The company was founded in 1942 by Mr. Fernand Lecavalier. In 1964, M. Roger Fugère Sr and his brothers took over the business of Mr. Lecavalier. At that moment the company had 3 employees.

January the 3rd, 1968, a fire destroyed the building. A lot of 53 acres is then bought in Ste-Sophie on road 158 to rebuild the business. In 1972, Mr. Fugère concludes contracts for vehicle supplies with different insurance companies, which increases the business' production capacity by a lot. Unfortunatly, in 1978, the offices are destroyed by fire again and built back.

In 1982, Roger Fugère Jr joins the business, followed, a year and a half later, by his brother Philippe. In 1987, M. Roger Fugère Sr becomes the only owner. In 1999, lecavalier acquires the Centre de recyclage St-Jean, located in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. In november 2001, lecavalier associates to GreenLeaf auto of Canada, part of Ford Canada.

In november 2002, Roger and Philippe Fugère repurchased the company, which includes 4 sites (2 in Québec and 2 in Ontario).

Now, lecavalier counts 180 employees and constitutes the most important recycling center in Canada.