Warehouse capacity for requirements that do not fit a web form.
Dedicated and multi-client programs across 150+ pre-vetted Canadian facilities in 25+ markets. Tell us the requirement once and get matched operator quotes normalized to one specification, in days rather than the eight to twelve weeks a formal RFP takes.
Procurement teams open the vendor file before they read positioning, so it is on this page rather than behind a form: entity, contracting party, insurance posture, NDA and MSA, data retention, operator due diligence, and a named contact.
Record to date
Counted from the 25 deployment records published across this site's service and location pages. Client identities are not published, so each record is identified by sector and market only.
Markets with a completed deployment on record: Toronto, Vancouver, Mississauga, Brampton, Calgary, Milton, Montreal, Edmonton, Winnipeg. Launches from the US into Canada are recorded as a scope rather than a market and are not counted above.
Deployment record
Completed engagements, selected from the full set for what an enterprise buyer is actually testing: time to live, volume absorbed, compliance exposure, and network structure. Nothing below is a projection or an illustration.
A consumer goods importer needed 40-foot containers destuffed and palletized same day. Warehouse Bridge had the cross-dock operation live in 24 hours.
A retail shipper hit peak season with a full DC. Warehouse Bridge deployed 3,000 pallet positions in 48 hours.
A frozen foods operator needed CFIA-compliant frozen storage in the GTA fast. Warehouse Bridge had the operation receiving product in 72 hours, with full temperature documentation from day one.
A CPG brand needed 50,000 sq ft for a 3-month product launch. Warehouse Bridge deployed the space, managed receiving, and handled outbound, then wound it down after the campaign.
A consumer goods importer faced port delays that stacked up 40 containers. Warehouse Bridge deployed overflow capacity the same week, and the importer did not lose a single delivery window.
An e-commerce brand outgrew self-fulfillment at 200 orders a day. Warehouse Bridge took over operations and scaled it to 2,000 orders a day without a single new hire.
A US brand entering Canada needed a Canadian fulfillment operation from scratch. Warehouse Bridge deployed the full stack, including bonded warehousing and distribution.
An industrial shipper wanted to cut transportation overhead on weekly freight. Warehouse Bridge configured a consolidation operation that combined 12 LTL shipments into 3 FTL loads each week.
8 of 25 records shown. The remainder sit on the individual service and location pages. Client names are not published on any of them, and references for a shortlisted operator are provided on request at the point you need them.
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No conflict of interest.
Warehouse Bridge operates no warehouse of its own. There is no building we need to fill, so the operator that fits your specification wins the work. That neutrality is the reason our quotes are comparable rather than steered.
One specification, normalized quotes.
Requirements go to operators in a single normalized format so the quotes you receive can actually be compared line by line: first pick and additional pick split out, storage basis defined, receiving unit of measure stated.
Published benchmarks.
Our market data is published openly so you can validate any bid, including bids from providers we did not introduce. Rate bands by market are in the Canadian Warehouse Market Report.
Program types
| Program | What it is | Typical scale | Typical term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated contract logistics | Dedicated space, dedicated labour, governed by an SLA, open-book or fixed management fee | 100,000+ sq ft, one full shift sustained | 3-5 years |
| Multi-client (shared) | Shared floor and labour, priced per transaction, flex up and down with volume | 5,000-100,000 sq ft equivalent | 1-2 years |
| Hybrid core plus overflow | Dedicated core for baseline volume, flexible network capacity for peak | Baseline dedicated, peak flexed | Mixed |
| Project and transition capacity | Short-term space for launches, transitions, recalls, staging | Project-scoped | Weeks to months |
For the full decision framework on dedicated vs multi-client, see the Contract Logistics Guide.
Procurement resources
Vendor onboarding first, then the workbooks and the published rate data. Everything here is free to use, including in a process that never involves us.
Compliance and capability
Enterprise programs run under the same compliance constraints your own network operates under. The pre-vetted network is screened against these before a facility is shortlisted for a requirement.
- Retail routing-guide compliance and EDI (850/856/810)
- CFIA and HACCP food-grade
- Bonded and customs-deferred storage
- Temperature-controlled from frozen to ambient
- Hazmat-certified space
- Bilingual Quebec operations under Bill 96
- Multi-node national networks
- Peak surge capacity
How an enterprise requirement runs
Requirement intake
One specification covering volume, profile, geography, compliance, timing.
Operator shortlist
Matched from the pre-vetted network against that specification, not against who has space to fill.
Normalized quotes
2-3 operators quote the same scope in the same format, benchmarked against published market data.
Selection and transition
You contract directly with the operator; we stay in for transition support.
Typical elapsed time from intake to comparable quotes is days, against eight to twelve weeks for a formal RFP process.
