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BusShelters.ca — serving Toronto, Ottawa, Mississauga and surrounding areas.
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Professional canadian bus shelter manufacturer and supplier — engineered shelters, installation, maintenance, and lease programs for every transit authority, municipality, school, and campus in canada services
Standard Bus Shelters
Standard bus shelters are the workhorse of every Canadian transit system — a freestanding or cantilever-mounted enclosure with three glazed walls, an…
- • 6063-T6 aluminum frame with structural posts engineered to NBCC 2020 snow and wind loads
- • 6 mm tempered safety glass walls to CSA Z97.1 (8–10 mm polycarbonate option for vandal-prone sites)
- • ACM or polycarbonate twin-wall roof, sloped 3° away from boarding edge
Solar-Powered Bus Shelters
Solar-powered bus shelters add a roof-mounted PV array, charge controller, and lithium-iron-phosphate (LiFePO₄) battery so the shelter runs lighting, real-time…
- • 120–340 W monocrystalline PV panels sized to install latitude (Toronto 3.6 PSH → Yellowknife 0.8 PSH)
- • LiFePO₄ battery 100–400 Ah with 3–5 days autonomy and heated enclosure for sub-arctic deployments
- • MPPT charge controller with Bluetooth telemetry and remote state-of-charge monitoring
Heated Bus Shelters
Heated bus shelters are essential on routes where waits exceed 10 minutes and outdoor temperatures drop below -15 °C — which is most of Canada from November…
- • 800–2400 W radiant ceiling panel sized to shelter footprint and design temperature
- • Insulated ceiling cassette + double-glazed argon-filled IGU walls (U=1.4 W/m²K)
- • PIR motion sensor and wall thermostat — heat only when rider present, 20% standby
ADA & AODA Accessible Shelters
Accessible bus shelters meet AODA Design of Public Spaces (Ontario Reg.
- • 1500 mm × 1500 mm clear floor area at rider zone (CSA B651-18 7.5)
- • AODA / RBQ / BC / MB / NS / NL accessibility-act compliance pack with stamped drawings
- • Tactile warning surface indicators (TWSI) at boarding edge per CSA B651-18 6.1.4
Smart Bus Shelters
Smart bus shelters combine the structure of a heated, accessible shelter with real-time arrival information, passenger-counting sensors, environmental…
- • 27–43 inch outdoor 2500-nit LCD or e-paper real-time arrival display via GTFS-Realtime
- • CAT-M / NB-IoT cellular with LTE-M fallback; integrations for TTC, STM, TransLink, OC Transpo, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Halifax
- • Passenger-count sensor (3D ToF, 95% accuracy) and dwell-time analytics module
Custom Bus Shelters
Custom bus shelters are designed from the ground up to match heritage districts, campus master plans, brand-controlled streetscapes, and one-off architectural…
- • In-house design studio: schematic → developed → stamped CD over 8 weeks
- • Provincial P.Eng. stamps for snow/wind/seismic + footing design to local frost depth
- • Materials library: timber-frame cedar, fritted laminated glass, Cor-Ten weathering steel, GFRC roofs, terrazzo benches
Advertising Bus Shelters
Advertising bus shelters integrate one or two back-lit poster panels (typically 6-sheet, 1200 × 1800 mm, the Canadian out-of-home standard) into a standard or…
- • 1–2 back-lit 6-sheet (1200×1800 mm) Canadian-standard ad panels per shelter
- • 6500K LED light box with photometric uniformity ≥0.7, 45–80 W per panel
- • Roll-changeable poster system: under 4 minutes per swap, no tools, no glass removal
Modular Transit Shelters
Modular transit shelters are factory-pre-assembled in standardised bays that bolt together on site to create shelters of any length from 4 ft to 60 ft without…
- • 3-bay, 5-bay, 8-bay aluminum extrusion family — span 4 ft to 60 ft without custom engineering
- • Bay-level snow and wind engineering with continuous-canopy moment connections
- • Factory-glazed, factory-wired, flat-pack: 24 ft 8-bay shelter fits in one 53′ trailer
Bus Shelter Benches
Bus shelter benches are sold as a standalone product for sites where a full enclosed shelter isn't justified — low-frequency rural stops, signed-only school…
- • 1.2 m, 1.8 m, 2.4 m, 3.0 m lengths — same powder-coat library as our shelter line
- • 6063-T6 aluminum slat seat with 5 mm slats and 12 mm drainage gaps
- • AAMA 2604 powder coat for 10-year colour fastness in Canadian sun
Replacement Glass & Panels
Replacement glass and panels keep an existing shelter network in service after vandalism, vehicle impact, weather damage, or planned refresh cycles.
- • 6 mm tempered glass and 8/10 mm polycarbonate in 12 most-shipped sizes — 48 hr delivery from Brantford ON
- • Replacement panels for Daytech, Tolar, Brasco, Creative Outdoor, JCDecaux, Pattison, Astral — not just our own
- • Cut to ±1 mm of original with clip-in hardware matched to your shelter brand
Why Choose BusShelters.ca?
Experienced Team
Years of hands-on experience delivering quality work for local customers.
Quality Workmanship
We take pride in the details and stand behind every job we do.
Licensed & Insured
Fully licensed, bonded, and insured for your peace of mind.
Free Estimates
Get a clear, no-obligation quote before any work begins.
Service Areas
Serving 48 neighborhoods across the region
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