List of Canadian companies
This is a list of companies from Canada. See also Category:Companies of Canada. See lists of companies for lists of companies from other countries. See Canadian Owned Companies for a more detailed list.
Current Companies
A
- Abalone Designs (search engine optimization)
- Abitibi Consolidated (pulp and paper)
- Aeroplan (Airline loyalty program)
- ACE Aviation Holdings (Airline holding company)
- Acxsys
- AGF Management (mutual funds)
- Agnico-Eagle Mines (gold mines)
- Agrium (agricultural products)
- Agricore United (agricultural commodities, farm supplies, etc.)
- AIC Diversified Canada Split Corp. (financial services)
- Air Canada (airline)
- Air Canada Jazz (airline)
- Air Creebec (airline)
- Air Georgian (airline)
- Air Inuit (airline)
- Air Labrador (airline)
- Air Miles (customer loyalty program)
- Air Mikisew (airline)
- Air North (airline)
- Air Nunavut (airline)
- Air Satellite (airline)
- Air Tindi (airline)
- Aklak Air (airline)
- Alberta Citylink (airline)
- Alcan (aluminum)
- Alexander Keith's (brewery)
- Aliant (telecommunications)
- Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (convenience stores)
- AllCanada Express (airline)
- Alliance Atlantis
- Alta Flights (airline)
- AMEX Bank of Canada (bank/charge cards)
- Arc'teryx (outdoor clothing) -- Finnish owned
- Army and Navy Stores (retail)
- ATCO
- Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (engineering/research/nuclear)
- ATI Technologies (graphics cards) - sale to U.S.-owned AMD pending
- ATN
- Astral Media
- Automation Tooling Systems (industrial automation)
- Avenue Video
- Aviva (natural heath retailer)
B
- Ballard Power Systems
- Bank of Montreal
- Barrick Gold (gold)
- Bata Shoes (world's largest shoe company)
- BC Hydro
- Bell Canada Enterprises
- Bellon Awnings
- Becker's Milk
- Biovail (Pharmaceutical)
- BioWare (video games)
- Black Diamond Cheese Limited
- Bombardier
- Bombardier Recreational Products spun off as an independent company in 2003
- Boston Pizza
- Brookfield Asset Management (assorted activities)
- Buck or Two Extreme Retail, Inc. (retail)
- Buckley's
- Brick Brewing Company
- Bruce Power
C
- Cadillac Fairview (property)
- CAE (flight simulators and training)
- Cameco (uranium)
- Canada Life Assurance (insurance)
- Canada Brokerlink (subsidiary of ING)
- Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (Government-owned bank account insurance company)
- Canadian Bank Note Company (money and passport printing)
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (Government-owned Canadian TV and Radio broadcaster)
- Canadian Hydro Developers (power generation)
- Canadian Light Source, Inc. (research)
- Canadian National Railway (railway)
- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (oil/gass)
- Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (railway)
- Canadian Oil Sands Trust (oil)
- Canadian Steamship Lines (cargo shipping)
- Canadian Tire (retail)
- Canadian Tire Financial Services (credit card company)
- Canadian Western Bank (banking)
- CanJet (Airline)
- CanWest Global Communications (broadcast)
- Cara Operations (food services)
- Casavant Frères
- Celestica
- Central Mountain Air
- CGI Group (IT consulting)
- CHUM Limited (broadcast)
- CIBC (banking)
- Cineplex Entertainment
- Cirque du Soleil
- Citizens Bank of Canada (banking)
- Coffee Time (coffee shops)
- Cognos (software)
- Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (engineering)
- Corel (software)
- Corus Entertainment - a Canadian entertainment company
- Cott
- Country Style (coffee shops)
- Commercial Plating Inc.
- Comtel
- Cossette Communication Group
- CSA Group (standards/testing lab)
- CTV (broadcast)
D
- DaimlerChrysler Canada
- Dalsa
- Dart Flipcards Inc.
