Security Systems in Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay is a city of 108,843 people and the region’s commercial, administrative and medical centre, with a port, a health sciences centre, two post-secondary institutions and a medical school campus all in one place. Security systems in Thunder Bay run on a larger scale than in most Northwestern Ontario towns, so we build each job around the specific site, and we serve the city from Winnipeg.

Security Systems for Thunder Bay Port Terminals and Bulk Yards

The Port of Thunder Bay is primarily a grain shipping port for Western Canada. It has 8 grain elevators and handled about 10.2 million tonnes of cargo in 2020, with coal, potash and wind turbine supplies on top. Waterfront terminals like these are long, open sites where trucks, rail and ships all meet.

For a site like that, we cover the approaches first: cameras on the gate, along the fence and at the dock, with lighting where the night picture needs it. Door access keeps the offices and shops limited to the people who need them. Footage has to be easy to find, so we train your supervisors to pull a clip themselves.

Campuses, Hospitals and Government Offices

Lakehead University, Confederation College and the western campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine are all in Thunder Bay. So is the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, which employs over 1,500 people, as do the City, the Lakehead District School Board and the Government of Ontario. Because Thunder Bay serves as the regional services centre, with most provincial departments represented, many of these buildings are used by people who come in from across the region.

That is an access control project with many groups: students, staff, contractors, patients and visitors. We set permissions per person and per area, put cameras at the entrances, and give the administrator a simple way to add or remove access. If you manage several buildings, a commercial security system can bring cameras, doors and alarms under one plan.

Plants and Idle Industrial Buildings

A transit-vehicle plant covering 553,000 sq ft employs about 500 people, and the largest private employer is a forest products company with over 1,500 workers. These are large footprints with shift staff, so door access and yard coverage matter more than a handful of cameras.

Thunder Bay also has the other side of industry. Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper opened in 1924, four pulp and paper mills eventually operated in the area, and the industrial base has fallen by close to 60%. An idle or half-used building still has to be watched. We put cameras and an alarm on it with remote viewing, so the owner can check the property without driving over.

Two City Cores, One Plan

Thunder Bay was formed on January 1, 1970 from the former cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre, so the city has two older downtown cores and the commercial buildings that came with each. We look at the building in front of us: its doors, its cable paths and its existing equipment. If you already have cameras or a recorder, tell us the model and we check what can stay.

Our Services in Thunder Bay

• Security Camera Installation in Thunder Bay
• Commercial Security Systems in Thunder Bay
• Access Control Systems in Thunder Bay
• Construction Site Security Cameras in Thunder Bay
• Commercial Alarm Systems in Thunder Bay
• Security Monitoring in Thunder Bay
• Network Cabling in Thunder Bay
• VoIP & IP Phone Systems in Thunder Bay
• Environmental Monitoring in Thunder Bay
• Residential Security Systems in Thunder Bay