Fifth-generation family-owned company, founded in 1887 in Niagara, Ontario, working in aggregates and construction, environmental and waste services, resource recovery and emulsion chemistry across North America.
Walker Industries is a fifth-generation family-owned company that has been in operation since 1887, when it was founded by John Walker, a marble cutter who emigrated from Scotland, as a stone-cutting business in Niagara, Ontario. The company now employs more than 1,200 people across North America and operates through three divisions: Aggregates & Construction, Environmental, and Emulsions. Its headquarters remain in Niagara, Ontario.
The Aggregates & Construction division covers the ground-level work of infrastructure. Walker Aggregates supplies construction aggregates and materials used to build and strengthen infrastructure, while Walker Construction provides construction services supporting infrastructure development. The Environmental division includes Walker Waste Services, which handles waste management, and Walker Organics Recovery, which focuses on organics recovery, resource recovery and circular-economy solutions. Walker Emulsion develops advanced chemistries and emulsion products for manufacturing and construction applications. Technical work spans aggregates and construction materials, waste management, resource recovery, organics recovery, emulsion chemistry and sustainability practices.
The company has published sustainability reports annually since 2013 and states a mission of supporting communities through what it does and how it does it, including attention to people, neighbours and the environment. Its stated values are Resilience, Environment, Accountability, Community and Humility, referred to internally as REACH.
