Whiterock Moving

Our Story
When Frank George Salmon arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia after his long voyage from Hampton, England, no one looking at him would have suspected that this young man would end up having such a profound impact on the fledgling city that was Vancouver. Working his way across Canada, milking cows and doing odd jobs, Frank Salmon settled in Vancouver, worked hard and in 1913, with the purchase of his first team of horses and a flat deck wagon, Salmon’s Transfer was born –(no small feat for a 21 year old, newcomer).

Our History
With the demands of a rapidly growing Vancouver, came the need to transfer goods with which to build the city and its infrastructure. Frank Salmon saw that need as his opportunity. Initially delivering lumber and other building materials, Salmon’s Transfer soon graduated to household goods and furniture moving and also became the largest mover of pianos in the Vancouver area. Frank Salmon indeed could be called one of the unsung pioneers of Vancouver. The original Court House (lion on the right), City Hall, the original Vancouver Hotel, and many others–Frank Salmon and Salmon’s Transfer had a hand in all of it.
In 1915 Frank married Jenny Nelson, who became the dispatcher and the first of more than 30 employees that would eventually staff this family-owned and operated business. It was common place for a dozen employees to be seated at the Salmon family table for a meal together at month’s end. Not until 1936 did the business’ base of operations, office and storage facilities expand beyond the Salmon home to its location on Grandview Highway.

Frank Jr. returned from war in 1946 and according to brother Bill, “took the business to a new level”. In the booming economy of the post-war era, Salmon’s Transfer prospered and by 1972, when the company was sold to Atlas Van Lines, it was a thriving business with multiple corporate clients, a special events rental division (Salmon’s Rentals), and a flourishing residential relocation and office relocation division.

For over 40 years Salmon’s Transfer became an Employee-Owned Moving Company with Doug Kellough as President and several Shareholders running the day to day operations on the Trucks. During the 80’s and 90’s Salmon’s thrived as the only source to have your Piano moved, Relocation of your offices, or move across Canada.

In 2018 The shareholders retired and the company was purchased by Mark Hirschi an entrepreneur in Vancouver, BC. Mr. Hirschi’s background in the moving world and his knowledge in business and marketing has helped reshape Salmon’s Transfer into the Vancouver market. In 2019, Salmon’s Transfer launched an International Division and expanded it’s Special Products division working with several large design agents for its warehousing and delivery services. For more information, please contact one of our moving consultants.

Special thanks to Bill Salmon and Beulah (Hayden) Neely for providing the historical data used in the writing of this page.

Salmon’s Transfer, an employee owned and operated company, has been a prominent Vancouver Household Moving Company for over 100 years. Our aim is to provide high quality, experienced packers and movers who are dedicated to making your local move smooth and efficient.

A successful local move starts with an online estimate with our quote calculator. Otherwise, one of our certified moving consultants can give you a visit directly in your place. This will give our consultant the opportunity to address your personal needs and to review all operational requirements needed for a successful and stress-free move.

The consultant will review all of our value-added services including our:

“Green” Refundable Material Program,
Professional Packing & Unpacking services
Storage, both short term and long term
Appliance and electronic servicing
Full Value Protection options.
If required, we will also arrange special services for those hard to handle items that may require crane service or crating.

The final cost of your local move will be based on an hourly rate determined by the crew size, travel time to and from our warehouse and any additional services you require.

Long Distance Moves
Salmon’s is a National Quality Award-winning agent of Atlas Van Lines. A successful, stress-free long-distance move begins with a Free, in-home, no-obligation, the estimate by one of our Certified moving consultants. Affordable long distance moving in Canada & USA

Use our Moving Quote Form, for an accurate estimate of costs. Our consultant will also discuss with you optional additional services such as Packing and Unpacking, Storage, Container Service and third party services such as vehicle moving, appliance servicing, crating, etc.

Movers across Canada, the US and overseas
As an agent of Atlas Van Lines, we are part of a network of agents across Canada, the US and Overseas which ensures your move is monitored and seamless from start to finish. Our crews are highly experienced whose goal is to take the pressure off of you and allow you to focus on other things you would rather be doing. Simple the Best for Long Distance Moving

If you are moving long-distance, the following two forms should be downloaded and reviewed prior to the visit from our moving consultant:

The “Quality Assurance Certificate” is your “Guarantee” of commitment for a quality move.
The “High-Value Inventory Form” and instructions is an important document to ensure that your valuables are properly documented.

Commercial Moving
Affordable Commercial Moving Services in Lower Mainland and across BC
Salmon’s “Special and New Products” division grew from the combined skills of our Piano movers and the Local movers. Our Special Commercial moving Crews started as Piano movers and became skilled at moving “high value and hard to handle” items. Salmon’s takes pride in moving your “Special” items with care and quality.

Special Products
If you need to move copiers, printing equipment, medical equipment, one-hour photo labs, computers, art, electronics, telecommunication gear or any other large, hard to handle commercial goods, our crews will move them safely and efficiently.

Highly experienced crews combined with state of the art equipment including heavy-duty tailgates, 4-wheel dollies, pallet jacks, forklifts, etc result in a winning combination to provide you with the best move for your commercial needs.

New Products
Our Commercial Division can handle newly manufactured goods and furniture for installation into new buildings, homes and refurbished offices. Salmon’s is experienced with moving commercial stainless steel kitchen equipment, appliances, new products for hotels, hospitals and institutions, show homes, trade shows and offices. Our crews take special care in pad wrapping, loading, unloading and set-up at the destination.