Our History
 

J.M. (Morgan) Grant purchased McKenzie Cartage in 1947. The company had two trucks, three employees with a license and contract to haul mining equipment from Wabi Iron Works in New Liskeard to the mines in Northern Ontario.

By 1950, the company had grown to 15 employees and had added more equipment. During 1952, the company acquired a “C” license to transport truck loads to and from the Tri-Town area and became incorporated. Over the next few years, the company also obtained class “D” and class “E” licenses. With increased business, the company purchased a larger piece of property in 1958 and constructed larger offices, maintenance shop and docking facilities. At this time, the company obtained a class “A” license allowing the pickup and delivery of small parcels or part loads from Toronto to any location north of North Bay to Englehart. During 1958 & 1959, the company added more equipment and in 1960 opened a depot in Toronto.

During the early 1980’s, Grant’s Transport Limited began hauling wood chips and purchased a fleet of flat deck trailers to diversify its haulage business. In the mid 1980’s, a tanker was purchased to haul our own fuel. Over the next ten years Grant’s Transport secured several fuel haulage contracts with major petroleum companies growing its petroleum fleet. In the early 1990’s Grant’s Transport displayed its innovation to the industry by being the first in Eastern Canada to add several two-way (wood products south and petroleum products north) petroleum tankers to its fleet.

In 1998 Grant’s Transport Limited acquired the assets of G.R.W. Petroleum in Ottawa and additional assets in Toronto, again growing our Petroleum hauling fleet of equipment and adding yards in Ottawa and Toronto.

GRW Transport Limited remains in the Grant family, and is 100% Canadian owned.