History
The AFPA was established in 1942 by a group of lumber brokers to coordinate efforts in dealing with the problems in the Alberta forest industry - which in those days was essentially lumber producers. In 1950, the AFPA prepared the first marketing booklet for "Western White Spruce" lumber as "Spruce-Pine-Fir" (SPF), for distribution to buyers in the United States and Canada. At the same time the association urged the Alberta provincial government to increase forest fire protection and help reduce Alberta's high timber loss by fire. The AFPA also established its own lumber grading mark using the western white pine association (WWPA) grade rules.
In 1959, the AFPA joined the then Canadian Wood Development Council, now the Canadian Wood Council, (http://www.cwc.ca/) as a charter member. This affiliation was timely as the United States Federal Housing Authority had announced that all lumber imported into the United States must be grade marked, and the Canadian federal government followed suit with the same requirements by CMHC.
The AFPA became a registered entity under the Society Act of Alberta in 1959, a registered trademark in the United States in that same year, and a registered trademark in Canada in 1962.
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