Family, friends and colleagues are invited to join a special Legacy Celebration in honour of Art Van Camp—a leader, mentor and visionary whose life’s work made a transformative impact on the heavy equipment industry.

The celebration will be held on April 30 from noon to 5 p.m. at:

A sharing of memories will begin at 1 p.m.

Everyone who knew Van Camp are encouraged to attend to celebrate his legacy.

Van Camp passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on December 9, 2025.

Since childhood, Art Van Camp was captivated by construction and the machines used to get the job done.

He was the founder of A.H. Van Camp Equipment which would become Ontrac in 1998.

Throughout his life, Van Camp worked as an operator, a heavy equipment dealer, a Director of the Ontario Road Building Association (

), a Director of the John Deere Dealership Association, a Director of the Historical Construction Equipment Association (

) Canada, President of the Canadian Association of Equipment Distributors and a Committee Member of the Ontario Stone Sand and Gravel Association.