Canadian Plywood Grading Guide

This publication is a comprehensive guide that provides detailed grading standards and specifications for Canadian plywood manufacturing.

This publication is designed for: engineered wood manufacturers

The guide has extensive reference materials including visual grading criteria for allowable wood characteristics, overlay grades for concrete formwork and industrial applications and terminology definitions. It includes several tables, diagrams and example trademarks.

Key sections include:

• Mill’s quality system

• Materials

• Panel construction

• Panel grades

• Dimensions and tolerances

• Identification and marking

• APA example trademarks

• Commercial species grouping

• Common nominal panel thicknesses and tolerances (in mm)

• PS 1 grade comparisons to CSA standards

Published by APA — The Engineered Wood Association.