List of companies of Canada
This is a list of notable companies based in Canada. For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see "Business entities in Canada".
Companies
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A
- A&W
- AbitibiBowater
- Access Communications
- Ache Records
- Addition Elle (women's clothing)
- Advance Gold (mining)
- Advanced Cyclotron Systems (medical cyclotrons)
- Affinity Credit Union (banking)
- Ahed (guitar equipment)
- Air Canada (airline)
- ALDO Group
- AldrichPears Associates
- Algonquin Power
- Allied Shipbuilders
- Alta Newspaper Group
- Alterra Power
- Angoss Software Corporation (software)
- Appnovation
- Arc'teryx (outdoor apparel/equipment)
- Areva Resources Canada (uranium)
- Aritzia (clothing)
- Army & Navy Stores
- Arsenal Pulp Press (publisher)
- ATI technologies (semiconductors)
- Atimi Software Inc
- Atmosphere Visual Effects (movie special effects)
- AVI Sound International (audio/visual equipment manufacture)
B
- Ballard Power Systems
- Banff Lodging Co
- Bank of Montreal
- Bard Ventures Company
- The Bargain! Shop
- Barrick Gold
- BBC Kids (television)
- BC Hydro
- BC Research Inc
- Becancour Silicon (silicon manufacture)
- Becker's
- Bell Canada
- Ben Moss Jewellers
- Bennett Environmental
- Big Blue Bubble (software firm)
- BigPark (software firm)
- Biovail
- BioWare (video games)
- Bison Transport Inc. (transportation)
- Black Diamond Cheese Limited
- Black Hen Music (record label)
- Black Photo Corporation
- BlackBerry (wireless devices)
- Blackburn Radio
- Blake, Cassels & Graydon (law firm)
- Bleeding Art Industries (special effects)
- Blenz Coffee
- Blue Water Studios (recording studio)
- Bluenotes
- Boeing Canada
- Bombardier Inc.
- Bombardier Recreational Products (spun off as an independent company in 2003)
- Book City
- Boston Pizza
- Bowring Brothers
- Boyd Group Income Fund (service)
- Bre-X
- Brick Brewing Company
- Brightlight Pictures
- Brookfield Asset Management
- The Brick
- Bridgewater Bank
- BrightSide Technologies (display technology)
- Brock Solutions
- Bruce Power
- Brunet (pharmacy)
- Buck or Two Extreme Retail, Inc. (retail)
- Buckley's
- Buhler Industries Inc. (manufacturing)
- Bulk Barn (food retail)
- Bullfrog Power (low carbon domestic and business electricity supplier)
C
- Cactus Club Cafe (restaurant chain)
- Cadillac Fairview (property)
- CAE (flight simulators and training)
- Calm Air (airline)
- Cameco (uranium)
- Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (government-owned bank account insurance company)
- Canada Wide Media (publisher)
- Canadian Bank Note Company (money and passport printing)
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (government-owned Canadian TV and radio broadcaster)
- Canadian Hydro Developers (power generation)
- Canadian Light Source, Inc. (research)
- Canadian National Railway (railway)
- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (oil/gas)
- Canadian Oil Sands Trust (oil)
- Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (railway)
- Canadian Plasma Resources (bio-pharmaceutical)
- Canadian Salt Company
- Canadian Steamship Lines (cargo shipping)
- Canadian Tire (retail)
- Canadian Tire Financial Services (credit card company)
- Canadian Western Bank (banking)
- Canadian Wheat Board (agri-business)
- Canalta Hotels (hotel chain in Western Canada)
- Candente Copper (mining)
- Cangene Corp. (biotech)
- CanJet (airline)
- Canpotex (potash export)
- Canucks Sports & Entertainment
- Canwest (broadcast)
- La Capitale (finance)
- Capcom Vancouver (video games development)
- Cara Operations (food services)
- Cargill Ltd.
