Ideal Can has commissioned a fourth production line at its Saint-Apollinaire plant in Quebec, raising annual capacity from 350 million to 470 million cans, supported by a C$1.5 million contribution from CED.

Invera Flexibles is committing up to $20 million to expand and modernize production capacity at its Edmonton and Laval facilities, which will exceed 150 million pounds of annual capacity upon completion.

Eco Guardian received $1.5 million from the Ontario government's AMIC program to expand its Aurora, Ontario manufacturing operations for paper-based foodservice packaging, with capacity of 2 billion cups and containers annually and up to 40 new jobs.

Lee Li Holdings will invest over C$533 million to expand its Mississauga, Ontario facility by 15,000 square feet and build a new 85,000 square foot bottling and packing facility focused on plastic bottle manufacturing. The project will create 275 jobs.

Polykar announced a $20 million expansion of its Edmonton, Alberta facility adding 50,000 square feet and 25 permanent jobs. Output is expected to reach 40 million pounds annually by fall 2026. Announced 9 October 2025.

Flair Packaging is adding a 10-color flexographic press and a solventless laminator at its Calgary, Alberta plant, and has acquired a second Calgary plant of 35,000 square feet for its converting equipment. It is the first of a series of planned Canadian expansions.

Mondi intends to invest in the Hinton mill and, subject to pre-engineering and permitting, add a new kraft paper machine capable of producing 200,000 tonnes of kraft paper annually. No investment value was given.

CKF Inc. will move rPET plastic recycling operations from Delta and a Langley facility into its foam manufacturing plant on 200th Street in Langley over 12-14 months, with about 300 staff expected there.

Imaflex Inc. has selected Bandera U.S. to supply a 2400 3-layer SmartFlex line and a 2400 5-layer Barrier Flex line to increase capacity at its Victoriaville plant. The first line is scheduled to be installed and started up in Q1 2023.

Tempo Flexible Packaging will receive C$3.5 million from FedDev Ontario's Business Scale-up and Productivity stream to expand its facility by 10,000 sq ft and increase production of recyclable food packaging.

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions granted O-I Canada Corp. a repayable C$3.5 million contribution to modernize its Montréal glass container plant. The project adds digital production equipment to increase recycled glass use and diverts up to 75,000 tonnes a year from landfill.

Tempo Plastics Ltd. is in the midst of a $14.4 million upgrade and expansion of its flexible packaging business in Innisfil, Ontario, which includes a new printing press and transformer, supported by a $2.2 million interest-free loan from the Province of Ontario announced July 23, 2021.

Rootree, a Burlington, Ontario flexible packaging converter, is adding a second HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press to double its print capacity for fully compostable flexible packaging.

Hamilton-based packaging manufacturer HT Productions Inc. (Whitebird) will expand its facility, acquire advanced manufacturing equipment and move to a new online ordering system, backed by about $3.9 million from FedDev Ontario. The investment will create 45 skilled jobs and maintain 105 in Hamilton.

Atlantic Packaging Products announced construction of a new 100% recycled paper machine next to its existing Whitby, Ontario machine, producing 400,000 tons per year of containerboard. Production is scheduled for Q1 2022.

Atlantic Coated Papers is building a 12,000 square foot warehouse at its Windsor, Quebec plant and has bought a rewinder to enter cosmetics packaging, with a stated investment of 2.5 million. The company expects five to 10 new full-time jobs over the coming months.

Color Ad Packaging expanded its 200 Beghin Avenue site in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to include an in-house rotogravure cylinder engraving facility, bringing all flexible packaging steps in-house.

Évolupak, a maker of recyclable thermoformed food packaging, will build a 40,000 sq ft building costing 10 million dollars to double its floor space in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. About 20 jobs will be created, with completion targeted for June 2019.

Kruger has dedicated a new high-speed corrugated packaging converting line at its LaSalle plant in Quebec after investing almost CAD 10 million, producing 24,000 boxes per hour.

Kruger rebuilt its MP10 newsprint machine at the Trois-Rivières mill in Quebec into a 100% recycled linerboard machine under a $250 million modernization project announced in September 2015. Official start-up occurred in May 2017.

Laminacorr began a 3-year expansion including a 20,000 sq ft addition in the Cornwall Business Park, Ontario, and an upgrade of one extrusion line. Equipment investment is over $1.5 million and building investment is $1.7 million.

Kruger inaugurated its converted machine number 10 at the Trois-Rivières mill, now producing 360,000 metric tonnes of packaging board for e-commerce, after a C$250 million project. About 80 local companies shared C$40 million of work.

Cascades officially inaugurated its expanded corrugated packaging plant in Drummondville, Quebec, a CAD 26.4 million investment that added 45,000 sq ft and a new fast corrugator, now fully ramped up.

Kruger is investing C$250 million with Investissements Québec to convert its Trois-Rivières newsprint mill to make lightweight cardboard packaging, starting production May 7, and plans to hire about 100 workers within five years.

Stanpac Inc. is investing C$45.6 million to add four production lines at its Smithville, Ontario packaging plant, increasing capacity and exports and creating up to 50 jobs. The federal government contributes C$4.5 million through FedDev Ontario.

Kruger is rebuilding Paper Machine 10 at its Trois-Rivières mill to produce 100% recycled linerboard, with about $250 million invested and completion expected in May 2017. About $135 million of the budget has been committed to date.

Kruger completed the conversion of its No. 10 newsprint machine at the Trois-Rivières mill in Quebec into a lightweight linerboard line with 360,000 tonnes annual capacity, creating 270 jobs. The project was first announced with the Government of Quebec in September 2015.