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Tool Documentation for Tradespeople

Document.
Protect.
Recover.

The Tool Crib is a subscription platform for Canadian tradespeople, apprentices, and contractors that documents tool ownership: serial numbers, photos, and receipts, verified before something goes wrong. It generates CRA-ready records and insurance-ready theft reports. Free to start, paid plans from $99 per year.

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Tool Crib ◆ $99 / Year Tradesperson ◆ $299 / Year Contractor ◆ Free Tier Available ◆ Verified Ownership ◆ Theft Documentation ◆ Serial Numbers on File ◆ Insurance Ready ◆ BC Benefit Company ◆ Trades Community ◆ Tool Crib ◆ $99 / Year Tradesperson ◆ $299 / Year Contractor ◆ Free Tier Available ◆ Verified Ownership ◆ Theft Documentation ◆ Serial Numbers on File ◆ Insurance Ready ◆ BC Benefit Company ◆ Trades Community ◆
What We Are

Tools disappear. Every day. Nobody tracks it.

Somewhere in Canada right now, a tradesperson is showing up to a job site and their tools are gone. No record. No serial numbers on file. No insurance claim that goes anywhere. The loss gets absorbed and life moves on.

The Tool Crib is a subscription-based tool documentation and management platform. Catalogue your inventory. Record serial numbers, photos, and purchase receipts. Build the verified ownership record that makes recovery, insurance claims, and proof of ownership possible.

You document before something happens. The platform does the rest.

$300M+
Estimated value of tools stolen in Canada annually. Some estimates reach $1B. No national body tracks it.
89%
Of tradespeople report having tools stolen. Most absorb the loss and move on.
7–25%
Recovery rate for stolen tools in Canada. Without documentation, the odds are near zero.
How the Tool Crib Works
01
Catalogue Your Inventory
Video record your tools and narrate as you go, showing each serial number to the camera. The platform reads what it can identify and drafts your inventory for you to review and edit before anything is saved. Build a verified ownership record that exists before anything goes missing.
02
Instant Theft Report Package
When tools go missing, the Tool Crib generates a professional theft report package on demand. Photos. Serial numbers. Proof of ownership. Everything an insurer or police report needs. Generated in seconds.
03
Accounting Integration
Track depreciation automatically via CCA schedule export to QuickBooks Online. Self-employed tradespeople deduct tools as Class 8 assets. The Tool Crib builds the record your accountant needs without the manual work.
04
Multi-Site Location Log
Contractor tier. Record which job site, vehicle, or storage location each tool is assigned to, and update it as tools move. Assign tools to crew members and keep an editable location history for every tool. Requires ongoing administration, not automatic GPS tracking.
05
Six-Year CRA Compliance Record
CRA requires six years of records for any tool-related deduction. The Tool Crib maintains your complete documentation history automatically. Audit ready from day one. No boxes of receipts. No spreadsheets.
Pricing

One annual subscription. Full protection.

The Tool Crib starts free. Unlimited hand and lawn tools at no cost, up to 20 serialized tools or 3 marketplace transactions a month. Tradesperson unlocks the full feature set for working trades. Contractor adds employee and crew tracking. Shop, built for repair and manufacturing businesses operating from a fixed location, is several stages of development away. A separate retail and rental plan is on the roadmap even further out.

Free
Hand & Lawn Tools
$0
always free
no card required
Unlimited hand and lawn tools
Free up to 20 serialized tools
Or up to 3 marketplace transactions / month
Serial number and photo storage
No revenue tier. Upgrade prompted automatically past free-tier limits.
Tradesperson
Working Trades
$99
per year
or $9.99 / month
Unlimited hand tools plus 100 power tools
Serial number and photo storage
Theft report generation
Insurance evidence package
Marketplace access
Tool rental program
Six-year CRA record keeping
Annual or monthly billing available at launch. Cancel with 30 days notice.
Contractor
Crews & Field Teams
$299
per year + $29.99 / extra employee
or $29.99 / month + $2.99 / employee
Everything in Tradesperson
Employee ID and tracking
Multi-location and multi-vehicle structure
Per-tool editable location history
Annual or monthly billing available at launch. Cancel with 30 days notice.
Shop
Repair & Manufacturing Businesses
—
in development
Scope and pricing not yet set
Built for repair and manufacturing businesses operating from a fixed location
This tier is planned but not yet scoped. Details will follow as the Shop tier is defined.
Not right now — but keep me posted
Theft & Recovery

Recovery fails every time for the same three reasons.

The pattern is predictable. A tradesperson reports a theft. The officer takes the report. Without serial numbers, photos, or proof of ownership, the file goes cold. Insurance claims are denied or reduced. The tradesperson buys replacement tools out of pocket and keeps working.

No documentation. No serial numbers on file. No proof of ownership. The Tool Crib eliminates all three failure points before a theft ever occurs.

The Scale of the Problem
$300M to $1B Stolen Every Year in Canada
This is a 2026 estimate based on construction, trade, and equipment loss data. No national tracking body exists. No centralized database. No coordination between police jurisdictions. The losses are real, widespread, and almost entirely undocumented. The Tool Village is building the foundation for the infrastructure that should have existed twenty years ago.
Why Recovery Fails
89% of Tradespeople Are Victims. Recovery Rates Run 7% to 25%.
Nearly nine in ten tradespeople have been victims of tool theft. Recovery rates run between 7% and 25% nationally. Without a verified ownership record, that number approaches zero. Insurance adjusters need serial numbers. Police need photos. Without documentation, there is no claim and no case. The Tool Crib exists to change that outcome.
What the Tool Crib Gives You
Documentation That Works When It Matters
Every tool in your Tool Crib inventory is photographed, serial-numbered, and timestamped. When tools go missing, the platform generates a complete theft report package in seconds. Serial numbers, photos, purchase records, estimated replacement value. Everything an insurer or police report needs to act on your claim.
About The Tool Village

Built for the trades community. Accountable to it.

The Tool Village Ltd. is incorporated as a British Columbia Benefit Company. Our legal mandate includes creating measurable benefit for the trades community, not just shareholder returns. That accountability is built into the structure of the company.

The platform operates on a Free Flow model. Subscription revenue comes first. No speculative spend. No cold launch. Every phase of growth is funded by the phase before it.

The Tool Village MVP was built through BCIT's Industry Sponsored Student Project program. A team of six software engineering students delivered a production-grade platform. The IP belongs to The Tool Village. The community it was built for is the reason it exists.

Tool Crib Now Open for Applications

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Tell us about your trade and your tool inventory. A member of the team will be in touch within two business days.