Chilliwack, BC · Transport Canada NSM L43
We don't sell accessible vans.
We build them.
Transport Canada authorizes only four companies in all of British Columbia to build disabled access vehicles. We are one of them.
- Transport Canada
- NSM L43
- NMEDA QAP
- Accredited
- BC dealer licence
- VSA 30665
- Ownership
- Canadian
Our story
One shop. One job.
Since 1988, Sidewinder has done one thing: mobility equipment and wheelchair accessible vehicles. Not a sideline bolted onto a car dealership.
We were one of the founding members of NMEDA Canada, which accredits accessible vehicle dealers. It accredits five in this province, and we are the only one that also holds a Transport Canada National Safety Mark. The other four sell conversions somebody else built.
Sales, service and the build floor, all in one building.
Manufacturer, not middleman
The conversion is ours.
Most accessible vans sold in Canada are converted somewhere else and shipped in. The Sidewinder RAV is built here.
We can change it
Your chair, the way you get in, who drives. Nothing waits on a factory elsewhere for sign-off.
We stand behind it
The warranty is honoured by the same shop that cut the floor out.
We certify it ourselves
The mark came from Transport Canada, not from us. NMEDA audits the work on top of it.
Credentials
Check every word of it yourself.
The only wheelchair accessible vehicle dealer in BC that is also a Transport Canada authorized vehicle manufacturer. Each credential below links straight to the registry that issued it, so you can confirm every one without taking our word for anything.
Transport Canada National Safety Mark L43
Transport Canada authorizes Sidewinder to build and certify disabled access vehicles under National Safety Mark L43, in four classes including Final Stage Body and Equipment. Only four companies in British Columbia hold a disabled access National Safety Mark.
Verified September 2026
Check the Transport Canada record (opens in a new tab)NMEDA QAP accredited
Accredited under the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association Quality Assurance Program in three categories: Mobility Equipment Installer, Structural Vehicle Modifier and High Tech driving controls. QAP accreditation requires an independent third party audit every year.
Verified September 2026
Check the NMEDA record (opens in a new tab)Licensed BC motor dealer
Licensed by the Vehicle Sales Authority of British Columbia, dealer licence number 30665.
Verified September 2026
Check the Vehicle Sales Authority of BC record (opens in a new tab)A+ with the Better Business Bureau
Rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau with no complaints on file.
Verified September 2026
Check the Better Business Bureau record (opens in a new tab)
Each date above is when we last checked that credential at the issuer's own source. The links point at the registries themselves rather than at copies of them, so they stay right even when this page falls behind.
Authorized dealer for
Each name links to that manufacturer's own dealer list, where Sidewinder is named.
How we work
We start with your week.
Where you go. Who drives. What chair you use, and who ends up lifting what at the other end. We don't start with your diagnosis.
That settles the rest: rear or side entry, ramp or lift, buy or rent. We will say when the cheaper van is the right one, and when renting beats buying. Both are smaller sales for us.
The team
The people who build them.
Adam Hooper
Production Manager / Sales Consultant
At Sidewinder since 2010, with a background in the aircraft industry.
adam@sidewinderconversions.com
Clint Ponte
Certified Mobility Consultant / Sales
With Sidewinder since 2013. Came from healthcare.
Rob Gosse
Mobility Sales Consultant
A Sidewinder customer for 10 years before he joined the team.
James Anderson
Senior Service Advisor & Technician
Started here in the spring of 2003.
james@sidewinderconversions.com
Julian Charles
Technician
In their words
Written by customers.
Quoted exactly as they were written.
Everything was so well organized and smooth it made the transaction completely enjoyable. The people were great, they went over the top for us and the van was exactly what we had hoped it to be.
Sidewinder went well beyond the service delivery that would be expected. They were always available and prompt whenever we emailed or called. I would recommend them highly to anyone in need of a conversion.
Also on file
Two letters that are not from customers.
Both came in with the customer letters.
Your gesture is therefore doubly gratifying as it not only helped a most deserving couple in need, but was also a much-needed reminder to me that good people and good business can indeed co-exist.
Thank you so much for your continued support of BC Paraplegic Association. Your gifts have enabled those living with a spinal cord injury to look forward to a brighter future.
Contact
Talk to someone who knows these vans.
Come by the shop and bring your chair, or just start with a phone call. Either way you'll be talking to someone who can answer the question instead of taking a message.
- 1-888-266-2299Toll free across Canada
- (604) 792-2082Local Chilliwack line
- graham@sidewinderconversions.comQuestions about a van
- 44658 Yale Road WestChilliwack, BC V2R 0G5
- Monday – Friday: 8:30am – 4:30pmClosed Saturday & Sunday
- 4.5 out of 5 from 47 Google reviewsThat was our Google score in August 2026. Go and read them yourself. (opens in a new tab)