Century 21 Masters Expands Reach to More Alberta Communities

January 2024, Edmonton – Century 21 Masters is proud to announce its expansion as a brokerage with offices strategically located in Edmonton, Calgary, Airdrie, Drumheller, Strathmore, Stony Plain, and St. Albert. These locations enable the brokerage to provide exceptional real estate services to the majority of Albertans, reaching out from the province’s key population centers to over 50 outlying communities.
A Legacy of Leadership and Collaboration
The leadership of Century 21 Masters brings a wealth of experience and vision to this expansion. James Mabey and Geneva Tetreault, whose roots in ownership date back to 2004, are joined in by Bob Sheddy, who became part of the ownership and leadership team in 2024 (previously co-owner of Century 21 PowerRealty.ca which has been with the brand since 1980). Together, they are setting a new standard for what a traditional franchise brokerage can achieve.
“The goal of creating a brokerage that serves the majority of Albertans is not a new one, but we’re excited to bring this enhanced value proposition to agents,” said Geneva Tetreault. “We found that agents across Alberta wanted to join Century 21 Masters, not because of a physical office in their community, but because of the cohesive culture we’ve built—focused on education and excellence.”
A New Era in Real Estate
James Mabey, who is also currently the 2024/25 Chair of the Canadian Real Estate Association, shared his excitement about the direction of the brokerage. “Our goal has never been to be the biggest brokerage, but rather to measure success by the quality of the people we attract and retain. This expansion is a testament to the incredible agents who share our vision.”
Bob Sheddy reflected that the decision was an easy one and emphasized the organic growth in collaboration and referrals among agents. “Over the past 15 months, we’ve seen over $100,000 in referral business to the Agents which is directly attributed to the networking and camaraderie within our team and allows them to provide seamless assistance for their clients’ real estate needs. These connections have only strengthened as we move forward with this merger.”
Century 21 Canada Supports the Vision
Century 21 Canada’s Vice President, Todd Shyiak, shared his thoughts on this milestone: “This expansion demonstrates the innovation and leadership that Century 21 Masters embodies. Their commitment to fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration is exactly what the Century 21 brand stands for.”
Looking Ahead
With over 180 agents serving communities across Alberta, Century 21 Masters is poised to redefine what a franchise brokerage can achieve. This expansion marks the beginning of an exciting chapter, with an unwavering commitment to client satisfaction and agent success. The Company is excited about the growth and continues to focus on having an exceptional group of agents who offer a high level of service and strive for greatness in the moment.
CENTURY 21 Bamber Realty Begins New Chapter with Recent Merger

May 2024, Calgary – One of Calgary’s top real estate brokerages is starting a new chapter that opens brand new opportunities for agents ready to dip their toes into property management. CENTURY 21 Bamber Realty has merged with CENTURY 21 Elevate and will now offer property management services through their new sister company.
Broker George Bamber saw this step forward as a natural evolution of his business. “We used to refer property management business opportunities to Andre [d’Abadie, owner of CENTURY 21 Elevate], and when we decided that merging was the best path forward, we chose to keep Elevate Property Management as our sister company. Those real estate agents will move over to us, and it’s all part of the plan to make C21 Bamber Realty bigger, better, and stronger.”
The goal is to attract new agents who have or are interested in a property management license, giving them a rare chance to explore both avenues in one company. “We’re well known in Calgary, but we can always get stronger,” he explains. “I think this is a great opportunity for agents and property managers who also want to grow and see what’s possible.”
Moving forward with this merger was a big step forward for George, who is constantly looking for ways to innovate in his brokerage, a stalwart of Calgary for nearly 40 years. “We’re one of the biggest companies in the CENTURY 21 Canada network, but even then, you always have to find ways to innovate. And when you’re the owner of a company, the only person who’s going to motivate you is yourself and last year I had the thought that I should make the phone call, see if a merger would be possible, and find the growth opportunity I knew was there.”
Andre will stay on to manage the property management side of the business, and both he and George will lend their expertise to CENTURY 21 Bamber’s new business model. “He’s got some really good people coming over with him; and we’ve got a good location, a good team, and a good reputation, our goal now is to attract all the agents who will see what we’re doing and want to work with good leadership.”
“Expanding into property management is just the kind of innovation that keeps our brokerages from stagnating,” says Todd Shyiak, Executive Vice President of CENTURY 21 Canada. “It’s really exciting to see George and Andre work together to expand CENTURY 21 Bamber Realty, and in a market as active as Calgary we know they’re going to have ample opportunities for growth.”
CENTURY 21 Bamber and Elevate Property Management are now operating in the Calgary area. CENTURY 21 Bamber was the #9 office by Production in 2023 in the Global Century 21 system and ranked #3 by Units and #6 by Production in the Canadian network.
CENTURY 21 Canada Opens 18 New Offices in 2023

