Sapphire Expands into Winnipeg, Bringing Experiential Audio-Visual Solutions to Manitoba

Sapphire is pleased to announce the expansion of our operations into Winnipeg and the broader Manitoba market.

For more than 20 years, we’ve helped organizations across Western Canada design, integrate, and support professional audio visual systems. From corporate offices and educational institutions to performance venues, event centres, hospitality spaces, public facilities, and houses of worship, our focus has always been the same: delivering reliable technology solutions and building long-term relationships with our clients.

While this marks a formal expansion into Manitoba, Sapphire is not new to the province. For years, we’ve supported Manitoba clients from our offices in Calgary, Edmonton, and Abbotsford, delivering projects, service, and technical expertise across the region. As our client base has continued to grow, establishing a local presence became the logical next step.

Having a Winnipeg-based team allows us to spend more time with customers, respond more quickly, and provide stronger ongoing support while continuing to leverage the engineering, project management, programming, and technical resources of our broader Western Canadian team.

“We’ve been working in Manitoba for a number of years already, so this isn’t a brand-new market for us,” said Ben Burrell, Partner at Sapphire. “As our customer base has grown, it became clear that having a physical presence on the ground in Winnipeg would allow us to provide better support and build stronger relationships. We’re excited about the opportunity and committed to investing in the province for the long term.”

Local Presence, National Resources

Leading Sapphire’s growth in Manitoba is John Loewen, who has spent years building relationships throughout Winnipeg and the surrounding region. His experience in the local market, combined with Sapphire’s technical expertise and vendor partnerships, gives Manitoba organizations access to both local support and the resources of one of Western Canada’s most experienced AV integration teams.

“One of the things that stands out about Manitoba is how relationship-driven the business community is,” said John. “Organizations want partners who are responsive, who understand their goals, and who stand behind their work. That’s exactly how Sapphire operates. What excites me most is being able to combine local support with access to Sapphire’s engineering resources, project teams, manufacturer partnerships, and purchasing power. Manitoba clients get a local point of contact backed by a team that delivers complex projects across Western Canada every day.”

Supporting Manitoba’s Diverse Industries

Manitoba’s economy creates opportunities across many of the sectors Sapphire serves, including corporate, education, government, hospitality, manufacturing, transportation, live events, and houses of worship.

Churches represent an especially important part of the Manitoba market, and one where Sapphire has extensive experience. From sound systems and video production infrastructure to live streaming, lighting, LED displays, and acoustical solutions, we’ve helped churches of all sizes create engaging experiences for both in-person and online audiences.

Our Winnipeg clients will have access to the full range of Sapphire’s products and services, including:

• LED video walls and large-format display systems

  High-impact displays for lobbies, arenas, showrooms, retail stores, and event venues.

• Commercial and performance audio systems

  Clear, consistent sound solutions for offices, restaurants, conference rooms, gyms, and public spaces.

• Boardroom AV & meeting room technology

  Video conferencing, wireless presentation tools, room scheduling, and intuitive controls.

• Event Centre AV integration

  Scalable technology for conference and convention centres.

• Digital signage

  Dynamic messaging systems for campuses, healthcare, hospitality, and multi-site businesses.

• AV maintenance & support

  Ongoing service, upgrades, and preventative support for mission-critical systems.

Built Around Long-Term Partnerships

What sets Sapphire apart is not a particular product or technology platform. It’s our approach. We believe technology should be intuitive, reliable, and aligned with the goals of the organization using it. Every project starts with understanding how a space needs to function and ends with a solution designed to support that vision for years to come.

Whether we’re upgrading a meeting room, deploying a campus-wide AV system, supporting a performance venue, or helping a church modernize its technology infrastructure, our goal remains the same: deliver systems that perform reliably and provide a level of service that earns long-term trust.

Our expansion into Winnipeg reflects our continued commitment to serving clients across Western Canada while maintaining the responsive, customer-focused approach that has guided our company from the beginning.

We look forward to partnering with organizations throughout Winnipeg, Brandon, Steinbach, Selkirk, and communities across Manitoba.

To learn more about Sapphire and our commercial audio visual integration services, contact us.