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SOUTHERNSUPPLIES.CA
Southern Supplies Limited is a total HVACR (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and
Refrigeration) wholesale distributor. We are committed to serve, supply and assist HVACR
contractors. We carry complete lines of HVACR inventory, including equipment, service parts
and assist with technical information to ensure our customers can make one stop to get their
projects completed on time and to their satisfaction.
Southern Supplies is also a family business, somewhat of a rare entity these days. We are built
on the reputation of treating our staff and customers like family, and we believe this attitude has
greatly attributed to the success of our business. Our staff averages over 20 years of employment
with us, and many of our customers have consistently been with us for many years as well.
With our primary warehouse in Oshawa and our Belleville location, we service the Central and
Eastern Lake Ontario area, plus northern regions from Lake Simcoe to Haliburton and Bancroft
regions. We also provide regular delivery service in these areas.
OUR STORY
Southern Supplies was founded in 1956 by Walter H. Libby. He worked with his father, Martin Libby,
in a plumbing and heating service company in Oshawa. Walter found that many local and rural
plumbing and heating contractors needed a more local supplier of equipment and service parts.
However, travelling to and from and awaiting delivery of products from the Toronto area or even
further away inhibited the contractor’s service abilities. Someone local carrying the products
contractors needed to make their work easier was missing, so the business was changed from a
contracting service to a wholesale operation supporting the HVACR contracting trade.
The business was first set up on Court Street in Oshawa, but as the business grew, additions were
made and this building eventually became too small for the operation. In 1971, a new building
was erected on Bloor Street in Oshawa where we are now presently located. In 1969, we opened
a branch operation on Parker Street in Belleville to better serve the Central Lake Ontario and
Belleville/Quinte regions.
Walter and his sons, Walter Jr. and Gordon, both joined the family business in the late 1970s and
are very active in the operations.