Bird Construction Inc.
Bird Construction Inc. is a company incorporated on March 5, 2010 under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), created to convert the former Bird Construction Income Fund into a corporate structure. The company’s operating history extends beyond 100 years through predecessor entities. Its registered and principal office is located at 5700 Explorer Drive, Suite 400, Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 0C6, and its common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BDT.
Bird Construction Inc. operates as a general contractor across the industrial, buildings and infrastructure sectors, self-performing scopes such as electrical and instrumentation work, high-voltage testing and commissioning, and structural, mechanical and piping trades, alongside project delivery models including construction management, integrated project delivery, alliance agreements, design-build and public-private partnerships. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Industrial segment contributed 43% of construction revenue, Buildings 42% and Infrastructure 15%, according to the company’s 2024 Annual Information Form.
The company operates from offices in every Canadian province and territory, including Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. For the 2024 financial year it reported construction revenue of $3,397.3 million (2023: $2,798.8 million; 2022: $2,369.3 million), substantially all earned in Canada, and employed approximately 2,235 full-time salaried staff and 3,036 hourly workers as at December 31, 2024.
Between 2023 and 2024, Bird Construction Inc. completed three acquisitions that expanded its self-perform capabilities: Trinity Communication Services Ltd., an Ontario-based telecommunications and utility infrastructure contractor, acquired February 1, 2023; the assets of NorCan Electric Inc., an Alberta-based electrical and instrumentation contractor, acquired January 18, 2024; and Jacob Bros. Construction Inc., a British Columbia-based civil infrastructure contractor, acquired August 1, 2024 for estimated total consideration of $138.0 million.
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Shareholders
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Shareholders of Bird Construction Inc.
Bird Construction Inc. is a Toronto Stock Exchange-listed reporting issuer, so its publicly disclosed shareholder information covers holders of more than 10% of its voting shares rather than a complete share register. As at March 24, 2025, the company had 55,382,831 common shares issued and outstanding, according to its management information circular dated March 26, 2025. Based on information reported to the company by Canso Investment Counsel Ltd., that firm, acting as portfolio manager for accounts it manages, had control or direction over 9,232,752 common shares, representing approximately 16.67% of the issued and outstanding shares. To the knowledge of Bird Construction Inc.’s directors and executive officers, no other person or company beneficially owned or controlled more than 10% of the voting rights attached to its outstanding shares as of that date. Separately, the company’s directors and executive officers as a group beneficially owned or controlled 2,061,061 common shares, approximately 3.7% of the issued shares, as at December 31, 2024, according to the 2024 Annual Information Form.
Data availability
Country availability: Major shareholders only. Canadian securities law requires reporting issuers such as Bird Construction Inc. to publicly disclose shareholders that control 10% or more of voting shares, together with the collective holdings of directors and officers, but it does not require publication of a complete shareholder register; holders below the disclosure threshold are not identified in the sources reviewed for this profile.
Sources
- Bird Construction Inc., Management Information Circular dated March 26, 2025, “Voting Shares and Principal Holders Thereof,” https://cdn.bird.ca/2025/04/09071552/bird-mic-2025-03-26-final.pdf — retrieved 22 September 2026
- Bird Construction Inc., Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2024, dated March 12, 2025, “Collective Shareholdings,” https://cdn.bird.ca/2025/03/20203815/bird-aif-2024.pdf — retrieved 22 September 2026
Registry feed — rows exactly as filed with Ontario Business Registry, including entries the profile above does not cover.
| Shareholder | Type | Holding | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| DFA INVESTMENT TRUST CO-The Canadian Small Company Series | 15.8% | Ontario Business Registry | |
| American Century ETF Trust-Avantis International Equity ETF | 3.9% | Ontario Business Registry | |
| DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC-Intl Vector Eqy. PORT. | 3.1% | Ontario Business Registry | |
| JNL Series Trust-JNL Multi-Manager International Small Cap Fund | 2.8% | Ontario Business Registry | |
| CAUSEWAY CAPITAL Mgmt TRT-Causeway Intl Small Cap Fd. | 2.2% | Ontario Business Registry |
Officers
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Directors and officers of Bird Construction Inc.