- Delta Hotels
- Digital Extremes (video games ie. co-producer of Unreal Tournament)
- Dofasco (Now owned by Luxembourg's Arcelor)
- Dollarama (retail)
- Domtar (pulp and paper company)
- DreamCatcher Games (video games ie. Painkiller, Crystal Key, Cold War)
E
F
- Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
- Falconbridge Ltd.
- Famous Players
- First Air
- Flickr (a popular photo sharing website - recently bought by Yahoo)
- Forzani Group (sports retail)
- Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited
- Fortis Inc.
- Four Seasons Hotel
- Fresh Hemp Foods Ltd.
- Fusion Webworks
- Future Shop -- American owned
G
- Gabriel Kney
- General Electric Canada
- General Motors Canada
- Gennum Corp.
- George Weston (Bakery)
- GFI Solutions(Technology Services)
- Giant Tiger (discount store)
- Goldcorp (gold)
- Great-West Life Assurance
H
- Harlequin Enterprises Ltd
- Harry Rosen Inc. (retail)
- Hart Stores
- Harvey's
- Hatch Ltd
- Hitachi Canadian Industries
- Holt Renfrew (retail)
- Home Hardware (retail)
- Honda Canada
- HSBC Bank Canada
- HSBC Software - Canada Group Development
- Hudson's Bay Company (The Bay)-- Sold Jan. 2006 to a US company
- Husky Energy
- Hydro-Québec
I
- IDA (drug store)
- IMAX Corporation
- IMP Group
- Imperial Oil (Esso)
- Inco
- IdentaFone Software
- Indigo Books and Music
- Innovation Place Research Park (research parks)
- Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.
- Intelligent Creatures (visual effects post-production company)
- Intrawest
- Investors Group
- Ipsco (steel)
- Irving Oil
- iStock International Inc. (stock-photography company)
J
- Jazz Air LP (airlines operates as Air Canada Jazz]
- Jazz Golf
- Jean Coutu (pharmacies)
- Jim Pattison Group
K
L
- La Maison Simons (retail)
- Labatt Brewing Company (now owned by Belgian brewer InBev)
- LASIK MD
- Latin America Technology Focus (LatAm Tech Focus)
- Laurentian Bank of Canada
- Léger Marketing (polls and market research)
- Lee Valley Tools (retail)
- Leon's
- Linamar
- Lions Gate Films
- Liquidation World (retail)
- Loblaws
- London Drugs
- London Life Insurance Company
- Look Communications
- Lululemon
M
- Mac's Milk
- Magna International
- Manitoba Hydro
- Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS)
- Manulife Financial
- Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (owner of Toronto Maple Leafs, Raptors)
- Maple Leaf Foods (food products)
- Matrox
- Maritime Life
- Mark's Work Wearhouse
- McCain Foods (world's largest manufacturer of French fries)
- McClelland and Stewart, book publishers
- MDS Inc.
- Microcell Telecommunications (Owner of Fido digital wireless services)
- Mitel
- Molson
- Money Mart
- Moosehead
N
- National Bank of Canada
- Nexen (oil/gass)
- Nelvana (entertainment)
- Network Innovations (satellite communications)
- Nintendo of Canada
- Norampac (corrugated packaging)
- Nortel Networks (telecommunications)
- Northeastern Equity Research (Investment)
- North West Company (retain)
- NorandaFalconbridge (mining)
- NOVA Chemicals
- Nova Scotia Power
- Novelis (aluminum)
O
- Okanagan spring brewery
- Oland Brewery
- ONE Financial Corporation
- Ondogo Corporation
- Onex Corporation
- Ontario Swine Improvement
- Open Text Corporation (software)
- Optrics Engineering
P
- Pacific Coastal Airlines (airline)
- Paramount Resources
- Para-Ordnance
- Parasuco
- Parmalat Canada (food products)
- Persona Inc.
