A better way to build, imported on purpose.
E1 TIMBR is the delivery platform bringing Europe’s most advanced timber building systems to Canada — and the first step toward building them here.
Sustainability, innovation and resource conservation — in that order, and all at once.
Our mission is to redefine construction by combining advanced timber building systems with a commitment to resource conservation and elegant design.
We believe a building should be made the way a good watch is made: precisely, indoors, by people who have done it thousands of times. That is how European factories have built for decades, and it is why their buildings are faster to erect, cheaper to run and kinder to the planet.
We supply CLT, glulam and other engineered timber, prefabricated wall systems, high-performance windows and complete building packages — and we stay with the project through engineering, logistics, installation and handover.
Three principles we won’t trade away.
Respect the resource
Timber from responsibly managed forests, used efficiently, with waste designed out in the factory rather than swept up on site.
Certainty over promises
Fixed scopes, factory tolerances and a single schedule. Our clients should be able to plan around us.
Performance you can feel
Passive House-grade envelopes that are quiet, bright, draught-free and remarkably cheap to heat.
Greg Hoffart
Founder & Principal
“Prospects ask me the same thing every week: what exactly am I getting? The answer is a building that was mostly finished before it arrived — engineered, checked and packed in the order it goes up. Canada has a very different landscape for prefabrication. We’re here to show what it can be.”
Talk to Greg26 years of building houses in a factory.
Our factory has been building since 2000. Around 90% of its production is exported — mainly to Norway, Sweden, Finland and Germany — to construction companies, developers and private clients.
Certified to build for demanding markets
- ISO 9001 — Bureau Veritas
- European Technical Assessment (EOTA)
- CE marking
Built for Canadian codes: every project is engineered to the National Building Code of Canada and provincial codes, with CLT and windows documented against CSA standards and CCMC evaluations where required.
Recognised, repeatedly
“Factory House of the Year” recognitions in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2026 — including the 2026 overall win for the Nature Hub. A Gazelle company in 2015 and 2016, a distinction held by only 1% of companies in its home market.
Inside the factory.
Element and modular houses and facade elements, built in a weatherproof, controlled environment. Click a photo to open the gallery.
Northern infrastructure & housing platform.
E1 TIMBR is the delivery platform. ARKTOS is the long-term vision: European expertise, Canadian focus, better communities.
We import and integrate the world’s best building systems.
We’re building North America’s next-generation manufacturing network.
Let’s build something sustainable together.
Tell us about your project — a single home, a multi-residential development or a public building. We’ll come back with the right system, a realistic budget range and a schedule you can plan around.