January 19, 2023, Vancouver- CENTURY 21 Canada ended 2023 on a high-note with a total of 18 new offices opening across the country.
“We didn’t know how the year was going to go, but we stood by our value proposition and once again, brokers responded,” says Todd Shyiak, Executive Vice President of CENTURY 21 Canada. “As the real estate market in Canada comes down from the high of the past few years, more and more brokers are seeing the value in the training, tech and personal support that we aim to provide each and every one of them. Our team is the best in the business and there’s nothing we haven’t experienced, so if one of our brokers needs a word of advice, we’re here for them.”
New Franchises and Offices
CENTURY 21 Smart Realty | Edmonton, AB |
CENTURY 21 Twin Realty | Hinton, AB |
CENTURY 21 River’s Edge Ltd. | Winchester, ON |
CENTURY 21 Shield Realty Ltd. | Lancaster, ON |
CENTURY 21 Property Zone Realty Inc. | Brampton, ON |
CENTURY 21 Percy Fulton Ltd. | Brighton, ON |
CENTURY 21 Green Realty Inc. | Mississauga, ON |
CENTURY 21 Creekside Realty Ltd. | Chilliwack, BC
Chilliwack, BC |
CENTURY 21 Creekside Realty Ltd. | Agassiz, BC |
CENTURY 21 Creekside Realty Ltd. | Abbotsford, BC |
CENTURY 21 Gillany Realty | Whitecourt, AB |
CENTURY 21 Northern Realty | Vaughan, ON |
CENTURY 21 Quantum Realty | Edmonton, AB |
CENTURY 21 Trident Realty Ltd. | North Sydney, NS |
CENTURY 21 ACE | Calgary, AB |
CENTURY 21 Profusion | Montreal, QC |
CENTURY 21 Power Realty Ltd. | Calgary, AB |
Owner of CENTURY 21 Gillany Realty, Rizwan Sayed, has seen the advances in real estate technology and created an innovative space for agents under the CENTURY 21 Canada brand. “I had heard great reviews of the brand, and I liked that they innovate,” says Sayed. “They are constantly looking for ways to improve and evolve, they provide a full suite of technology tools to help us push forward and the physical human support I get from the head office has no equal in the industry.”
Vikaas K. Kwatra opened the first office of 2023 in Edmonton, CENTURY 21 Smart Realty. “My main motivation is to help new agents because if they don’t have the right teacher, they leave within six months of joining the industry,” he explains. “I was with the brand for a long time and when I wanted to open my own brokerage, my experiences with their tools, culture and support system made them better than anyone.”
CENTURY 21 Canada now boasts approximately 400 offices across Canada and, in addition to its new franchises, renewed contracts with 26 brokerages in 2023.
Sales associate of the year awarded to Kelowna realtor, Anne Wolfe: Century 21 Canada