What happens on a scoping call
Forty-five minutes, no deck, no discovery theatre. The call exists to write your requirement down accurately enough that operators can price it without a second round of questions. Below is who is on it, what gets asked, what comes back, and when.
Who is on the call
From Warehouse Bridge
One person, and it is the person who writes your specification and runs the operator matching against it. There is no separate discovery rep, no solutions engineer to be booked for a second call, and nothing to be escalated afterwards.
From your side, required
Whoever owns the volume numbers, usually operations or supply chain, and whoever owns the commercial terms, usually procurement or finance. Those answers come from different people and running them as two calls adds about a week.
From your side, if in scope
The owner of retail routing-guide and EDI compliance, and the owner of food-grade, bonded, hazmat, or temperature requirements. If they cannot attend, the specification goes out marked open on those points and operators price them as risk.
What gets asked
Volume and profile
Units, orders per month, SKU count, pallet positions, seasonality curve, inbound container or LTL cadence, storage basis you want to be billed on.
Geography and service
Where demand sits, delivery windows you have to hit, whether one node covers it or the requirement needs a second, and what has to stay in-house.
Compliance and systems
Retail routing guides and EDI sets, food-grade or bonded or hazmat requirements, temperature bands, WMS and integration expectations, reporting cadence.
Commercial structure
Dedicated, multi-client, or hybrid. Open-book against closed-book. Term, exit rights, KPI targets, and whether service credits apply.
What happens next
We restate the requirement back as a written specification for your sign-off. Nothing goes to an operator until you approve that document.
What you leave the call with
- A written normalized specification you own and can reuse in any RFP, including one that never involves us.
- Rate bands for your markets from published benchmark data, so you have a number before any operator quotes.
- A shortlist of matched facilities with the reason each one is on the list.
- A named list of what we still need from you, and what you still need from us, with owners against each item.
What comes back, and when
Written specification
The requirement comes back as a normalized specification document for your sign-off. It is yours to keep and reuse, including in an RFP that never involves us. Nothing goes to an operator before you approve it.
Rate bands for your markets
Published benchmark rates for the markets in scope, current as of Q2 2026, so you hold a number before any operator quotes against you.
Matched shortlist
Facilities matched against the specification, each with the reason it is on the list, plus certification copies where food-grade, bonded, hazmat, or temperature requirements apply.
Normalized quotes
2-3 operators price the same scope in the same format: first pick and additional pick split out, storage basis defined, receiving unit of measure stated. You contract directly with the operator you pick.
The gate is your sign-off on the written specification, not our calendar. No operator sees the requirement until you approve that document, and you can stop there and run the process yourself with it.
Vendor information
The file most procurement teams open before they read positioning. Everything below is either published elsewhere on this site or available on request, and we have said which is which.
| Operating name | Warehouse Bridge |
|---|---|
| Business type | Warehouse and 3PL matching platform. Operates no warehouse, no truck, and no fulfillment labour of its own. |
| Founded | 2025 |
| Head office | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Coverage | 25+ Canadian markets, 150+ pre-vetted facilities |
| Cost to the brand | None. Matching, benchmarking, and transition support are free to the brand. Revenue comes from the operator side. |
| Contracting party | The warehousing agreement is executed with the operator, either directly or through Warehouse Bridge acting as your authorized representative where you prefer that. Warehouse Bridge does not take title, custody, or possession of goods in either case. |
| Published rate data | Rate bands for 8 Canadian markets, current as of Q2 2026, published in full and free to cite. |
| Privacy regime | PIPEDA. Requirement details are shared only with the pre-vetted facilities being matched to that requirement, limited to what those facilities need to quote it. |
| Data retention | Quote and contact records retained up to 24 months after last interaction, or longer where a relationship is active. |
| Languages | Requirement intake in English. French-language operations available in Quebec facilities under Bill 96. |
| Procurement contact | solutions@warehousebridge.ca, (289) 907-3794 |
Documentation on request
Warehouse Bridge is a 2025 company. Rather than dress that up, here is exactly what a procurement team can obtain and when.
Corporate and tax documentation
Registered legal name, business number, registered address, and GST/HST registration are provided on request at vendor onboarding, along with the applicable tax form for cross-border payers. We will complete your supplier registration or vendor portal intake directly.
Insurance
Our certificate of insurance is provided on request. Because you contract with the operator, the coverage that governs your goods is the operator's: certificates of insurance, coverage limits, and where applicable workers compensation clearance are requested from every shortlisted facility so they are in hand before you select one.
Agreements and confidentiality
A mutual NDA can be executed before any requirement detail is shared, and a master service agreement can be put in place for your legal team to review before you commit to a process.
