Hub Motor Service in black and white, in a photo captioned Abbotsford Sep 1957

Historic downtown Abbotsford

Our story

Hub Motor Service (Siemens Garage Ltd.) has been family owned and operated since 1954.

Family owned and operated

Our history

Peter and Mary Siemens, along with their ten children, moved from Strathmore, Alberta to Abbotsford in 1951. Peter and Mary had immigrated to Canada as teenagers from Mennonite colonies in Russia, but they met and married in Manitoba. In October 1954 Peter and his sons established Hub Motor Service in its present downtown Abbotsford location.

Peter's son Jake purchased the business in 1965. Jake's son Ross purchased the business in 1994. We have been honoured to have served our community for over 70 years. We are very thankful for our loyal customers and a growing and industrious city in which to do business.

The original Hub Motor Service station, in black and white

1951
The Siemens family moves to Abbotsford
1954
Hub Motor Service opens downtown in October
70+years
Serving our community
4generations
of the Siemens family have worked here

1951 to today

Timeline

1951
Peter and Mary Siemens and their ten children move from Strathmore, Alberta to Abbotsford.
1954
In October, Peter and his sons establish Hub Motor Service in its present downtown Abbotsford location. Jake starts serving customers while attending Phillip Sheffield High School.
1965
Peter's son Jake purchases the business.
1983
Myron Warkentin starts with us while attending high school. His first job is pumping full-serve gas and cleaning the shop.
1994
Jake's son Ross, who grew up at Hub Motors, purchases the business.
2010
Jake retires in the fall, after serving our customers for 56 years.
2016
Michael Warkentin starts with us while attending high school, following in his father's footsteps.
2019
Shawn Siemens, a great-grandson of Peter and Mary, begins working with us.
2021
Ed Wong joins our team as Service Manager in January.
Today
Over 70 years of serving our community from the same downtown location.