Crofton Pulp Mill to Close Permanently: 350 Jobs Lost as B.C. Rejects Old-Growth Logging Lifeline
Crofton, B.C. – December 4, 2025 Domtar will permanently close its pulp mill in Crofton, on Vancouver Island, by mid‑December, eliminating about 350 jobs and deepening a crisis in British Columbia’s forest sector. The shutdown has triggered an emotional political fight over who is to blame, even as Premier David Eby rules out tapping old‑growth forests to keep the mill alive. Domtar Media+2Global News+2 A 70‑year‑old mill reaches the end of the line The Crofton mill has been a mainstay of the Cowichan Valley economy since the mid‑1950s, when British Columbia Forest Products opened it as a kraft pulp operation
