Wolseley Canada gives $10,000 to Water First in honour of World Plumbing Day

By Gazette Staff

March 6th, 2026

BURLINGTON, ON

In celebration of World Plumbing Day Wolseley Canada is donating $10,000 to Water First, an organization dedicated to working collaboratively with Indigenous Communities in Canada to address water challenges through education and training.

An Indigenous community member adjusting water quality equipment.

With this donation, Wolseley Canada aims to bring awareness to their associates, customers, vendors, and partners about the water challenges faced by Indigenous communities.

“At Wolseley, we understand the value of advancing water solutions to protect public health, says Alex Nahvi, Vice President, Plumbing and Marketing, Wolseley Canada. “In partnering with Water First, we are able to support clean water initiatives and work towards resolving local water challenges across Canada.

With this $10,000 donation, Wolseley is investing in technical skills training for Indigenous communities across Canada. Technology alone doesn’t mean clean drinking water – there needs to be trained individuals with the knowledge and skillset to ensure sustained access to safe water.

“Thank you to Wolseley Canada for this generous donation,” said John Millar, Executive Director and Founder of Water First. “Together, with Indigenous community partners, we are providing hands-on programming that helps certify water operators. Safe water needs skilled people to ensure safe, clean, water for generations to come.”

Nice to see that someone in the private sector is doing something for the Indigenous community.  There are still several hundred Indigenous communities that do not have potable water.

About Wolseley Canada:

Wolseley Canada is a market leader in the wholesale distribution of plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, waterworks, fire protection, pipes, valves and fittings and industrial products. With its head office in Burlington, Ontario, the company has approximately 2,500 employees and more than 220 locations coast to coast. Wolseley’s team of sales and service specialists, an industry-leading e-business platform, Wolseley Express, and relationships with the best vendors and brands in the business, make Wolseley the professional’s choice across the country.

Wolseley Canada’s parent company, Ferguson (NYSE: FERG; LSE: FERG), is the largest value-added distributor serving the specialized professional in our $340B residential and non-residential North American construction market. The company helps make our customers’ complex projects simple, successful and sustainable by providing expertise and a wide range of products and services from plumbing, HVAC, appliances, and lighting to PVF, water and wastewater solutions, and more. Headquartered in Newport News, Va., Ferguson has sales of $29.6 billion (FY’24) and approximately 35,000 associates in nearly 1,800 locations.