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List of defunct Canadian companies

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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.

Contents

  • Abitibi Power and Paper Company - now forms part of Abitibi-Consolidated.
  • Agricore - merged with United Grain Growers Ltd. to form Agricore United
  • Aikenhead's Hardware - hardware store, acquired by Home Depot
  • Bricklin Automobile
  • Bytown and Prescott Railway - acquired by Canadian Pacific Railway
  • C-Mac Industries - acquired by Solectron
  • Carling O'Keefe - brewery, acquired by Molson
  • Chapters- acquired by Indigo Books and Music
  • Cineplex Odeon - acquired by Loews Theatres
  • Consumers Distributing - catalogue retail store chain
  • CTV (Canadian Television) - acquired by Bell Globemedia; formerly Baton Broadcasting, et al
  • Diemaco - firearm and defense company; acquired by Colt's Manufacturing Company
  • Dow Breweries
  • Dylex - acquired by Hardof Wolf Group
  • E. B. Eddy Company - acquired by Domtar
  • Franklins - grocery store chain in Southern Ontario
  • Future Shop - acquired by Best Buy
  • Jetsgo
  • Job Brothers & Co., Limited
  • John Inglis and Company - kitchen appliance maker
  • McLaughlin Motor Car Co. - merged with General Motors
  • Nova Scotia Light and Power Company, Limited - acquired by the Province of Nova Scotia; assets leased to Nova Scotia Power Corporation
  • Omnilogic Systems group - acquired by PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Ontario Malleable Iron Company - iron foundry
  • PetroKazakhstan - acquired by China National Petroleum Corporation
  • Polymer Corporation - sold to NOVA Corp and then Bayer AG
  • Radio Shack (Canadian Division) - electronics store
  • Seagram - spirits and wine
  • Target Canada - closed because of a $2.1 billion loss for Target Corporation
  • Terra Transport
  • Towers Department Stores - department store chain; acquired by Zellers
  • 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
  • Vidéotron - cable; now owned by Quebecor
  • White Rose Home and Garden Centre
  • Woodward's - acquired by Hudson's Bay Company
  • Woolco (Canadian Division) - department store chain; acquired by Wal-Mart Canada
  • Zellers (Canadian Division) - department store chain; acquired by now defunct chain Target Canada

    • Aerospace

  • Avro Canada - airplace manufacturer, maker of the Avro Arrow
  • Canadair - acquired by Bombardier
  • de Havilland Canada - acquired by Boeing and a few years later acquired by Bombardier
  • Spar Aerospace - split up and acquired by MacDonald Dettwiler, L-3 Communications and Bombardier

    • Airlines

  • Air Atlantic
  • Air BC - merged with Air Canada Jazz
  • Air Dawson
  • Air Ontario - merged with Air Canada Jazz
  • AllCanada Express
  • Austin Airways - acquired by Air Ontario
  • Canada 3000 - folded, discount airline
  • Canadian Airlines - acquired by Air Canada
  • Canadian Pacific Airlines - acquired by Canadian Airlines
  • Canadian Regional Airlines - merged with Air Canada Jazz
  • Eastern Provincial Airways - acquired by Canadian Pacific Airlines
  • Globemaster Air Cargo
  • Great Lakes Airlines (Canada) - acquired by Air Ontario
  • Greyhound Air
  • Harmony Airways
  • Inter-Canadien
  • Jetsgo
  • Lamb Air
  • Maestro
  • Nolisair
  • NorOntair
  • North Canada Air - acquired by Time Air
  • Pacific Western Airlines
  • Peace Air
  • Quebecair Express
  • Queen Charlotte Airlines - acquired by Pacific Western Airlines
  • QuikAir
  • Roots Air
  • Royal Aviation - acquired by Canada 3000
  • Sonicblue Airways
  • Southern Frontier Airlines - acquired by Time Air
  • Time Air - acquired by Air Canada Jazz
  • Trans-Provincial Airlines - acquired by Harbour Air
  • Triton Airlines
  • Val Air
  • Vision Airways Corporation
  • Vistajet
  • WardAir - acquired by Canadian Airlines
  • Winnport
  • World-Wide Airways
  • Zip - merged with Air Canada
  • Zoom Airlines