Of 12,000+ hardworking CENTURY 21 Canada realtors, Anne Wolfe of Kelowna, British Columbia’s CENTURY 21 Assurance Realty Ltd. was named 2023 Sales Associate of the Year.
She was recently given the award by CENTURY 21 Canada president and CEO, Martin Charlwood, at the annual OneC21 conference in Calgary.
Wolfe, who recently surpassed 20 years with the company, was picked from a candidate shortlist of five, based on an open nomination call from the company’s agents and brokers. Criteria included industry success, ties to the community, tech tool and program engagement, and representation of the brand’s “Gold Standard” of client excellence.
CENTURY 21 Assurance broker Anna Carbone commended Wolfe on several fronts, including her commitment to the brand, participation in community initiatives and enthusiastic support for Easter Seals, CENTURY 21 Canada’s national charitable partner. Carbone also noted Wolfe’s 10-year CENTURION® status, the highest honour given to those in CENTURY 21 Canada’s system.
“Anne is just well-rounded,” says Carbone. “I believe she exemplifies all the traits of a successful agent while also maintaining a good work-life balance.”
Wolfe gave credit to the support and stability her brokerage and the brand provided for her success:
“I am incredibly grateful to have received the C21 Sales Associate of the Year award. Having been actively selling with the C21 banner for over 20 years, it speaks to the integrity and strength of the organization, as well as its ability to pivot and grow with the changing times. Both the support of my local Kelowna office and my CENTURY 21 family as a whole are a huge part of my success in real estate!”
CENTURY 21 Canada members spend a day at camp in support of Easter Seals

Century 21 held its first annual ‘Day of Giving’ this summer and CENTURY 21 Canada network members took the opportunity to get hands-on and help out at one of the many summer camps run by Easter Seals Canada.
Blair Gordon, owner of CENTURY 21 Foothills in Calgary visited Camp Horizon, where Easter Seals provides unforgettable summer camp experiences to kids and teens living with disabilities. “When we learned we had the opportunity to visit the Easter Seals camp again, we had an overwhelming response,” says Blair. “Our brokerage is dedicated to supporting Easter Seals, and our tour of the camp was a reminder of the magnitude of effort and care that is given to the campers each and every day.”
Activities for the visiting C21-ers included cleaning windows, weeding flowerbeds, landscaping and working on the camp’s pool to help transform it into a spray park area.
Jarred Jones and Charles Zhang, members of the Home Sweet Home team from CENTURY 21 Bamber Realty decided to participate in the Day of Giving initiative due to their longstanding support of Easter Seals. “We’ve been out to Camp Horizon a few times but this was our first visit in a couple of years and our experience was incredible,” says Jared. “It was beautiful weather and a memorable day and we felt like we were able to help make a difference.”
The C21 members had the opportunity to visit when camp was in full swing, allowing them to see just how much joy the campers get out of their time there. “There’s nothing that matches the feeling of watching the campers get to enjoy the activities that are happening. We saw singing sessions, water gun fights, tree-top rope courses, t-shirt tie-dying and so much more. There were endless smiles and laughs which was amazing to see. We got the opportunity to catch up with a camper we had met on a previous visit and he looked like he was having the best day.”
Though they were only there for a day, it was a big reminder of why the partnership between Easter Seals and CENTURY 21 Canada is so important. “Our team has always been avid supporters of Easter Seals, it’s our go-to foundation to support,” Jared explains. “We’ve witnessed the impact that they have on the campers, all you have to do is spend one day on-site to see all the moving parts and resources that are required to make camp possible. The experiences the campers have are life changing.”
Though the day at camp is over, the support from C21-ers will continue, with CENTURY 21 Foothills planning for their annual golf tournament with a fundraising goal of $110,000. As a whole, CENTURY 21 Canada aims to raise a grand total of $750,000 this year for Easter Seals through the Kids to Camp program which has raised over $13 million since they began their support in 1979.
To learn more about the Kids to Camp program, visit their website: www.c21kidstocamp.ca
CENTURY 21 Argos Ready to Become the Eyes on the Market for Their Clients

