CanLift Adds More than 180 Units to Support Ontario’s Infrastructure Projects
Canadian aerial and material handling rental company CanLift Equipment Ltd. has added more than 180 new units to its fleet as part of a multi-million-dollar investment to support increasing equipment demand across Ontario’s infrastructure pipeline, including hospitals, energy projects, and privately owned industrial and commercial builds. The expansion is led by a significant increase in JLG lifts, alongside the introduction of specialty equipment from Jekko, with additional units from HELI and MEC.
The majority of CanLift’s new units are being deployed into equipment classes already running at high utilization, including JLG 1930ES, standard 19-foot scissor lifts; JLG ES1930M, micro-sized units; JLG 1850SJ, telescopic boom lifts; and MEC MME20, vertical mast lifts. In addition to scaling core classes, the investment also addresses a common jobsite constraint by bringing specialty lifting and a broader range of material handling equipment in-house that has traditionally required third-party sourcing.
Dealer for Jekko
CanLift has added Jekko SPX328 and SPX532 mini crawler cranes; Jekko MPK06.2 and MPK10.2 minipickers with upgraded vacuum manipulators; and HELI 5,000- and 6,000-pound four-stage straight-mast forklifts, expanding the company’s ability to support compact lifting at urban job sites and high-reach material handling applications. CanLift has also become the exclusive dealer for Jekko in Southern Ontario through Leavitt Cranes, Jekko’s master national dealer for Canada.
“CanLift’s stellar reputation for service across the GTA and beyond makes them an ideal partner in delivering Jekko’s industry-leading innovation,” said Rob Dattilo, business development manager, Leavitt Cranes.
“Specialty lifting has typically meant adding another supplier to the job,” said Johnny Dragicevic, managing partner at CanLift. “By closing the gap between core and niche equipment, our focus is on making sure contractors are not piecing together solutions across vendors and can secure what they need from a single source without delays.”
Alongside the fleet expansion, CanLift continues to invest in manufacturer-led certifications, advanced diagnostic capabilities, and the training of its growing team of technicians, ensuring uptime across a broader and more specialized equipment mix.
The announcement coincides with CanLift’s 17th anniversary, celebrated on May 14, reflecting how the business has scaled alongside the complexity of the projects it supports. The timing reflects a deliberate approach to add both fleet and service capacity ahead of increasing project demand.
Established in 2009, CanLift Equipment Ltd. rents, sells, and services aerial lift and material handling equipment from leading industry manufacturers such as JLG, Genie, Skyjack, and more. Headquartered in Burlington, Ontario, with a second branch located in London, CanLift is one of the largest independently owned lift equipment providers in the province.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.