CanWel Building Materials Ltd. is one of Canada's leading distributors of building materials including commodity, industrial and allied products. Our customers range in size from small independent lumber yards, to regional building material dealers, and national home improvement chains.  These customers include the names of commonly known retailers such as Rona, Home Depot, and Home Hardware. CanWel also supplies the Industrial Product market servicing firms such as furniture manufacturers, millwork shops and producers of manufactured homes and industrial trailers.

Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, CanWel has an extensive network of 12 Distribution Centers located across Canada.

CanWel was formed in 1989 by the merger of Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor) and Weldwood of Canada Ltd. building supply distribution centres. In 1999, CanWel was purchased by The Futura Corporation. On May 13, 2004, CanWel became a publicly traded company on the TSX under the symbol CWX. At the end of 2004, CanWel purchased the Sodisco-Howden Group Inc.