Your flooring solution: Erv Parent Co. Ltd. creating high-performance environments, one project at a time By Jillian Mitchell
Harmonium XF2TM flooring.
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Ops Talk • Fall 2013
Sustainability, durability, beauty and comfort underfoot – such are the guiding principles of floor-covering distributor The Erv Parent Co. Ltd. Since 1958, the family-owned company has diligently provided quality flooring solutions to the healthcare, education, institutional and commercial markets, which has, in turn, earned them a reputation as Western Canada’s leading floor-covering distributor. Founded in Seattle by Mr. Erv Parent, the company of the same name was established in Canada in 1958 and became one of the largest commercial flooring installation company’s in British Columbia. Nonetheless, a new company direction would be introduced in 1968 that witnessed the company’s evolution into distribution. “There’s been lots of growth since the ’60s,” acknowledges Shawn Rust, who came on with the company in 1984 to work in sales and administration. “We now distribute commercial flooring across Western Canada and east to northern Ontario.” Today, quality and integrity continue to govern each business interaction, says Rust of the company that distributes high-performance, resilient flooring products out of their five Canadian locations: Delta, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, and Winnipeg. As Rust insists, the company’s flooring solutions combine “the best in function, colour and design, environmental performance and safety.” Add to that, the Erv Parent team is always available to as-
