Our vision here at Wagg's is to continue expanding our customer base, services and products in our area, while maintaining a healthy profit for our owners and employees. This will help solidify our company in the textile industry, so it can continue to operate for another 100 years. The company’s operations are now being run by the Wagg family’s fifth generation and our vision is to see the sixth, seventh and even eighth generation carry on the family tradition.

In the early years the company relied on horse and buggy to collect and carry everything from tablecloths and bedding to clothes and curtains to its facility for cleaning and pressing. Many of the merchant ships and passenger vessels that docked in Midland also relied on Wagg’s for their laundry needs. Dry cleaning was added as a new service during the Depression in the 30’s. Despite the hard economic times, Newton Wagg and his son Murray expanded the company’s operations across the region, opening new plants in Barrie, Orillia and Gravenhurst during the 40’ and 50’s. Murray continued to lead the company’s fortunes into the 1960’s when the advent of Laundromats and modern household appliances were transforming the traditional laundry market. Wagg’s opened the first Laundromat in Canada in Barrie, Ontario. more... See more text