Outland Tree Planting

What Outland Tree Planting does

Outland Tree Planting is a privately held Canadian reforestation contractor founded in 1985 and headquartered in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The company provides professional tree planting and forest regeneration services as a B2B contractor to forestry industry clients across 5 Canadian provinces. According to company-reported figures, Outland has planted over 2 billion trees since founding, with annual capacity exceeding 30 million trees and a workforce of 500+ seasonal workers hired each year. Operations are delivered through professionally managed seasonal camps featuring daily safety briefings, on-site training, experienced supervisors, and pre-season fitness programs.

The company's service portfolio centers on forestry services, supplemented by fire fighting and emergency response capabilities and the OYEP (Ontario Youth Employment Program) workforce development initiative. A regional subsidiary, Outland Quebec, supports operations in Quebec as part of the multi-province delivery model. The company markets itself through its website and an Instagram channel (@outlandtreeplanting), and positions itself on safety standards, camp professionalism, long planting seasons, and worker earning potential as key differentiators versus competing reforestation contractors.

Outland operates a professional services revenue model, earning contract fees from forestry clients for delivered tree planting services. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and no specific customer logos are named; the company describes its client base as "top forestry clients across the country." No external funding, M&A activity, or public ownership signals have been disclosed, and ownership structure is not publicly known.

Name

Outland Tree Planting

Legal name

Outland Tree Planting

Website

https://outlandplanting.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Outland Tree Planting is a privately held Canadian reforestation contractor founded in 1985 that plants over 30 million trees annually for forestry industry clients across 5 provinces, employing 500+ seasonal workers through professionally managed camps.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Reforestation Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (11531), Support Activities for Forestry (115310)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Reforestation & Afforestation Services (Planting, Site Prep, Regeneration) (IMAMAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Tree Planting & Establishment Services (Manual/Mechanized) (AFAMACAE)

Keywords

• Reforestation services
• Tree planting services
• Forest regeneration
• Wildfire firefighting
• Forestry contracting

Headquarters

HQ city

Thunder Bay

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tree Planting Services: The company provides professional tree planting services as a contractor to forestry clients across Canada, operating seasonal camps and employing seasonal workers to plant trees in various provinces.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Outland Tree Planting is a Canadian reforestation contractor that provides professional tree planting and forest regeneration services to forestry clients across 5 provinces. The company operates seasonal camps and deploys 500+ seasonal workers to plant 30+ million trees annually, and also offers wildfire fire fighting and emergency response services supporting forest protection efforts.

Product overview

Outland Tree Planting is a Canadian reforestation contractor offering tree planting and forestry services as its core products, supported by fire fighting services and workforce programs. The company operates across multiple provinces (including Ontario, Quebec, and others) with seasonal worker programs. Services are delivered through professionally managed camps with safety protocols, training programs, and experienced supervisors. The company has planted over 2 billion trees since 1985, with annual planting capacity exceeding 30 million trees per year.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forestry Services Professional tree planting and forest regeneration services for forestry clients across Canada, with over 2 billion trees planted since 1985 and 30+ million trees planted annually across 5 provinces.
• Fire Fighting Services Wildfire fire fighting and emergency response services supporting forest protection efforts, delivered through the company's seasonal workforce and camp operations.
• OYEP (Ontario Youth Employment Program) Youth employment program providing seasonal tree planting jobs, offering fitness programs, training, and organized camp environments for young workers in Ontario.
• Outland Quebec Regional tree planting operations in Quebec, extending the company's multi-province service coverage to include Quebec-based reforestation projects.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Weyerhaeuser: Weyerhaeuser is a large North American timberland owner and forestry products company with significant Canadian operations. Comparable to Outland as a major participant in the same forest management value chain, though it operates at much larger scale and is primarily a landowner rather than a planting contractor.

Others

• Resolute Forest Products: Resolute Forest Products is a major Canadian forestry company that operates timberlands and pulp/paper/lumber facilities. It is a likely customer of Outland's tree planting services and a key comparable for understanding the demand dynamics that drive Outland's contracts.
• Western Forest Products: Western Forest Products is a BC-based timberland manager and lumber producer with significant reforestation obligations. Comparable to Outland as a downstream forestry customer that contracts tree planting services, helping frame the addressable market for Outland's core offering.
• JD Irving: JD Irving operates large forestland assets in Eastern Canada (including New Brunswick) with active reforestation programs. Comparable to Outland as a major Canadian landowner that purchases tree planting services at scale, with overlap in the eastern Canadian reforestation market.
• Canfor: Canfor is one of Canada's largest lumber and pulp producers, managing extensive forest tenures that require large-scale replanting. A probable customer of Outland and a useful comparable for understanding the demand environment for commercial reforestation contractors in BC and Alberta.

Emerging players

• PRT Growing Services: PRT Growing Services operates forest nurseries that produce seedlings used in reforestation programs across North America. Comparable to Outland as an upstream/downstream participant in the same reforestation value chain, though PRT supplies seedlings rather than planting labor.

Direct peers

• Summit Reforestation: Summit Reforestation is a Canadian silviculture contractor providing tree planting and stand-tending services to forestry clients. Comparable to Outland as a competing seasonal reforestation services provider with similar contract-based delivery model and customer segments.
• Brinkman Reforestation: Brinkman Reforestation is one of Canada's largest tree planting contractors, operating across multiple provinces with seasonal crews. Directly comparable to Outland in service offering (large-scale reforestation), customer base (forestry operators), and labor model (seasonal planters in remote camps).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/outlandtreeplanting
• Facebookfacebook.com/outlandtreeplant
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/outland-reforestation-inc

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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