ECS Electrical Cable Supply (ECS), one of Canada's largest independently owned wire and cable distributors, will exhibit at Electricity Transformation Canada (ETC) 2026 from October 19 to 21 at the Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place, in Toronto, Ontario. Attendees can visit ECS at Booth #323. The centerpiece of the booth will be an electric formula race car designed and built by Toronto Metropolitan Formula Racing (TMFR), a student engineering team at Toronto Metropolitan University. ECS sponsors the team as part of a broader commitment to youth-led engineering programs, where the next generation of electrical talent gains hands-on experience before entering the workforce.
This announcement matters because Canada's electrification buildout—spanning new generation, storage, transmission, and distribution—will be delivered by people who are still in school today. Youth-led programs like TMFR provide students with real components, real constraints, and real consequences for getting a termination wrong. ECS supports these initiatives because the industry's capacity to deliver depends on a pipeline of skilled workers. By showcasing the student-built race car, ECS underscores the practical and strategic importance of investing in youth engineering programs. The car's electrical system uses component kits donated by Techspan Industries, including high-voltage hook-up wire, lugs, ring terminals, crimp connectors, fuses, heat shrink, and mounting hardware. The car will be a display-only exhibit on the booth floor.
Kirk Readings, Chief Revenue Officer at ECS, emphasized the company's commitment: "Connecting people and powering success is not a tagline for us. It is the actual business, and it starts long before a project reaches a job site. The students on this team specified, terminated, and tested every connection on that car themselves. That is the same work our customers do every day, just at a different scale. Partnering with youth-led programs is how our industry makes sure there are people ready to build what Canada is about to build, and being part of that matters more to us than anything we could put on a product sheet." His statement highlights the direct link between student training and industry readiness.
Belden and Techspan Industries are partners on the ECS booth at ETC 2026. Product literature from both companies will be available, and representatives from both will join the ECS team for the duration of the show. Electricity Transformation Canada brings together utilities, developers, contractors, manufacturers, and suppliers working on Canada's electricity system, from renewable generation and energy storage through to grid and distribution infrastructure. ECS supplies cable into all these sectors from its nine locations in Canada and two in the United Arab Emirates. For more information about ECS, visit ecswire.com.
ECS technical and account team members will be in the booth throughout the three-day event to discuss product specifications, applications, lead times, and supply program options, and to introduce attendees to the TMFR students behind the car. This presence allows industry professionals to engage directly with the future workforce and learn how ECS and its partners are supporting the next generation of electrical talent. The event details are: What: Electricity Transformation Canada (ETC) 2026; Where: Enercare Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario; When: October 19 to 21, 2026; ECS Booth: #323; Booth Partners: Belden, Techspan Industries. ECS Electrical Cable Supply is an independently owned Canadian distributor of wire and cable, serving the industrial, commercial, energy, infrastructure, and renewable sectors for more than 40 years. Headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, ECS operates nine locations across Canada (Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto/Mississauga, Hamilton, Montreal, and Halifax) plus two locations in the United Arab Emirates, in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. ECS is a Platinum member of Canada's Best Managed Companies, an honour it has held since 2011.
