West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., nke a maara nke ọma dị ka "West Fraser", bụ ụlọ ọrụ na-ahụ maka ọhịa na Canada nke na-emepụta osisi, osisi laminated veneer (LVL), fiberboard nke dị n'etiti (MDF), board oriented strand (OSB), plywood, pulp, akwụkwọ akụkọ, na chips osisi.[1] Dabere na Vancouver, British Columbia,[2] As of 2023[update], a matala West Fraser ugboro asatọ dị ka otu n'ime ndị ọrụ 100 kachasị elu na Canada.[3]
West Fraser Timber tọrọ ntọala na 1955 site n'aka ụmụnne atọ si Seattle: Samuel Kendall Ketcham, Henry Holman ("Pete") Ketcham Jr., na William Peters Ketcham.[4] Nna ha bụ Hank Ketcham, onye gbara bọọlụ kọleji maka Yale Bulldogs ma tinye ya na College Football Hall of Fame.[5]
Ụmụnne atọ ahụ kpebiri ịrụkọ ọrụ ọnụ wee zụta obere ihe igwe ihe na Quesnel, British Columbia. Samual Ketcham jere ozi dị ka onye isi oche nke ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ na Nọvemba 1977 n'ihe mberede helikopta.[6] Douglas Johnston nọchiri ya, mgbe e mesịrị Chester Johnson.[7] Henry H. Ketcham, nwa "Pete" Ketcham, ghọrọ onye isi ala n'afọ 1985.[8] Ọ duziri ụlọ ọrụ ahụ site na mbubata ọha na eze na Mee 1986.[9] Ketcham mechara bụrụ onye isi oche ma lekọta ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ruo n'afọ 2012.[10] Ted Seraphim mechara bụrụ onye isi ala na onye isi oche, ruo mgbe Raymond Ferris nọchiri ya dị ka onye isi ala n'ọnwa Eprel 2018 na onye isi ala.[11][12]
Ka ọ na-erule afọ 2018, "West Fraser aghọwo onye na-emepụta osisi kachasị ukwuu na North America na ndị ọrụ 8,600 n'ụwa niile - ihe dị ka 5,000 na Western Canada - n'ihe dị ka ebe 50. "[3]
N'ọnwa Eprel 2020, a kpughere na onye ọchụnta ego Canada bụ Jim Pattison emeela ka òkè ya na West Fraser ruo 13.8%, na-akpali ịkọ nkọ na onye ọgaranya ahụ nwere atụmatụ ijikọ ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na Canfor, nke o nwere 51%. Na nzaghachi, West Fraser nabatara atụmatụ ikike ndị nwere òkè ma ọ bụ "mkpụrụ ọgwụ nsị" iji chebe onwe ya megide mgbalị ọ bụla na nnweta.[13][14]