- Petro-Canada
- Pizza Pizza
- PMC-Sierra
- Power Corporation of Canada
- Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
- Power Corporation of Canada
- Precision Drilling
- Priszm Canadian Income Fund
- Pronto Airways
- Purdy's Chocolates
- Purolator Courier
Q
R
- RadioShack Canada
- Redpath Sugar
- Reitmans
- Relic Entertainment (video games ie. Homeworld)
- Research In Motion
- Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
- Rogers Communications
- Rona (home renovations supplies)
- Roots Canada
- Royal Canadian Mint
- Royal Bank of Canada
S
- SAAN (retail)
- Sandman Hotels
- Sandvine (networking equipment)
- Saskatchewan Government Insurance (insurance)
- Saskatchewan Research Council (research)
- SaskPower (electricity)
- SaskTel (Telecom)
- Sleep Country Canada (mattresses)
- SlipStream Data (software)
- SNC-Lavalin (engineering)
- Shaw Stone and Webster Canada (Engineering)
- Saputo (dairy products)
- Scotiabank (Bank of Nova Scotia)
- Scott Paper Limited
- Sears Canada
- Shaw Cable
- Shell Canada
- Shoppers Drug Mart (drug store chain)
- Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners
- Sierra Systems
- Sierra Wireless
- Skyline Aviation Software
- Sleeman Breweries
- Sobeys
- Softimage
- Sosign Interactive
- SRC (research)
- Suncor Energy (energy)
- Swiss Chalet
- Sun Life Assurance
- Sunward Aerospace Group Limited (Model Rockets and hobbies)
- Second Cup
- Stelco
U
T
- Talisman Energy
- Technical Solutions, Inc. (mobile & industrial computers)
- Teck Cominco
- Telesat Canada
- Telus
- Tembec
- Terasen Inc
- Terasen Gas (formerly BC Gas)
- The Source by Circuit City
- Thomson Corporation
- Tilley Endurables
- Tim Hortons (owned by Wendy's)
- Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Toronto Stock Exchange
- TD Waterhouse Group
- Torstar
- TransCanada Corp. (pipelines)
- Transwest Air
- Teco Consulting (consulting engineering/génie conseil
V
- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (research)
- VIA Rail (government-owned passenger train service)
- Venmar CES Inc. (Ventilation and Air Conditioning)
W
- Wal-Mart Canada (retail)
- Waterloo Maple Inc. (mathematical software)
- West Fraser Timber (wood products)
- Western Financial Group (Insurance, Investments,Banking)
- Western Oil Sands (oil)
- WestJet (airline)
- West Wind Aviation (airline and air services)
- Winners
X
- Xandros (software)
- XM Radio Canada
- XN Finance Canada
Y
Z
- Zarlink (semiconductor)
- zPointProducts (building automation)
- ZENON Environmental (water treatment)
Defunct companies, including acquired and merged ones
Note: many of these companies are still operating under the same name, they are just owned by others
- Agricore (merged with United Grain Growers Ltd. to form Agricore United)
- Aikenheads - Hardware store
- Algoma Central Railway, acquired by CN
- Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway
- Anderson Exploration, acquired by Devon Energy
- Avro (Canadian Division) - Airplace Manufacteurer, maker of the Avro Arrow
- AliasWavefront - Developers of industry leading Maya 3D software. Recently bought out by Autodesk Inc.
- ATI - Bought out by AMD.
