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      This is a list of defunct Canadian companies.


      Defunct companies (including acquired and merged)


      Note: many of these companies are still operating under the same name; they are just owned by others.

      Abitibi Power and Paper Company – part of Abitibi-Consolidated, now part of Resolute Forest Products
      Agricore – merged with United Grain Growers Ltd. to form Agricore United
      Aikenhead's Hardware – hardware store, acquired by Home Depot
      AMC Theatres Canada – some locations acquired by Cineplex Entertainment, others closed
      Bricklin Automobile
      Bytown and Prescott Railway – acquired by Canadian Pacific Railway
      Canada Wire and Cable – manufacturer, acquired by Alcatel
      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
      Eaton's – Department store chain – bankrupt in 1999
      Future Shop – acquired by Best Buy
      Honest Ed's – a discount retail store
      Jetsgo
      Job Brothers & Co., Limited
      John Inglis and Company – kitchen appliance maker
      McLaughlin Motor Car Co. – merged with General Motors
      Noranda – merged with Falconbridge
      Nova Scotia Light and Power Company, Limited – acquired by the Province of Nova Scotia; assets leased to * Nova Scotia Power Corporation
      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
      Vidéotron – cable; now owned by Quebecor
      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

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      Avro Canada – airplane manufacturer, maker of the Avro Arrow and the Avro Aerocar.
      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

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      Air Atlantic
      Air BC – merged with Air Canada Jazz
      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
      Lynx Air
      Maestro
      Nationair
      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

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      Bank of America Canada – subsidiary of the United States-based bank chain Bank of America
      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
      Home Bank of Canada – failed in 1923
      Lloyds Bank of Canada – acquired by HSBC Bank Canada
      Maritime Life – acquired by Manulife Financial
      Royal Trust – acquired by Royal Bank of Canada


      = Biotech, medical

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      DVS Sciences – acquired by Fluidigm (2014) and changed their name to Standard BioTools (2022)


      = Computer hardware and software

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      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
      HCR Corporation – early Unix company, acquired by Santa Cruz Operation, later closed
      I. P. Sharp Associates – time share company
      Imanet – international trade software
      Sitebrand – online marketing company
      Watcom International Corporation – acquired by Sybase


      = Consumer retail, including grocery

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      Aeropostale Canada – subsidiary of the United States-based retailer Aeropostale, closed all 41 stores in Canada in 2016
      A&A Records – founded in Toronto at the end of WWII, it was the dominant record chain store in Canada until being superseded by Sam the Record Man in the 1960s; it became defunct in 1993
      A&B Sound – home electronics retailer based in Richmond, BC; founded in 1959, it had expanded as far as Winnipeg, Manitoba by 2000, but its subsequent decline saw the company go bankrupt by 2008
      Bata Shoes – shoe retailer and manufacturer
      Beaver Lumber – hardware/lumber store chain; acquired by Home Hardware
      Big Lots Canada
      Dominion – grocery store chain
      Bi-Way – discount store chain
      Eaton's – bankrupt, assets acquired by Sears Canada
      Express – subsidiary of the United States-based clothing retailer Express, closed all 17 stores in Canada in 2017
      Food City – grocery store chain
      Granada TV Rental- electronic consumer goods retail rental outlets
      Hard Rock Cafe -all Canadian Cafe locations closed by 2017 but Hard Rock Casino still exist in Coquitlam, BC, Vancouver, BC, and a new location is set to open in Ottawa in 2021 Hard Rock Cafe still has a location in Niagara Falls, Ontario in Canada.
      HMV Canada – entertainment media chain owned by Hilco; originally a subsidiary of England-based retailer HMV; closed all stores in April 2017, the majority of locations became Sunrise Records
      Kmart Canada – subsidiary of US chain, some assets acquired by Zellers
      Knob Hill Farms – grocery store chain
      Kresge (Canadian division) – discount store chain
      Lumberland Building Materials (BC-based store founded in Surrey; it merged with Revy Home Centres in 1997, which then was acquired by Rona in 2001)
      LW Stores – discount store chain; acquired by Big Lots in 2010 and closed all stores in 2014
      Marks & Spencer – major British retailer; had operated in Canada since 1973; closed all Canadian operations by 1999
      Miracle Mart – discount store owned by the Steinberg family
      Miracle Food Mart – grocery store chain
      Morgan's – department store chain
      Pascal – bankrupt in 1991 (Hardware Stores) – 1994 (furniture stores) – 2008 (Pascal Hotel Supplies)
      RadioShack Canada – renamed The Source by Circuit City in 2005
      Revelstoke Home Centres Ltd. (aka Revy's or Revy Home Centres; owned by the West Fraser Timber Company, this was a major home improvement retailer headquartered in Revelstoke, BC; merged with Rona in 2001)
      Sam The Record Man – record/entertainment media stores
      Sam's Club Canada – warehouse store chain and the subsidiary of Walmart Canada; closed in 2009
      Sears Canada – department store chain and the Canadian subsidiary of the American-based Sears, all stores closed in January 2018
      Shoprite Catalogue order store, went bankrupt in 1970s.
      Simpsons – department store chain (AKA Simpson's Sears and Sears Roebuck)
      Steinberg's – grocery store chain
      Target Canada – Canadian subsidiary of the American-based department store chain Target Corporation, closed all stores in 2015
      Thrifty's – denim/clothing store
      Towers – department store chain
      Toy City – a toy store chain, a subsidiary of Consumers Distributing
      Woodward's – department store chain
      Woolco – discount department store, acquired by Wal-Mart providing an expansion route into the Canadian market
      Zellers – discount department store; store properties bought by Target Corporation and most converted into Target Canada stores


      = Food and beverage

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      Mitchell's Gourmet Foods – acquired by Maple Leaf Foods
      Mother's Pizza


      = Mining and energy

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      Bre-X – gold mining company, collapsed in fraud
      Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation
      Eldorado Resources – uranium mining, merged with Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation to form Cameco (1988)
      Gulf Canada Resources – acquired by Conoco
      Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. – mining
      Lightstream Resources Ltd. – oil and gas (dissolved under corporate legislation)
      Noranda – mining, merged with Falconbridge Ltd. (2005)
      Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation (SMDC) – uranium mining, merged with Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited to form Cameco (1988)
      Teck Cominco – mining
      Westcoast Energy – acquired by Duke Energy
      West Kootenay Power & Light – acquired by Fortis Inc


      = 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
      Columbia and Kootenay Railway
      Devco Railway
      Dominion Atlantic Railway


      E-G


      European and North American Railway
      Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway -acquired by Canadian Pacific Railway
      Grand River Railway – acquired by Canadian Pacific
      Grand Trunk Pacific Railway – acquired by CN
      Great Western Railway


      H-K


      Halifax and Southwestern Railway
      Huntsville and Lake of Bays Transportation Company – steamship and railway
      Intercolonial Railway of Canada
      International Railway
      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

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      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)


      See also


      List of defunct hotels in Canada


      References

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