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WSP Canada
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Engineering and Professional Services Firm, WSP Canada Inc.
A global engineering firm with engineers in downtown Vancouver.
WSP runs civil, structural, geotechnical, and building science teams out of its Howe Street office. Useful when a multiplex project needs a large firm with in-house specialists across every discipline.
1969
Earliest predecessor founded (William Sale Partnership, UK)
12,000+
Staff in Canada
~67,000
Staff worldwide
C$16.17B
2024 revenue
Meet WSP Canada
WSP is a Canadian engineering and professional services firm headquartered in Montreal. The current company was formed in 2012 when Genivar, a Quebec firm, bought the UK-based WSP Group. The oldest part of the business, the William Sale Partnership, started in England in 1969.
WSP keeps a downtown Vancouver office at #1000 - 840 Howe Street in Robson Court. The local teams cover civil, structural, geotechnical, and building science engineering, plus project management. Engineers here are registered with EGBC, the provincial regulator for engineers and geoscientists in British Columbia.
WSP reported more than 12,000 staff in Canada and around 67,000 worldwide, working out of roughly 500 offices in about 50 countries. Company revenue was C$16.17 billion in 2024. WSP trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and is part of the S&P/TSX 60.
For a multiplex project, WSP fits when you want one firm that can put structural, geotechnical, and building science engineers on the same job rather than coordinating several small offices. It is a large enterprise firm, so it works best for complex or larger residential projects rather than a single small infill build.
Credentials
Why work with WSP
01
Several disciplines under one roof
The Vancouver office covers civil, structural, geotechnical, and building science. On a multiplex with site, soil, and structure questions, you can keep the engineering with one firm instead of splitting it across separate practices.
02
EGBC-registered local team
Engineers in the Vancouver office are registered with EGBC, the BC regulator. That registration is what lets them seal the structural and geotechnical drawings a Vancouver building permit requires.
03
Built for larger or complex jobs
WSP is a large firm with deep staffing. That depth is most useful on bigger or more complicated residential projects where you need geotechnical investigation, structural design, and building envelope review running at the same time.
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