On 20 March 1944, as a reward for his successful command of the 2nd Brigade, he was promoted to major general[3] and made general officer commanding (GOC) the 5th Canadian Armoured Division.
After the war, Hoffmeister became president of MacMillan Bloedel Limited in 1949 and was its chairman from 1956 to 1958. From 1958 to 1961, he was British Columbia's agent general in London. From 1961 to 1968, he was chairman of the Council of Forest Industries of British Columbia, an association for the British Columbia interior forest industry. From 1971 to 1991 he was the founding chairman of the Nature Trust of British Columbia, a non-profit land conservation organization.
Douglas E. Delaney (2006). The Soldiers' General: Bert Hoffmeister at War. University of British Columbia Press. ISBN0-7748-1149-8.
Granatstein, Jack (2005). The Generals: The Canadian Army's Senior Commanders in the Second World War. University of Calgary Press. ISBN978-1-55238-176-2.