Who We Are

About Us

The Crane Rental Association of Canada is dedicated to providing a social and educational forum to advance safety and professional expertise to the Canadian Industry. 

We welcome all crane companies and suppliers, members are from across Canada and the United States.

Once a year, we hold a Conference and General Meeting. 

We also publish a newsletter for which all members are invited to send articles, photos and buy advertisement.

The Beginning

In April 1997, four Canadian companies represented by Murray Farmer of Commercial Crane in Victoria, B.C.; Rob Magee of GWIL Crane in Vancouver, B.C.; Bruce Margetts of Crane Force Sales, in Nanaimo, B.C.; and David Snyder of Sterling Crane, in Edmonton, Alberta, met and decided that a Canadian Association should be started and a further meeting was in order.

On November 12, 1997 the Canadian Crane Rental Association was created.

At this meeting, it was decided to proceed with organizing the first convention to be held in Victoria, British Columbia in May of 1998.  David Snyder agreed to dedicate the services of Murray Farmer (who had sold Commercial Crane to Sterling Crane in May of 1997) to be acting Chair and convention organizer. Bruce Margetts supplied the staff to man the registration desk along with many other duties. Sharon Magee organized the ladies program and invitations were sent to numerous crane rental companies and crane manufacturers to join the newly created Crane Rental Association of Canada (CRAC).

Many new members rallied around the idea and pitched in with countless hours of volunteer time to make the first convention held at The Coast Victoria Harbourside Hotel in May, 1998.  This first convention was a monumental success with I38 attendees.

Subsequent conventions have been held in Québec City, Banff, Halifax, Whistler, Ottawa, Jasper, Windsor, Kelowna and La Malbaie in 2007.

Future convention plans are well underway: the 2008 conference will be held in Regina, Saskatchewan and in St-John’s, Newfoundland for 2009.

It should be noted that the Crane Rental Association of Canada would not be where it is today without the efforts of countless volunteers, in particular the present and past Directors.

The Mission Statement and Core Values of Crane Rental Association of Canada were created as the result of two days of hard work by the directors and their spouses in the winter of 2000.