Defunct Canadian companies

= 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
* 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 Canadian 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
* Inglis - Kitchen Appliance Maker
* Jetsgo
* McLaughlin Motor Car Co. - merged with General Motors
* PetroKazakhstan-acquired by China National Petroleum Corporation
* Polymer Corporation - sold to NOVA Corp and then Bayer AG
* Radio Shack (Canadian Division) - Electronic Store
* Seagram (spirits & wine)
* Terra Transport
* 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, merged with Michael's
* Woodward's, acquired by Hudson's Bay Company
* Woolco (Canadian Division) - Department Store Chain, acquired by Wal-Mart 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
* Canadian Airlines, acquired by Air Canada
* Canadian Pacific Airlines, acquired by Canadian Airlines
* Canadian Regional Airlines, merged with Air Canada Jazz
* Canada 3000 (folded, discount airline)
* 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

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
* Canadian Commercial Bank
* Canada Trust, acquired by Toronto-Dominion Bank
* City Bank
* Consolidated Bank of Canada
* Continental Bank of Canada, acquired by Lloyds Bank of Canada
* Eastern Townships Bank
* Home Bank
* Lloyds Bank of Canada, acquired by HSBC Bank Canada
* Maritime Life, acquired by Manulife Financial

Computer hardware and software

* ATI - Bought out by AMD
* AliasWavefront - Developers of industry leading Maya 3D software. Recently bought out by Autodesk Inc.
* Ferranti-Packard - Early mainframe systems
* I. P. Sharp Associates - time share company
* Watcom International Corporation, acquired by Sybase

Consumer retail including grocery

* Bargin Harolds - discount store chain (defunct sometime in the early 1990s)
* Beaver Lumber - hardware/lumber store chain (Acquired by Home Hardware)
* Braemars - clothing store chain
* Bi-Way - discount store chain
* Eaton's, bankrupt, assets acquired by Sears Canada
* 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
* Supercentre - grocery store chain
* Towers - department store chain
* Toy City - toy store chain

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
* Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited, uranium mining, aquired 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 Railway, acquired by Canadian National Railways (CN)
* Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway
* BC Rail - Now part of CN
* Belt Line Railway, acquired by CN

C D E
* Canada Atlantic Railway
* Canada Eastern Railway
* Canadian Government Railways
* Canadian Northern Railway
* Canadian Northern Pacific Railway
* Canada Southern Railway
* Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad
* Columbia and Kootenay Railway
* CNR - Acquired by US owner
* Devco Railway
* Dominion Atlantic Railway

E F G
* European and North American Railway
* Grand River Railway, acquired by Canadian Pacific
* Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, acqyured by CN
* Great Western Railway (Ontario)

H I J 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
* Prince Edward Island Railway

S T
*Sydney and Louisburg Railway
*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

External links

* [http://strategis.ic.gc.ca Strategis: Canada's Business and Consumer site]
* [http://www.cbsc.org Doing Business in Canada]
* [http://www.canadianbusinessdirectory.ca Canadian Business Directory - Over 800,000 Listings]