Bird Construction Inc.’s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2024, current as of March 12, 2025, discloses ten directors and six executive officers. The Board is chaired by Luc J. Messier, who also serves as Lead Director; other committee chairs are J. Richard Bird (Audit Committee), Jennifer F. Koury (Human Resources & Governance Committee) and Gary Merasty (Health, Safety & Environment Committee). Terrance L. McKibbon serves as both a director, having joined the Board in 2019, and as President & Chief Executive Officer. Two directors, Evelyn Angelle and Sophia Saeed, joined the Board in 2024; J. Richard Bird has served since 1987, including time as a director of the predecessor Bird Construction Company Limited. The other executive officers named in the filing are Wayne R. Gingrich, Chief Financial Officer; Gilles G. Royer, Chief Operating Officer; Charles J. Caza, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer; Brian C. Henry, Chief People Officer; and Vincent Doré, Senior Counsel and Corporate Secretary. The filing records each director’s and officer’s municipality of residence but does not disclose nationality, and no resignation, removal or other officer-status change is recorded for the individuals named.
Data availability
Country availability: Full. As a Toronto Stock Exchange-listed reporting issuer, Bird Construction Inc. is required to publicly disclose its current directors and executive officers, their principal occupations, committee memberships and director tenure in its annual information form and management information circular; these filings disclose municipality of residence but not nationality or country of residence, and they do not provide a complete history of past office-holders.
Sources
- Bird Construction Inc., Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2024, dated March 12, 2025, “Directors and Officers,” https://cdn.bird.ca/2025/03/20203815/bird-aif-2024.pdf — retrieved 22 September 2026
Registry feed — rows exactly as filed with Ontario Business Registry, including entries the profile above does not cover.
Group Structure
Group structure of Bird Construction Inc.
Bird Construction Inc.’s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2024 discloses that the company conducts most of its business through wholly owned subsidiary entities. The disclosed direct subsidiaries, each held at 100% ownership as at December 31, 2024, include Bird Construction Company Limited (Saskatchewan); Bird Construction Company Limited Partnership, Bird Management Ltd., Bird Construction Group Limited Partnership, Bird Construction Group Ltd., Dagmar Construction Inc. and Trinity Communication Services Ltd. (Ontario); Bird Design-Build Construction Inc., Bird Construction Industrial Services Ltd., Bird General Contractors Ltd., Stuart Olson Inc., Stuart Olson Buildings Ltd., Stuart Olson Construction Ltd., Stuart Olson Industrial Inc., Stuart Olson Industrial Services Ltd., Stuart Olson Industrial Projects Inc., Stuart Olson Industrial Constructors Inc. and The Churchill Corporation (Alberta); and Canem Systems Ltd. and Jacob Bros. Construction Inc. (British Columbia). No immediate or ultimate parent company is disclosed for Bird Construction Inc.; its 2025 management information circular describes it as a widely held reporting issuer with no shareholder controlling more than 16.67% of its voting shares.
Recent structural changes
Bird Construction Inc. added subsidiary entities to its group through acquisition between 2023 and 2024: Trinity Communication Services Ltd. on February 1, 2023; the electrical contracting assets of NorCan Electric Inc. on January 18, 2024; and Jacob Bros. Construction Inc. on August 1, 2024, for estimated total consideration of $138.0 million.
Data availability
Country availability: Full. Bird Construction Inc.’s annual information form discloses its principal subsidiary entities, their jurisdictions and ownership percentages as part of its mandatory continuous-disclosure obligations as a Toronto Stock Exchange-listed reporting issuer; the filing does not disclose an ultimate parent because none is reported, and it lists only the entities principally used to conduct the business rather than every legal entity in the group.
