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    <periodOfReport>2023-05-05</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LPX</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Embree Tracy A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1610 WEST END AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 200</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NASHVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>37203</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
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                    <value>30829</value>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
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                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents deferred stock units (&quot;DSUs&quot;) under the Amended and Restated Louisiana-Pacific Corporation Non-Employee Directors Compensation Plan (the &quot;Directors Compensation Plan&quot;) that were previously reported on Table II.  Each DSU entitles the reporting person to receive one share of common stock upon the earlier of (i) the reporting person's separation of service as a director or (ii) a change of control of the issuer.  The reporting person has determined to report DSUs on Table I going forward.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 282 shares credited as dividend equivalents.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) granted to non-employee directors pursuant to the Louisiana-Pacific Corporation 2022 Omnibus Stock Award Plan will vest in full on May 5, 2024.  Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the issuer's common stock.  The reporting person has elected to defer the receipt of common stock upon the vesting of the RSUs, and upon vesting of the RSUs, will receive DSUs under the Directors Compensation Plan.  Each DSU entitles the reporting person to receive one share of common stock upon the earlier of (i) the reporting person's separation of service as a director or (ii) a change of control of the issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Includes 45 shares credited as dividend equivalents.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Nicole Daniel, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-05-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
