WoodWorks at The Buildings Show
The Buildings Show and Canadian Wood Council’s exciting new collaboration brings WoodWorks to The Buildings Show in 2025, integrating WoodWorks’ technical expertise and wood products industry representation into The Buildings Show.
This collaboration builds on a shared commitment to advancing Canada’s built environment and expands The Buildings Show's focus on innovative materials, design, and construction practices.
Canadian Wood Council & The Buildings Show join forces

WoodWorks at The Buildings Show amplifies the event’s core offering to Canadian and North America's design and construction leaders: timely market insights, respected technical knowledge, transformative networking, and exposure to the materials and technologies at the forefront of Canada's built environment.
What to expect from WoodWorks at The Buildings Show 2025
WoodWorks at The Buildings Show will provide an incredible opportunity for all professionals of the built environment to immerse themselves in the latest innovations in wood-based design and construction through:
Accredited educational seminars solely dedicated to wood product construction
Direct access to technical expertise from suppliers, manufacturers, and wood engineering consultants
A dedicated expo pavilion experiences in both buildings dedicated to structural and finishing wood products at the heart of Canada’s largest building and construction event
WoodWorks at The Buildings Show educational content, presented by Canadian Wood Council
6 hours of accredited educational seminars solely dedicated to wood product construction, presented across 2 days:
Wednesday, December 3
- WS103 - Tall Wood in Canada: Current State, Opportunities, and New Initiatives
Speakers: Canadian Wood Council, WoodWorks Ontario - WNM101 - Offsite Construction in Ontario: A Practical and Diligent Path Forward
Speakers: Forest Economic Advisors, Auto Construct Incorporated - WN102 - Building Success: The Nshwaasnangong Child Care and Family Centre Story
Speaker: Two Row Architect - WN103 - Mass Timber Economics: Beyond the Bottom Line
Speakers: Clark Construction Management Inc., bnkc architecture + urban design
Thursday, December 4
- TN101 - Design and Construction of Permanent Wood Foundations
Speaker: Sustainafree - TNM101 - The Future of Tall: The Future of Cities
Speaker: Antony Wood Consulting
About the Canadian Wood Council
The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) is Canada’s unifying voice for the wood products industry. As a national federation of associations, the CWC’s members represent hundreds of manufacturers across the country. The CWC’s mission is to support its members by accelerating market demand for wood products and championing responsible leadership through excellence in codes, standards, and regulations, and by delivering technical support and knowledge transfer for the construction sector through its market leading WoodWorks program.
Expanded Opportunities
6 hours of accredited education across 2 days, including 2 on the Building Futures Stage in the North Building, and new pavilion experiences in both expo floors will provide expanded opportunities to access technical knowledge, suppliers, manufacturers and engineering consultants in wood-based design and construction.
Industry Leadership
WoodWorks (delivered by Cecobois in Quebec) is a Canadian Wood Council program, which is industry led and is intended to help increase the use of wood in non-residential, mid-rise and tall building markets in Canada. The initiative seeks to build proficiency in using wood through training, networking and direct technical support.
A Shared Vision for Transformation
The decision to bring WoodWorks to The Buildings Show is a testament to the commitment of the Canadian Wood Council to work with mission-aligned partners that share a common vision for the future of the built environment.