Frequently Asked Questions

Only the most impressive birthday in Canadian electrical distribution history. One hundred years. Since 1926, we have been the people behind the people who build this country, supplying the products, the expertise, and the energy that keeps Canada powered and moving. This is a celebration of every branch, every team member, and every customer who has been part of that ride.

1926. The roaring twenties. Prohibition was still a thing in parts of Canada, the Model T Ford was the hot car, and a group of Calgary businessmen decided to start an oil exploration company in Turner Valley, Alberta. Electrical distribution was not on the agenda yet, that came later. But that is where the story began, and we have been going ever since.

Think of it as a 100-branch road trip – without the van. A digital baton is travelling across every single Westburne branch in Canada, from coast to coast. Each branch receives it, celebrates it, passes it on, and the whole journey is tracked live on this microsite. It is our way of saying every branch matters, every team is part of this, and 100 years is worth celebrating one stop at a time.

Over 100, which feels appropriate for a 100th birthday. We span four divisions: BC and Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec and Atlantic Canada. From big cities to smaller communities, if there are trades people building something, there is probably a Westburne nearby.

We get the right electrical products to the right people at the right time so that the projects that power Canadian communities actually get done. Lighting, automation, wire and cable, energy solutions, if it involves electricity and a professional needs it, we probably have it. Think of us as the behind-the-scenes team that makes the visible stuff possible.

Where do we start. We were originally an oil exploration company. Yes, really. A gas boom in Turner Valley, Alberta in 1926 brought a group of Calgary businessmen together and none of them were thinking about electrical wire. It took us until 1971 to get into the electrical business and honestly, we have never looked back. Since then we went from electrical supplies to automation, lighting, wire and cable, energy solutions, and technology. The products changed, the industry changed, the technology changed. The one thing that did not change is that we kept showing up. A hundred years later, still here, still evolving, and genuinely much better with electricity than oil.

The people. Always the people. Every branch is still run by someone who knows their customers by name, understands what they are building, and shows up when it matters. No algorithm, no chatbot, no automated response is going to carry a heavy order to your truck or call you back when something goes sideways on a job. That is a Westburne person. Has been for 100 years. Will be for the next 100.