Operator due diligence
Capacity, certifications (food-grade, bonded, hazmat, temperature-controlled), systems, and compliance profile are confirmed before a facility enters the matching pool. Certification copies for a shortlisted facility are provided with the quote so your own audit can start immediately.
References
Operator references for a shortlisted facility are provided on request. Warehouse Bridge is a 2025 company, so we will tell you plainly when a reference is an operator reference rather than a platform reference. We do not present one as the other.
Vendor onboarding requests go to solutions@warehousebridge.ca. Published policies: Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Scoping a program?
Tell us the requirement and we will come back with matched operators and market-benchmarked pricing. Requirements above 50,000 square feet or 10,000 orders per month get a call rather than an email.
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What vendor documentation can Warehouse Bridge provide for procurement onboarding?
Warehouse Bridge provides registered legal name, business number, registered address, GST/HST registration, the applicable tax form for cross-border payers, and its certificate of insurance on request at vendor onboarding, and will complete a supplier registration or vendor portal intake directly. A mutual NDA can be executed before any requirement detail is shared, and a master service agreement is available for legal review beforehand. Because the warehousing agreement is executed directly with the operator, facility-level certificates of insurance, coverage limits, and certification copies are collected from every shortlisted operator and provided with the quote.
What is the difference between dedicated and multi-client warehousing?
Dedicated warehousing assigns one operator's space and labour to a single tenant, governed by a service level agreement with open-book or fixed pricing. Multi-client (shared) warehousing pools floor space and labour across multiple tenants inside one facility, with each tenant billed per transaction. Dedicated suits high, steady volume; multi-client suits variable or seasonal volume that cannot fill a building on its own.
When does a dedicated warehouse operation make financial sense?
A dedicated operation makes financial sense once volume is high enough and steady enough to fill 100,000 square feet or more and keep at least one full shift busy year-round. Below that threshold, the fixed cost of an underutilized dedicated building typically exceeds the per-unit savings dedicated pricing offers over shared multi-client rates. Seasonal or growing volume usually fits multi-client better until that scale is reached.
What is the difference between open-book and closed-book 3PL pricing?
Open-book pricing passes through the operator's actual labour, space, and overhead costs, with a management fee typically 4 to 8 percent of operating cost added on top, so the client sees the underlying cost structure. Closed-book pricing charges fixed unit rates per pallet, case, or order, with the operator's margin embedded in the rate and not disclosed. Open-book suits complex or volatile operations; closed-book suits stable, well-defined volume.
How long does it take to get comparable operator quotes?
Comparable operator quotes typically take days once the requirement is written to a normalized specification covering volume, storage basis, and pick structure in one format multiple operators can price against. A formal RFP process, by comparison, usually takes eight to twelve weeks from drafting through vendor responses and evaluation. The gap comes from the specification work happening once instead of being repeated by each bidder.
What KPIs belong in a 3PL service agreement?
A 3PL service agreement should set targets for order accuracy (99.5 percent standard, 99.9 percent leading practice), on-time shipping (98 percent standard, 99.5 percent leading practice), inventory accuracy (99.5 percent standard, 99.9 percent leading practice), and dock-to-stock time (24 hours standard, 8 hours leading practice). Each KPI should carry a defined measurement method and, where dedicated pricing applies, a service credit tied to missing target.
How many distribution nodes does a Canadian network need?
A single distribution node in the Greater Toronto Area reaches roughly 39 percent of the Canadian population within a standard delivery window. Adding a second node in Western Canada extends coverage to a majority of the population. Each additional node raises required safety stock under the square root law, and moving from one node to two typically increases total safety stock by about 41 percent, so network size should be justified by service need.
Does Warehouse Bridge operate its own warehouses?
No. Warehouse Bridge operates no warehouse of its own, so there is no building it needs to fill, and the operator that fits the specification wins the work. This applies to every requirement it sources. The service is free for brands; Warehouse Bridge does not charge tenants for matching, benchmarking, or transition support.
Does Warehouse Bridge only handle enterprise requirements?
No. The same pre-vetted network also places short-term overflow and project capacity, which typically runs month to month inside a 3 to 12 month window and can be receiving freight in as quick as 48 hours. Commitment structure follows the program rather than the customer: project and overflow capacity is short-term by design, multi-client contract programs typically run one to two years, and dedicated contract programs typically run three to five years. Requirements from 50,000 square feet or 10,000 orders per month run through the scoping call and normalized-quote process described on this page.
Ready to write the requirement down?
Send the volume, geography, and compliance profile. We come back with matched operators and quotes normalized to one specification. Requirements above 50,000 square feet or 10,000 orders per month start with a scoping call.
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