Pollard Windows & Doors Turns 75

This year marks the 75th anniversary for Pollard Windows Inc.

Reg Pollard was constructing prefabricated garden sheds, garages and summer cottages alongside parents Norman and Frances in the late 1940s, when opportunity knocked.

“Someone came to us and asked for storm windows,” Pollard told The Hamilton Spectator in 2012. “So we said, ‘We’ll try.’”

A request for standard home windows followed the next summer, and the family never looked back. They founded Pollard Windows Inc. in 1948, not far from the company’s current location in Burlington.

“The Pollard formula for success has always been simple: work hard, reinvest in new technology and give customers more for their money,” says Karen Pollard-Josling, Pollard CEO and daughter of Reg, who passed away in 2020.

Today, Pollard is still a 100%-owned-and-operated family business, manufacturing its products in a state-of-the-art, 300,000+ sq. ft. plant, including its own dedicated R&D facility. Recognized as a leader in the window and door market, Pollard continues to develop innovative products that meet and surpass the most stringent building codes in Canada, while employing approximately 300.