Mr. Patrick Elliott reports

CANFOR CORPORATION ANNOUNCES ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENT DATE AND FIRST QUARTER RESULTS CONFERENCE CALL

Canfor Corp. will hold its annual general meeting at 11:30 a.m. PDT Thursday, April 26, 2012, in Vancouver, B.C., at the Terminal City Club.

The company will release its first quarter 2012 financial and operating results before market opening on Thursday, April 26, 2012.

Canfor will hold a conference call on Friday, April 27, 2012, at 8 a.m. PDT to discuss first quarter 2012 financial and operating results. To participate in the call, please dial one of the following numbers:

Access:  416-340-8527

Toll-free access:   877-440-9795

Let the operator know you wish to participate in the Canfor conference call.

Following management's discussion of the quarterly results, the analyst and investment community will be invited to ask questions. Once the analyst and investment community have completed their questions, Canfor's management will take questions from the media.

For instant replay access please dial one of the following numbers and enter

Participant pass code:  7168261 (pound sign)

Access:  905-694-9451

Toll-free access:  800-408-3053

Available until:  May 31, 2013

The conference call will be available live at Canfor's website.