- 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
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Agricore (merged with United Grain Growers Ltd. to formAgricore United )
*Aikenheads - Hardware store
*Bricklin Automobile
*Bytown and Prescott Railway , acquired byCanadian Pacific Railway
*C-Mac Industries , acquired bySolectron
*Carling O'Keefe brewery, acquired byMolson
*Chapters , acquired byIndigo Books and Music
*Cineplex Odeon , acquired byLoews Theatres
*Consumers Distributing - Catalogue Retail store Chain
* CTV (Canadian Television), acquired byBell Globemedia (formerlyBaton Broadcasting , et al.)
*Diemaco Canadian firearm and defense company. Acquired byColt's Manufacturing Company
*Dow Breweries
*Dylex , acquired by Hardof Wolf Group
*E. B. Eddy Company , acquired byDomtar
* Franklins - Grocery Store Chain in Southern Ontario
*Future Shop , acquired byBest Buy
*Inglis - Kitchen Appliance Maker
*Jetsgo
* McLaughlin Motor Car Co. - merged withGeneral Motors
*PetroKazakhstan -acquired by China National Petroleum Corporation
*Polymer Corporation - sold to NOVA Corp and thenBayer AG
*Radio Shack (Canadian Division) - Electronic Store
*Seagram (spirits & wine)
*Terra Transport
*Union Bank of Halifax (now part of theRoyal Bank of Canada )
*United Grain Growers Ltd. (merged with Agricore to formAgricore United )
*Valdi - Discount Grocery Store Chain
*Vidéotron (cable; now owned byQuebecor )
*White Rose Home and Garden Centre , merged withMichael's
*Woodward's , acquired byHudson's Bay Company
*Woolco (Canadian Division) - Department Store Chain, acquired byWal-Mart Canada Aerospace
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Avro Canada - airplace manufacturer, maker of theAvro Arrow
*Canadair , acquired byBombardier
*de Havilland Canada , acquired byBoeing and a few years later acquired byBombardier
*Spar Aerospace , split up and acquired byMacDonald Dettwiler ,L-3 Communications andBombardier Airlines
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Air Atlantic
*Air BC , merged withAir Canada Jazz
*Air Dawson
*Air Ontario , merged withAir Canada Jazz
*AllCanada Express
*Austin Airways , acquired by Air Ontario
*Canadian Airlines , acquired byAir Canada
*Canadian Pacific Airlines , acquired byCanadian Airlines
*Canadian Regional Airlines , merged withAir Canada Jazz
*Canada 3000 (folded, discount airline)
*Eastern Provincial Airways , acquired byCanadian 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 byTime Air
*Pacific Western Airlines
*Peace Air
*Quebecair Express
*Queen Charlotte Airlines , acquired byPacific Western Airlines
*QuikAir
*Roots Air
*Royal Aviation , acquired byCanada 3000
*Sonicblue Airways
*Southern Frontier Airlines , acquired byTime Air
*Time Air , acquired byAir Canada Jazz
*Trans-Provincial Airlines , acquired byHarbour Air
*Triton Airlines
*Val Air
*Vision Airways Corporation
*Vistajet
*WardAir , acquired byCanadian Airlines
*Winnport
*World-Wide Airways
*Zip , merged withAir Canada Banking, finance and insurance
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Bank of British Columbia (1862), acquired byCanadian Commercial Bank
*Bank of British Columbia (1978), acquired byHSBC Bank Canada
*Bank of British North America , acquired byBank of Montreal
*Bank of Hamilton , acquired byCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
*Bank of New Brunswick , acquired byBank of Nova Scotia
*Bank of Upper Canada
*Canadian Commercial Bank
*Canada Trust , acquired byToronto-Dominion Bank
*City Bank
*Consolidated Bank of Canada
*Continental Bank of Canada , acquired byLloyds Bank of Canada
*Eastern Townships Bank
*Home Bank
*Lloyds Bank of Canada , acquired byHSBC Bank Canada
*Maritime Life , acquired byManulife Financial Computer hardware and software
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ATI - Bought out byAMD
*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 bySybase Consumer retail including grocery
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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 bySears 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 chainFood and beverage
* Labatt's (now owned by Belgian brewer
InBev )
* Mitchell's Gourmet Foods, acquired byMaple Leaf Foods Mining and energy
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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 byCameco
*Gulf Canada Resources , acquired byConoco
*Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. , mining
*Teck Cominco , mining
*Westcoast Energy , acquired byDuke Energy Railways, commuter rail and steamship companies
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*Algoma Central Railway , acquired byCanadian National Railways (CN)
*Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway
*BC Rail - Now part of CN
* Belt Line Railway, acquired by CNC 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 byCN
*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]
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