Company Founder William F. Willson opens first customs
brokerage office at the ferry landing in Fort Erie, Ontario for traffic
from Buffalo, N.Y.
1927
PEACE BRIDGE OPENS connecting fort
erie and buffalo
Founder William F. Willson was a director on the Bridge Commission
1930
FIRST CUSTOMS BROKERAGE
AT PEACE BRIDGE
1965
NIAGARA FALLS, ontario office opens
1968
ACQUISITION OF W.H. ADAMS
At Ambassador Bridge and Windsor-Detroit Tunnel
1973
BLUEWATER BRIDGE OFFICE OPENS
IN SARNIA, ONTARIO
1987
EXPANSION INTO U.S.
Offices in Niagara Falls and Buffalo NY, Detroit and Port Huron,
Michigan.
1990
ELECTRONIC PROCESSING LAUNCHES
Launches electronic processing of entries and transmission to
customs.
1991
New CLIENT SERVICES department
provides one point of contact
for customers
1997
INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING BEGINS
Establish Forwarding Business for Trucks and International Freight
1998
EXECUTIVE, sales & ADMINISTRATION
OFFICES MOVED TO MISSISSAUGA
1999-2001
SYSTEM UPGRADES,
PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE
2003
C-CPAT AND PIP CERTIFICATION
Certified Under U.S. Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
(C-TPAT) and Canada’s Partners in Protection Programs (PIP)
2005
CLIENT PORTAL AND ONLINE ACCESS
2007
CLIENT DATA INTEGRATION
Introduces cutting-edge Web and electronic systems- reducing data
entry time for customs paperwork, shortening clearance times and
enhancing Willson-client data integration.
2014
PETER WILLSON, 4th GENERATION
OWNER, BECOMES CHAIRMAN & CEO
2016
RICHMOND, B.C. OFFICE OPENS
2017
LAUNCH OF INTEGRATRED web PRODUCTS
New client-integrated products (produce valet and lumber valet) smooth cross border flow.
2018
WILLSON CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF
FACILITATING TRADE
