ABOUT US
Ouellette Bros. Timeline
The Ouellette family has been helping to build the community of Fort St. James since 1975, with an impressive portfolio of Residential, Commercial and Industrial Construction projects.
1975Ouellette Bros. Building Supplies open its retail store in 1999.
1999They brought their customers more value and selection by becoming a member of Castle Building Centres - a 100% Canadian Lumber and Building Materials buying group.
2006Ouellette Bros. Enterprise was established specializing in geothermal heating and cooling, natural gas fitting, electrical, and plumbing services and WETT wood stove inspections (these services are no longer available). Providing professional planning, project management through to completion.
2008Added a Gardening Centre inside the store.
2011In addition to the retail store - a seasonal Green House added outside the store - with annual and perennial flowering plants, vegetable seedlings, herbs, trees and shrubs. Year-round the store carries everything needed indoors, including seeds, soils and tools. Each year it is enhanced to include more fountains, garden art and a greater selection of plants. Usually opens May 1st. Watch for updates on Facebook.
2016The retail store offers a complete line of building supplies, hardware, kitchen and bath, interiors and Benjamin Moore paint products. Ouellette carries GE, GE Profile and Moffat appliances as well as Serta mattresses and Pet and Farm Feed and supplies. Whatever you need for your lawn and garden, painting and decorating, carpet and flooring, moving equipment, plumbing, electrical tools, gas tools, air compressors and tools, drilling, propane, concrete and masonry tools, fastening, generators and welders, ladders and scaffolding. Ask about our rental equipment.
TODAYIf you don’t see what you’re looking for, or if you require a special order, simply ask the knowledgeable staff and they’ll do their best to get it for you. Whether you are in the planning stages, building, renovating or finishing stages of your project, trust Ouellette Bros. for quality, selection and service. Thank you for shopping local! We appreciate your business.
To learn more about the history of Ouellette Bros. read the PDF "Rediscover Fort St. James."
How can Ouellette Bros. be so competitive?
We're a member of Castle, Canada's fastest-growing buying group.
Since 1963, builders, contractors and consumers have been relying on Castle Building Centres Group as their lumber and building supply partner. Whether you're looking for lumber, building materials, hardware or advice, hundreds of Castle dealers across Canada are trusted to deliver quality products and value.
Castle dealers own their own stores - we are true independents. We buy well through Canada's fastest growing buying group, and that makes us competitive. We have more freedom than any other buying group in Canada, which allows us to run our business our way. We know the communities we live in, we understand the needs of our customers. That's why Castle members are growing and succeeding - in hundreds of towns and cities right across Canada.