In 1967, amidst Canada’s Centennial year festivities, Roger de Pinto had his own reason to celebrate. The year Canada turned 100 was the year Roger launched his small frame distribution company – aptly named Centennial Optical.

Roger never lost sight of Centennial's primary focus of providing the Canadian ophthalmic community with more than just excellent products, but also with dedicated, personal service and support. Today, Centennial offers over 25 frame brands, including designer labels exclusively licensed in Canada from both the "who’s-who" in international fashion and renowned Canadian designers such as Alfred Sung, Nygard and Roots.

Another landmark in the business’ development took place in 1979. With the frame division flourishing, Roger’s son, Steve de Pinto, stepped in to widen the company’s focus by developing the new lens division.

Under Steve’s direction, Centennial eventually became the exclusive Canadian distributor for Carl Zeiss Vision (ZEISS, SOLA and AO brand lenses), the only independent distributor of Carl Zeiss products in the world.

So today, along with a full range of optical products including sunglasses, contact lenses, lab supplies and accessories, the company has physically expanded across Canada to include five local distribution offices and three lens coating facilities.

A lot has happened over the years. However, what remains unchanged is that Centennial Optical is still a wholly independent, proudly Canadian, family-owned business that still follows their original Mission Statement for "innovative vision care solutions and excellence in products and services".