Sources
- Bird Construction Inc., Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2024, dated March 12, 2025, “Inter-corporate Relationships,” https://cdn.bird.ca/2025/03/20203815/bird-aif-2024.pdf — retrieved 22 September 2026
- Bird Construction Inc., Management Information Circular dated March 26, 2025, “Voting Shares and Principal Holders Thereof,” https://cdn.bird.ca/2025/04/09071552/bird-mic-2025-03-26-final.pdf — retrieved 22 September 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the legal name and legal form of Bird Construction Inc.?
Bird Construction Inc. is a corporation incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), Canada, and is a reporting issuer whose common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
When was Bird Construction Inc. incorporated?
Bird Construction Inc. was incorporated on March 5, 2010 under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), to convert the former Bird Construction Income Fund into a corporate structure, according to the company's Annual Information Form.
What is Bird Construction Inc.'s Ontario corporation number?
This research could not independently verify a specific Ontario Corporation Number for Bird Construction Inc. through free public registry search, since Ontario's Business Registry name-and-number lookup requires an interactive session that could not be completed for this profile. The company's incorporation date and governing statute are independently confirmed through its own regulatory filings.
What is Bird Construction Inc.'s current company status?
Bird Construction Inc. remains an active Toronto Stock Exchange-listed reporting issuer based on its most recently reviewed regulatory filings; an active listing does not by itself confirm the day-to-day trading status of every operating subsidiary.
Where is Bird Construction Inc.'s registered office?
Bird Construction Inc.'s registered and principal office is located at 5700 Explorer Drive, Suite 400, Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 0C6, per its Annual Information Form.
Is Bird Construction Inc. listed on a stock exchange?
Yes. Bird Construction Inc.'s common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BDT.
What does Bird Construction Inc. do?
Bird Construction Inc. is a general contractor providing construction and maintenance services to the industrial, buildings and infrastructure markets across Canada, self-performing scopes including electrical and instrumentation work and structural, mechanical and piping trades.
What are Bird Construction Inc.'s main business segments?
For the year ended December 31, 2024, Bird Construction Inc.'s Industrial segment contributed 43% of construction revenue, Buildings 42% and Infrastructure 15%, according to its Annual Information Form.
How many employees does Bird Construction Inc. have?
Bird Construction Inc. employed approximately 2,235 full-time salaried persons and 3,036 hourly persons as at December 31, 2024, up from 1,920 and 2,756 respectively a year earlier, according to its Annual Information Form.
What is Bird Construction Inc.'s reported revenue?
Bird Construction Inc. reported construction revenue of $3,397.3 million for the 2024 financial year (2023: $2,798.8 million; 2022: $2,369.3 million), substantially all earned in Canada, according to its Annual Information Form.
Who are Bird Construction Inc.'s directors and officers?
Bird Construction Inc.'s Board is chaired by Luc J. Messier, with Terrance L. McKibbon serving as President & Chief Executive Officer and as a director; other executive officers include Wayne R. Gingrich (CFO), Gilles G. Royer (COO), Charles J. Caza (Chief Legal Officer), Brian C. Henry (Chief People Officer) and Vincent Doré (Corporate Secretary), per the company's 2024 Annual Information Form.
Who are Bird Construction Inc.'s major shareholders?
Canso Investment Counsel Ltd., acting as portfolio manager for accounts it manages, had control or direction over approximately 16.67% of Bird Construction Inc.'s issued and outstanding shares as at March 24, 2025; no other holder was disclosed above the 10% reporting threshold, according to the company's management information circular.
Does Bird Construction Inc. have subsidiaries?
Yes. Bird Construction Inc. conducts most of its business through wholly owned subsidiaries, including Bird Construction Company Limited, Stuart Olson Inc., Canem Systems Ltd. and Jacob Bros. Construction Inc., as disclosed in its 2024 Annual Information Form.
What recent acquisitions has Bird Construction Inc. made?
Between 2023 and 2024, Bird Construction Inc. acquired Trinity Communication Services Ltd. (February 2023), the assets of NorCan Electric Inc. (January 2024) and Jacob Bros. Construction Inc. (August 2024, for estimated total consideration of $138.0 million).
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