- Bargin Harolds - Discount Store Chain (Defunct sometime in the early 90s)
- BC Rail - Now part of CN Rail
- Beaver Lumber - Hardware/Lumber Store Chain (Acquired by Home Hardware)
- Belt Line Railway, acquired by CN
- Bi-Way - Discount Store Chain
- Braemars - Clothing Store Chain
- Bre-X (gold mining company, collapsed in fraud)
- Bricklin Automobile
- Bytown and Prescott Railway, acquired by CPR
- C-Mac Industries, acquired by Solectron
- Canada 3000
- Canada Atlantic Railway
- Canada Eastern Railway
- Canada Southern Railway
- Canada Trust, acquired by Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Canadian Airlines, acquired by Air Canada
- Canadian Government Railways
- Canadian Hunter Exploration
- Canadian Northern Pacific Railway
- Canadian Northern Railway
- Carling O'Keefe brewery, acquired by Molson
- Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad
- Chapters, acquired by Indigo Books and Music
- Cineplex Odeon, acquired by Loews Theatres
- Columbia and Kootenay Railway
- Consumers Distributing - Catalogue Retail store Chain
- CNR - Acquired by US owner
- CTV (Canadian Television), acquired by Bell Globemedia (formerly Baton Broadcasting, et al.)
- Devco Railway
- Dominion Atlantic Railway
- Dow Breweries
- Dylex, acquired by Hardof Wolf Group
- E. B. Eddy Company, acquired by Domtar
- Eastern Townships Bank
- Eaton's, bankrupt, assets acquired by Sears Canada
- European and North American Railway
- Franklins - Grocery Store Chain in Southern Ontario
- Future Shop, acquired by Best Buy
- Grand River Railway, acquired by Canadian Pacific
- Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, acqyured by CN
- Great Western Railway (Ontario)
- Gulf Canada Resources, acquired by Conoco
- Halifax and Southwestern Railway
- Huntsville and Lake of Bays Transportation Company (steam ship and railway)
- Inglis - Kitchen Appliance Maker
- Intercolonial Railway of Canada
- International Railway (Canada)
- Jetsgo
- Knob Hill Farms - Grocery Store Chain
- Kaslo and Slocan Railway
- Kettle Valley Railway
- Kresge (Canadian Division) - Discount Store Chain
- Labatt's (now owned by Belgian brewer InBev)
- Maritime Life, acquired by Manulife Financial
- Metropolitan Street Railway of Toronto
- Midland Railway of Canada
- Miracle - Grocery Store Chain
- Morgan's - Department Store chain
- Nakusp and Slocan Railway
- National Transcontinental Railway
- Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway
- New Brunswick Railway
- Newfoundland Railway
- Northern Alberta Railways
- Northern Railway of Canada
- Nosbonsing and Nipissing Railway
- Nova Scotia Railway
- Ontario and Quebec Railway
- Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway
- Parry Sound Colonization Railway
- PetroKazakhstan-acquired by China National Petroleum Corporation
- Prince Edward Island Railway
- Radio Shack (Canadian Division) - Electronic Store
- Seagram (spirits & wine)
- Simpsons - Department Store Chain
- Supercentre - Grocery Store Chain
- Sydney and Louisburg Railway
- Teck Cominco, mining
- Terra Transport
- Toronto Suburban Railway
- Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company
- Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
- Toronto and York Radial Railway
- Towers - Department Store Chain
- Toy City - Toy Department Store Chain
- Union Bank of Halifax (now part of the Royal Bank of Canada)
- United Grain Growers Ltd. (merged with Agricore to form Agricore United)
- Valdi - Discount Grocery Store Chain
- Videotron (cable; now owned by Quebecor)
- WardAir, acquired by Canadian Airlines
- Watcom International Corporation, acquired by Sybase
- Westcoast Energy, acquired by Duke Energy
- Woodward's, acquired by Hudson's Bay Company
- Woolco (Canadian Division) - Department Store Chain
See also
- List of companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange
- List of economics consultancies and think tanks
- List of newspapers
- List of magazines
- Television network
- List of supermarkets
- List of restaurant chains
- Fast-food restaurant
- List of gas stations
- Toronto Stock Exchange
External links
- Strategis: Canada's Business and Consumer site
- Doing Business in Canada
- Canadian Business Directory - Over 800,000 Listings
Categories
Lists of companies by country