputation for quality and service during its 30 years in business. Located in Chemainus BC, the company specializes in high-end custom millwork, manufactured lumber and architectural products. Canadian Bavarian is FSC certified, a reflection of its commitment to environmental and community values. It has taken innovative approaches to make its facilities more environmentally friendly, and its carbon footprint has been reduced significantly with the implementation of a Biomass burner and partnership with BioFlame Briquettes to recycle wood waste. Wood drying services are also available to customers harvesting logs from their own property. From log to finished product, it is our policy to be engaged with all aspects of production. Wood is cut, dried and finished at our facility, allowing us to take full control of every step of production. Our flooring, trim, siding, timbers, doors, cabinets and other wood fabrications are all generated through this hands-on approach. Our custom cabinet shop has a full range of equipment, including a CNC router, veneer press, planers, and wide belt sanders along with basic woodworking equipment. The remanufacturing shop includes two resaws, two moulders, a multi-rip, double-sided planer, custom knife grinding, and storage facilities for the many species of wood handled by the shop. The drying facilities have a capacity of 55,000 FBM divided between 2 kilns.

Anyone working on a bigger project knows the spec you land on today might not be the spec down the road.Profiles get red...
29/10/2026

Anyone working on a bigger project knows the spec you land on today might not be the spec down the road.

Profiles get redrawn, sizes shift, things get requoted when the plans change, and none of that throws us off. If anything, the earlier you bring us in, the easier it is to work through those changes together.

We love when one species gets to do all the heavy lifting.Same Douglas Fir underfoot, overhead and across the walls, so ...
23/10/2026

We love when one species gets to do all the heavy lifting.

Same Douglas Fir underfoot, overhead and across the walls, so the floor, ceiling and cladding all feel like they belong to each other.

There's a detail on this Rannala Freeborn project you'd probably walk right past (and that's the point).The cedar soffit...
22/10/2026

There's a detail on this Rannala Freeborn project you'd probably walk right past (and that's the point).

The cedar soffit and siding all run vertically so the lines carry straight through, but the soffit's got one extra fine line down the middle that we built into the profile on purpose.

This might look like a small detail, but it's what makes the whole assembly look intentional.

Everyone just calls it cedar, but each type is different. Japan's got Sugi, light and straight-grained, and they've been...
21/10/2026

Everyone just calls it cedar, but each type is different.

Japan's got Sugi, light and straight-grained, and they've been building with it forever.

Our Western Red is the one that loves being outside, holding its shape and shrugging off rot, so it ends up as siding and decking.

Yellow's the heavy, hard one.

They’re all cedars, but each is best at something different.

Something they don't tell you about growing into overseas markets: it takes time because every culture does business dif...
15/10/2026

Something they don't tell you about growing into overseas markets: it takes time because every culture does business differently.

So we’re hitting the road again over the next few months. Stay tuned to see where we end up, but for now here is (insert beautiful picture).

Japan is British Columbia's oldest forestry market we've got in Asia.So it made us laugh that our most recent "Japan ord...
14/10/2026

Japan is British Columbia's oldest forestry market we've got in Asia.

So it made us laugh that our most recent "Japan order" was for a passive house up in Niseko built by a guy who's actually from Victoria.

We're just a small part of something that's been going way longer than us, and that's one of the coolest parts about the value-added wood products industry.

Exciting news!Canadian Bavarian Millwork & Lumber just received investment from the Government of Canada through  . With...
09/10/2026

Exciting news!

Canadian Bavarian Millwork & Lumber just received investment from the Government of Canada through . With this investment, we will be able to modernize our facility, add advanced manufacturing equipment, and reach new export markets, turning more B.C. wood into higher-value finished products while supporting jobs in our community and the wider regional forestry sector.

This is part of over $30.5 million PacifiCan is investing in 24 B.C. businesses navigating trade disruptions and chasing new opportunities. We're proud to be one of them, and excited for what this means for our team here in Chemainus.

We are ready to make an even greater impact and build a brighter future in B.C.

Read more about the announcement: https://www.canada.ca/en/pacific-economic-development/news/2026/08/backgrounder-government-of-canada-invests-over-30-million-to-help-bc-businesses-navigate-trade-disruptions-and-seize-new-opportunities.html

Shou Sugi Ban turns ordinary cedar siding into something with real depth and texture.🪵 Species: Western Red Cedar STK & ...
08/10/2026

Shou Sugi Ban turns ordinary cedar siding into something with real depth and texture.
🪵 Species: Western Red Cedar STK & Clear Douglas Fir
〰 Texture: Shou Sugi Ban - Brushed & Clear By Others

Sometimes other wood suppliers call us for help.A hardwood supplier called us last week because their customer needed en...
07/10/2026

Sometimes other wood suppliers call us for help.

A hardwood supplier called us last week because their customer needed engineered flooring they don't make.

But that’s not as strange as it sounds. Different shops have different equipment, and sometimes the company that looks like a competitor is really just the one with what you need.

If you're a mill, supplier or manufacturer and there's something your customer needs that you can't provide, give us a shout.

Why would a professional woodworker pay us to do something he could already do himself? One of our customers, who is a t...
02/10/2026

Why would a professional woodworker pay us to do something he could already do himself?

One of our customers, who is a trained woodworker, still buys his hardwood from us, and pays us to machine it too.

He can do the machining, he’d just rather spend his time building. So the material shows up ready for him to glue and sand.

That’s what partnerships with us are made of.

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