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Dynacare
Company typePartnership
Dynacare
IndustryHealth Care
Founded1997
Headquarters,
ServicesClinical Laboratory
Number of employees
2500
Websitedynacare.ca

Dynacare is a medical laboratory services company based in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.[1] Dynacare operates laboratories in Brampton, Bowmanville, London, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Pointe-Claire, Laval, and Winnipeg. In addition to the main laboratories Dynacare operates patient services centers throughout Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.[2]

Dynacare is an operational partnership founded in 1997 as Gamma-Dynacare between: Dynacare Laboratories; Gamma North Peel Partnership Inc.; and Bio-Science Laboratory (Ontario) Limited.[2][3] In 2002 Dynacare Laboratories (one of the Dynacare partners) was acquired by LabCorp for $480-million (U.S.) while also assuming Dynacare debt worth $205-million.[4] In 2015, it rebranded itself back to Dynacare.[5]

In 2011 Dynacare acquired the medical laboratory division of Warnex Inc. (TSX:WNX) for $7.5 Million.[6]

Awards

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2011

2010

2009

2003

  • Company of the Year by the Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce [3]

2002

References

  1. ^ "Company Overview of Gamma Dynacare Medical Laboratories, Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. May 8, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Gamma-Dynacare Backgrounder
  3. ^ a b c d e f Gamma-Dynacare History
  4. ^ "Dynacare accepts offer from LabCorp". The Globe and Mail. May 10, 2002.
  5. ^ Corporate press release on name change
  6. ^ "Warnex sells lab division". Winnipeg Free Press. Dec 10, 2011.
  7. ^ "The GTA's 95 top employers for 2013". The Globe and Mail. Nov 19, 2012.
  8. ^ a b c d e CanadasTop100.com - Toronto
  9. ^ a b CanadasTop100.com
  10. ^ "Full list of Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2010". The Globe and Mail. Oct 9, 2009.
  11. ^ "The honour roll, Is your company among the GTA's Top 75 Employers?". Toronto Star. Oct 18, 2008.