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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WEST FRASER TIMBER CO., LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001402388
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAWMILLS, PLANNING MILLS, GENERAL [2421]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
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		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39974
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		STREET 1:		501-858 BEATTY STREET
		CITY:			VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V6B 1C1

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		STREET 1:		501-858 BEATTY STREET
		CITY:			VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
		STATE:			A1
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>For the month of May 2024 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-39974</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WEST FRASER TIMBER CO. LTD. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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Georgia Street, Suite 1500 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vancouver, British Columbia </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> or Form <FONT
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>VANCOUVER, B.C</B><B>.</B>, May&nbsp;31, 2024 &#150; Today, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (&#147;West Fraser&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) (TSX and NYSE:
WFG) released its 2023 Sustainability Report. The report highlights the Company&#146;s sustainability performance across a variety of environmental, social, and governance goals. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;We have the privilege of delivering renewable building products for the world,&#148; said Sean McLaren, President and CEO, West Fraser. &#147;I am proud
of the work we have done to date and the level of commitment shown across our whole organization toward achieving our sustainability goals, but we have more work to do.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;In 2024, we will make additional investments to help improve our emissions profile; enter into joint stewardship arrangements with some First Nations;
and adjust our strategies as necessary to ensure we remain on the path to becoming a sustainability leader,&#148; said McLaren. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2023 key achievements
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>Climate Action:</B> West Fraser&#146;s climate strategy is focused on measurement, evaluation and the
prioritization of actions to decarbonize our scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets that were validated through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in April 2023, helping the Company work towards achieving net zero.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>Sustainable Forest Management: </B>In 2023, forest management and fibre procurement requirements were
modernized across the Company in a new corporate-wide policy. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>Environment: </B>Engagement began on the process of becoming an early adopter of the Taskforce on
Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD). Our membership was announced in January 2024. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>Safety:</B> Safety remains our primary operating focus and in 2023 we achieved our lowest rate in the
Company&#146;s history for serious injuries. Our commitment to continuously improve so that we all go home safe each day remains our top priority. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>Indigenous Relations</B>: Our work to achieve Progressive Aboriginal Relations Gold-level certification by
2030 continues to advance and new, innovative partnerships with Indigenous Nations have been built and are expected to be formalized in 2024. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>Governance: </B>Several new policies were introduced last year including a Supply Chain and Human Rights
Policy and a Supplier Code of Conduct to help align contractors to share West Fraser&#146;s values and commitment to business ethics and human rights. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For more information, the full sustainability report is available on westfraser.com, as an <U>online </U><U>document</U> or full <U>PDF</U>. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">West Fraser is a diversified wood products company with more than 60 facilities in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. The Company
produces lumber, engineered wood products (OSB, LVL, MDF, plywood, and particleboard), pulp, newsprint, wood chips, other residuals, and renewable energy from responsibly sourced wood fibre. West Fraser&#146;s products are used in home construction,
repair and remodelling, industrial applications, papers, tissue, and box materials. For more information about West Fraser, visit: westfraser.com. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Forward-Looking Statements </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This news release contains
forward-looking information or forward-looking statements (collectively, &#147;forward <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">-looking</FONT> statements&#148;) within the meaning of applicable securities laws. These forward-looking statements include,
among other things, our plans to make additional investments to help improve our emissions profile, the Company&#146;s climate action strategy, including our focus on actions to decarbonize our scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emission reduction targets, our
SBTi commitment, and our plans to work towards achieving net zero, our plans to adopt TNFD, our commitments and ability to continuously improve our environmental, social and governance performance, including safety as our top priority, our plan to
achieve Progressive Aboriginal Relations gold certification by 2030, our plan to enter into innovative partnerships with Indigenous Nations in 2024 and our plans to continue becoming a sustainability leader. Any such forward-looking statements are
based on information currently available to us and are based on assumptions and analyses made by us considering our experience and our perception of historical trends and current conditions and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties
including the expectations and assumptions concerning the implementation, performance and effectiveness of technology needed to achieve our sustainability goals and priorities, our access to sufficient capital and resources to undertake such
projects and plans, the laws and regulations which will apply to our business, our ability to attract and retain skilled employees to implement our goals, targets and plans, environmental compliance costs generally, and assumptions regarding the
development of our business generally, risks associated with climate change and the environment, risks associated with permitting, operational problems, changes in laws and governmental regulations, environmental compliance challenges, costs of
compliance with environmental and other laws and regulation, risks relating to the development and use of new technology or lack of appropriate technologies needed to advance our goals, competition for labour and services and related shortages,
natural disasters and adverse weather conditions, general business and economic conditions and the future operation and financial performance of the Company generally. Readers should also refer to the risk factors set forth in the Company&#146;s
annual information form and management&#146;s discussion and analysis for the year ended&nbsp;December&nbsp;31, 2023, each dated&nbsp;February&nbsp;14, 2024, as updated in our quarterly reports from time to time and other documents, available at
SEDAR+ (<U>www.sedarplus.ca</U>) and EDGAR (<U>www.sec.gov/edgar</U>). There can be no assurance that the plans, intentions, or expectations upon which forward-looking statements are based will be realized. Actual results may differ, and the
difference may be material and adverse to the Company and its shareholders. Except as may be required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that the plans,
intentions, or expectations upon which forward-looking statements are based will be realized. Actual results may differ, and the difference may be material and adverse to the Company and its shareholders. Except as may be required by law, the
Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director, Communications </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tel. (604) <FONT
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