Royal LePage Our Company History...

It all started in 1913 with a man named Albert E. LePage. A Canadian.

Albert LePage revolutionized the real estate industry in this country by being the first agent in Toronto to turn buying and selling homes into an accessible and professional enterprise. He actively sought clients through follow-up inquiries, took buyers from house to house by car and used descriptive ads in newspapers - all industry standards today. He was also instrumental in establishing the Toronto Real Estate Board which helped raise the standards of the industry. By the time he retired in 1953, Mr. LePage had moved the company beyond the residential market and into home building, the subdivisions and sale of estates.

Albert E. LePage began with a vision of what a company with his name on the door (and the words "For Sale" on a sign) should represent: impeccable professionalism, principled conduct and the highest moral and ethical standards.

Meanwhile, L.T. (Timothy) Melton came to Edmonton from Winnipeg in 1918 with his young bride Doreen. He learned the real estate business in the offices of Allan, Killam, McKay and Greene from 1918 to 1922. In 1923 he opened the Stanley Investment Company, named after his young son. In 1932 the company's name changed to L.T. Melton Realty. By 1953 there were 16 Melton branch offices in Edmonton.

In 1976, Melton Real Estate's Brokerage division including the services of over 500 sales and support staff were sold to A.E. LePage Real Estate of Toronto.

Today, more than 92 years later, these principles still guide us in everything we do.

Here at a glance, is how we got where we are today:

• 1955 - 1960 commercial division developed
• By 1967, A.E. LePage had expanded beyond Toronto and by 1970, beyond Ontario through a series of mergers and acquisitions.
• A series of purchases from 1970 to 1976 gave LePage is residential brokerage presence from British Columbia to Quebec.
• In 1974, the company moved into real estate development with the incorporation of Canlea Ltd.
• In 1984, A.E. LePage and Royal Trust merged their real estate brokerage and fee business, naming the new company Royal LePage.
• In 1987 Royal LePage became a 54% owned division within the Trilon Financial Group.
• In 1999, after 28 years in the above organizations, Ted Zaharko created Royal LePage Foothills to serve the Calgary & surrounding area markets.