Royal LePage

Royal LePage is a Canadian real estate franchiser and owner-operator with more than 670 locations and over 20,000 realtors in Canada.[1] The company was founded on July 2, 1913, in Toronto, Canada by then 26-year-old Albert Edward (A.E.) LePage, under the name "A.E. LePage, Bungalow Specialist." In 1984, the company was renamed Royal LePage Real Estate Services following a merger with Royal Trust's real estate brokerage business.[2]

Today, the company is led by Phil Soper, who was named president of Royal LePage in 2002 and chief executive officer in 2004. Royal LePage is a Bridgemarq Real Estate Services company, a TSX-listed corporation trading under the symbol TSX:BRE.

History

Albert Edward (A.E.) LePage established his real estate company ‘A.E. LePage – The Bungalow Specialist’ on July 2, 1913.[3]

In 1920, A.E. LePage assisted in founding the Toronto Real Estate Board with an eye towards establishing codes of ethical practice for the industry.

Following A.E. LePage's retirement in 1953, the company, under new ownership, assembled 800 hectares of farmland, creating North America's first planned development in the town of Don Mills, Ontario.

In 1960, the A.E. LePage company played a pivotal role in the land assembly and office leasing of the Toronto-Dominion Centre, the largest project of its time within the British Commonwealth.

In 1964, the company offered a new service to help companies across Canada with employee relocations. The service now operates as BGRS.

In 1970, A.E. LePage rapidly expanded its residential business through more than 140 acquisitions across Canada.

In 1974, The Survey of Canadian House Prices, later known as the Royal LePage House Price Survey, was launched.

A.E. LePage and Royal Trust merged in 1984, creating the country's leading diversified real estate services organization. The new company was named Royal LePage Real Estate Services.

Royal LePage became a publicly traded company in 1987, trading on the Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal stock exchanges.

In 1994, Royal LePage began offering a franchise system.

Royal LePage launched www.royallepage.ca in 1995, Canada's first national real estate portal.

In 1998, the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation was launched, creating the only Canadian real estate company with its own charitable foundation.

The Royal LePage Franchise Services Fund was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) in 2003. That year, Royal LePage acquired Le Groupe Trans-Action.[4]

Royal LePage re-launched its commercial division in April 2012, as Royal LePage Commercial, and added www.royallepagecommercial.com to its online websites.

Royal LePage Commercial

Royal LePage Commercial is the commercial real estate division of Royal LePage, providing brokerage and advisory services to investors, developers, and business owners across Canada. The division supports a range of asset classes, including office, retail, industrial, and land, with services spanning investment sales, leasing, and consulting.[5]

The commercial network operates nationally, with more than 650 agents in over 110 locations, serving markets in major urban centres as well as regional and rural communities.[6]

Royal LePage Commercial traces its roots to the company’s historical involvement in large-scale commercial projects, including office leasing and land assembly initiatives. The division was formally re-launched in April 2012 as part of Royal LePage’s broader expansion of its service offering.[7]

The division operates within the broader Royal LePage network under the leadership of Phil Soper, President and Chief Executive Officer of Royal LePage and Bridgemarq Real Estate Services. National strategy, program development, and operations for Royal LePage Commercial are led by Matthew Zigelstein, Commercial Program Manager, who oversees the platform’s initiatives and advisor-facing programs across Canada.[8]

Executive team

The following are members of the senior leadership team of Royal LePage as of April 2026:[9]

• Phil Soper – President and Chief Executive Officer
• Wallace Wang – Chief Financial Officer
• Dominic St-Pierre – Senior Vice President, Business Development and Franchise Operations
• Sandra Webb – Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications
• David Piaia – Vice President, Brokerage Technology and AI Enablement
• Kelly McCain – Vice President, Services Development and Delivery

Royal LePage Shelter Foundation

The Royal LePage Shelter Foundation is Canada's largest public foundation dedicated exclusively to supporting women's shelters, violence prevention and education programs, and ending violence against women and children.[10] All funds raised by Royal LePage offices remain in their local community. As Royal LePage pays the costs of administration, one hundred per cent of all money and effort goes to supporting the more than 50,000 women and children who are served each year by the shelters and programs that the Shelter Foundation supports.[11] Since 1998, the Shelter Foundation has raised $41 million, and currently supports 200 local women’s shelters and national partners.

External links

• Royal LePage Canada, corporate web-site
• Royal LePage PRG Real Estate, corporate web-site