    • Banking, finance and insurance

  • Bank of British Columbia (1862) - acquired by Canadian Commercial Bank
  • Bank of British Columbia (1978) - acquired by HSBC Bank Canada
  • Bank of British North America - acquired by Bank of Montreal
  • Bank of Hamilton - acquired by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
  • Bank of New Brunswick - acquired by Bank of Nova Scotia
  • Bank of Upper Canada
  • Canada Trust - acquired by Toronto-Dominion Bank
  • Canadian Commercial Bank
  • City Bank
  • Consolidated Bank of Canada
  • Continental Bank of Canada - acquired by Lloyds Bank of Canada
  • Crown Life - acquired by London LIfe
  • Home Bank
  • Lloyds Bank of Canada - acquired by HSBC Bank Canada
  • Maritime Life - acquired by Manulife Financial

    • Computer hardware and software

  • AliasWavefront - developers of industry leading Maya 3D software.; in 2006 it was bought out by Autodesk Inc.
  • ATI Technologies - bought out by AMD
  • Ferranti-Packard - early mainframe systems
  • I. P. Sharp Associates - time share company
  • Watcom International Corporation - acquired by Sybase

    • Consumer retail, including grocery

  • Bargain Harold's - discount store chain; defunct sometime in the early 1990s
  • Beaver Lumber - hardware/lumber store chain; acquired by Home Hardware
  • Braemars - clothing store chain
  • Dominion - grocery store chain
  • Bi-Way - discount store chain
  • Eaton's - bankrupt, assets acquired by Sears Canada
  • K-Mart Canada - subsidiary of US chain, some assets acquired by Zellers
  • Knob Hill Farms - grocery store chain
  • Kresge (Canadian Division) - discount store chain
  • Miracle Food Mart - grocery store chain
  • Morgan's - department store chain
  • RadioShack Canada
  • Simpsons - department store chain
  • Steinberg's - grocery store chain
  • Target Canada - closed all stores in 2015
  • Titan Warehouse - membership store chain
  • Towers - department store chain
  • Toy City - toy store chain
  • Woodward's - department store chain
  • Zellers - discount department store; store properties bought out by Target Corporation and most converted into Target Canada stores

    • Food and beverage

  • Labatt's - now owned by Belgian brewer InBev
  • Mitchell's Gourmet Foods - acquired by Maple Leaf Foods

    • Mining and energy

  • Anderson Exploration - acquired by Devon Energy
  • Bre-X - gold mining company, collapsed in fraud
  • Canadian Hunter Exploration
  • Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation
  • Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited - uranium mining, acquired by Cameco
  • Gulf Canada Resources - acquired by Conoco
  • Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. - mining
  • Teck Cominco - mining
  • Westcoast Energy - acquired by Duke Energy

    • Railways, commuter rail and steamship companies

    A-B

  • Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway
  • Algoma Central Railway - acquired by Canadian National Railways (CN)
  • BC Rail - now part of CN
  • Belt Line Railway - acquired by CN

    • C-E

  • Canada Atlantic Railway
  • Canada Eastern Railway
  • Canada Southern Railway
  • Canadian Government Railways
  • Canadian Northern Pacific Railway
  • Canadian Northern Railway
  • Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad
  • CNR - acquired by US owner
  • Columbia and Kootenay Railway
  • Devco Railway
  • Dominion Atlantic Railway

    • E-G

  • European and North American Railway
  • Grand River Railway - acquired by Canadian Pacific
  • Grand Trunk Pacific Railway - acquired by CN
  • Great Western Railway (Ontario)

    • H-K

  • Halifax and Southwestern Railway
  • Huntsville and Lake of Bays Transportation Company - steamship and railway
  • Intercolonial Railway of Canada
  • International Railway (Canada)
  • Kaslo and Slocan Railway
  • Kettle Valley Railway

    • M-N

  • Metropolitan Street Railway of Toronto
  • Midland Railway of Canada
  • 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

    • O-P

  • Ontario and Quebec Railway
  • Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway
  • Parry Sound Colonization Railway
  • Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway
  • Prince Edward Island Railway

    • S-T

  • Sydney and Louisburg Railway
  • Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway
  • Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company
  • Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
  • Toronto and York Radial Railway
  • Toronto Suburban Railway

    • Telecommunications companies

  • Nortel - established in 1895; in 2000 accounted for more than a third of the total valuation of all the companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)

    • References

    List of defunct Canadian companies Wikipedia
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