Saskatoon's north industrial area and the yards along Highway 11 and 16 handle freight, equipment and farm supply for much of the province. Trailers, machinery and fuel sit outside every night, often through weeks of deep cold. Secure Defence protects truck yards, warehouses, distribution centres, lumber yards and other industrial sites in Saskatoon, Warman, Martensville, Osler, North Battleford and Prince Albert with live video monitoring. Trained, licensed operators watch your cameras in real time and stop theft while it's still starting.
Picture a yard in the north industrial area at 3 am in January. A tractor with no load backs toward a sealed trailer that isn't scheduled to leave until Monday.
Our cameras flag the movement the moment it starts. An operator in our command centre sees the live picture within seconds. The operator speaks through the speaker and tells them they are on camera and police are being called. If they keep going, the siren and strobes go off. With a crime confirmed, the operator calls for Verified Police Response with a description, the vehicle and its direction of travel, and stays on the line until police arrive.
That's a 1-minute verified response. Because a person checks every alert, there are zero false alarms. Our clients see 98%+ overall crime reduction. More on our live video monitoring page.
live video monitoring. We watch your yard as things happen and stop crime while it's still starting.
smart cameras that detect people and vehicles, paired with trained, licensed operators in our own command centre in Richmond, BC, 24/7.
a Saskatchewan salesperson who plans your coverage and a technician who installs and services your system.
all of Western Canada, including BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
11 years in business, award-winning, and named the Fastest Growing Security Company in Canada on The Globe and Mail and BIV lists for 2025 and 2026. 500+ businesses served and 1,000+ sites monitored across Western Canada.
Yard monitoring with live operators, perimeter protection, gate access control with time-based codes and audit trails, LPR at the gate, GPS and cargo tracking for trailers that leave, off-grid units for yards with no power, and fire and smoke detection. Access control decides who gets in, and cameras show what they do once inside. That matters because, as Équité has warned, falsified paperwork has been used to get drivers into yards.
with LPR (licence plate recognition) logging each truck in and out.
including docks, side doors and yard space.
with trailers staged for pickup.
with wide, open storage areas.
and the yards around them.
often with stretches that have no power.
Saskatoon Police Service reported property crime down 7.7% in 2025, and break-ins at detached buildings such as garages and sheds down 25% (980 CJME, citing Saskatoon Police Service). That's progress, but a yard full of loaded trailers is still a target.
Freight theft is moving the other way. Équité Association says trailer thefts across Canada nearly doubled in 2025 to about 970, up from about 570. Only 44% of stolen trailers were recovered, and just 9% of stolen cargo. Groceries, auto parts and building materials such as copper top the list (Truck News, citing Équité Association).
pallets, packaged goods, sealed trailers and containers.
forklifts, loaders, power tools and rental equipment.
from trucks, reefers and yard tanks.
such as cut fences and forced gates.
wiring, coils, catalytic converters and scrap.
fire and smoke detection gives early warning at warehouses and lumber yards.
One monthly fee covers the equipment, installation, maintenance and live monitoring.
Your local rep walks the site with you and sends a recommended layout and quote within 24 to 48 hours.
Existing cameras can usually be connected to our command centre the same day.
Our technician installs pole cameras, speakers and strobes around your shipping schedule. Pole-camera sites go live in 5 to 7 days.
Remote yards and corners with no power get a solar tower within 24 hours. Each tower carries 4 to 8 cameras, and the battery lasts 2 weeks without sun, winter included. See off-grid solutions.
All our equipment is rated to -40 C, and every powered site gets a 24-hour backup power system. We keep 30 to 90 days of video and can search across all your cameras in under 5 seconds.
Clients save up to 70% compared with on-site guards, and one operator watching every camera covers more of a big yard than a guard on foot. Guards are still available as a secondary option for a high-value load or a shutdown. The service is insurance-approved, and our 30-Day Performance Guarantee lets you see the results before you commit.
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Tell us about your truck yard, warehouse or distribution centre. Our local team will visit and send a recommended setup and quote within 24 to 48 hours.