Calgary, A.B. (June, 2022) – The newest addition to the CENTURY 21 Canada family, CENTURY 21 Argos Realty, is set to open this summer with Karen Luu as broker, who is adding real estate to the brokerage services after five successful years as Real Property Management Renfrew.
“It is remarkable to look back at when we first started in 2017 and to see what we have managed to accomplish in these five years,” says Luu. “Though I have always been involved in the real estate industry with family and friends, owning and operating Renfrew with Real Property Management afforded me to experience the real estate industry profoundly in so many ways”
Carla Browne, President of Real Property Management, knows the synergy between property management and real estate, having started in real estate herself at CENTURY 21 Dome before growing into her current role. By offering the services of both real estate and property management Karen is able to assist her clients through every step of their housing journey. Karen has a great amount of experience to draw from,” says Browne. “After having worked in the market from a different perspective, she has the local expertise and now represents two national brands to create a client experience like no other. We are very excited to see her brokerage grow with the addition of the CENTURY 21 Brand to her existing Real Property Management office.”
For Luu, working with CENTURY 21 Canada was the natural evolution of her own career. “CENTURY 21 Canada provides a lot of resources and support, and that allows for a lot of future planning and growth,” Luu says. “The technology that they provide is just what we need; all the resources are there to grow our office and our team.”
Luu has a lot of goals for CENTURY 21 Argos Realty’s growth, and in the immediate future, she plans to fully learn the programs and tech that CENTURY 21 Canada has to offer and share that knowledge with new agents. While she does have a goal of recruiting 15-20 new agents before the end of next year, her priority is quality over quantity. “We have a minimum number of agents in mind, but we also want to bring in agents who share our core values, and we’d rather go by fit than just trying to reach a certain number.”
“We’re so happy that Karen and her team have come on board, and we know that she has the perfect experience to helm her own brokerage,” says Brian Rushton, Chief Operating Officer of CENTURY 21 Canada. “She has clear goals and a clear path forward and we are committed to providing all the support she needs to succeed, alongside the best technology programs in the business.”
Planning for future growth, Luu is considering the possibilities of new offices and locations in areas that align with the C21 Argos vision and values but for the more immediate term, her focus will be on continuing to service her core client base in Calgary and the surrounding areas. “When deciding on a name, I was inspired by the story of the diligent watcher giant with 100 eyes, Argos, in Greek Mythology. We connected with that. We want to be the ever-watching, oversized guardians for our clients, our owners, our buyers and our investors. We, at C21 Argos, will be those eyes ever watching the market and ever guarding our clients’ best interests”
CENTURY 21 Argos Realty opens in Calgary on July 1, 2021.
Veteran Real Estate Broker Sees Strength and Value in Calgary Market

George Bamber has seen the highs and lows during his 35-year career
In 35-plus years in Calgary’s real estate industry, George Bamber has witnessed market highs, market lows … and everything in between.
With three decades of business experience and customer trust, George Bamber, the owner/broker of Century 21 Bamber Realty, is confident in the continued strength of Calgary and Alberta’s economy. “Calgary real estate has been undervalued for so long and while we may see a bit of a dip in momentum after coming off a record sales year, the strength of Alberta — especially in oil and gas and with continued diversification — is going to mean net in-migration. Alberta is going to be the place to be.”
Bamber expects his real estate company — the largest Century 21 office in Alberta and one of Canada’s largest in overall volume — to continue to grow substantially in 2022. In the first three months of this year, his office had 1,000 sales throughout the Calgary region, including Springbank, Bragg Creek, Okotoks and Airdrie, for homes from $130,000 to $8 million. In 2021, Bamber Realty had 2,800 sales with a value of $1.6 billion.
While increasing interest rates may take some potential homebuyers out of the market to save more money before buying a home or to look for a potential dip in prices, Bamber says Calgary continues to be an affordable place to buy, especially in the apartment condo realm where prices in many cases are below replacement value. He is hoping this year for a more balanced market that will be good for both buyers and sellers as opposed to 2021, where there were often multiple bids on a limited amount of inventory.
“Hopefully it will be a year when buyers don’t have to purchase the first home they see,” says Bamber. “Buyers are doing their research online and through various social media tools prior to engaging with a professional realtor,” says Bamber. “At that point, it gets down to our expert knowledge and professionalism from start to finish.” It’s important to have an experienced agent who can move as quickly as the market by using all their professional tools, from on-the-spot market evaluations to constant communication, negotiating competing offers and taking a buyer or seller to agreement completion, he adds.
In more than three decades, Bamber Realty has grown while retaining its community roots. It’s still at its original 17th Avenue S.W. location — even with the same phone number. And that community connection sees individual real estate agents supporting multiple local charities while Bamber Realty’s major initiative involves Century 21’s commitment to Easter Seals, helping Calgary children with disabilities attend Camp Horizon.
To learn more about Bamber Realty, check out bamberrealty.c21.ca.
Posted on the Calgary Herald