- Casavant Frères
- Cascades
- Catalyst Paper
- Celestica
- Cellcom Communications
- Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. (utility)
- Central Heat Distribution (district heating, Vancouver)
- Central Mountain Air (airline)
- CGI Group (IT consulting)
- Chapters
- Le Chateau (retail)
- CHC Helicopter
- Choices Market
- CHUM Limited (broadcast)
- Churchill Investments Group (financial services)
- CIBC (banking)
- Cineplex Entertainment
- Cirque du Soleil
- Citizens Bank of Canada (banking)
- CityWest (telephone/cable company)
- Clearly Canadian (bottled water)
- Club Monaco
- Coachman Insurance Company
- Coffee Time (coffee shops)
- Cognos (software)
- Colt Canada (military equipment and defence contractor)
- Comm100 (live chat software provider)
- Commodore Books (publisher)
- Concentra Financial (financial services)
- Concord Pacific Developments (property developer)
- Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (engineering)
- Conexus Credit Union (financial services)
- Continental Newspapers (regional newspapers)
- CoolDrivePass (carbon trading)
- Corby Distilleries (alcohol)
- Cordiant Capital Inc. (investment management)
- Corel (software)
- Corus Entertainment (entertainment company)
- Cossette Communication Group
- Coteau Books (publisher)
- Cott
- Country Style (coffee shops)
- Creation Technologies (electronics manufacturing services)
- Crestline Coach
- Cruiseshipcenters international (travel agents)
- CSA Group (standards/testing lab)
- CTC Bank of Canada
- CTV Television Network
- Customer1 (software)
- Cymax Stores
D
- D-Wave Systems (quantum computing)
- DaimlerChrysler Canada
- Dairyland Canada
- Daiya (cheese company)
- Dalsa
- Dare Foods
- Dart Flipcards Inc.
- Deloitte
- Delta Hotels
- Desjardins Group
- DHX Media Vancouver (television studio)
- Diamond Energy (well service company)
- Digital Extremes (video games, e.g. co-producer of Unreal Tournament)
- Discovery Air (specialized aviation)
- Discovery Air Defence Services (defence contractor)
- Disney Online Studios Canada (video game software developer)
- Dofasco (now owned by Luxembourg's Arcelor)
- Dollar Giant (retail)
- Dollarama (retail)
- Dominion Voting Systems (electronic voting hardware)
- Domtar (pulp and paper company)
- Donner Metals (mining)
- DreamCatcher Games (video games, e.g., Painkiller, Crystal Key, Cold War)
- Dynamotive Energy Systems (renewable energy)
- Dynamsoft (TWAIN SDKS, on-premises and hosting version control)
- Dynasty EV
- DynaVenture
E
- EA Black Box (video game developer)
- EA Canada (video game developer)
- Ebco Industries
- Elastic Path (software)
- Electric TM4 (electrodynamic systems) (Hydro-Québec)
- Electrohome
- Electronic Recycling Association
- EllisDon (general contractor)
- The Embassy Visual Effects (movie special effects)
- Emera
- Enbridge
- EnCana
- Engineered Lifting Systems & Equipment Inc
- Enwave (district heating/cooling in Toronto)
F
- F&P Manufacturing Inc. (Japanese automotive parts supplier)
- Fairchild Group
- Fairchild TV (Cantonese language television)
- Fairfax Financial
- Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
- Falconbridge Ltd.
- Farmers of North America
- Fast Eddies
- Federated Co-operatives
- Federated Insurance Company of Canada (insurance)
- Finning (heavy equipment distributor)
- First Air
- First Nations Bank of Canada
- First Majestic Silver (mining)
- First West Credit Union
- Flickr (popular photo sharing website, bought by Yahoo!)
- Fluid Music (media company)
- Flying Wedge Pizza
- Force Four Entertainment (TV/movie production)
- Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited
- Fort Garry Brewery
- Fortis Inc.
- FortisBC (power/gas distribution)
- Forzani Group (sports retail)
- Four Seasons Hotel
- Freedom Mobile
- FreshBooks
- Freshslice Pizza
- Future Shop
G
- Gabriel Kney
- Ganz
- Garage (store)
- General Dynamics Canada (defence technology)
- General Motors Canada
- George Weston Limited (foods)
- Geosoft
- Giant Tiger (discount store)
- Glacier Media (newspaper publisher)
- Glentel (phone retailed, under WirelessWave, Tbooth Wireless brands)
- Global Mechanic (animation company)
- The Globe and Mail
- GlobeScan
- Goldcorp (gold)
- GoodLife Fitness
- The Great-West Life Assurance Company
- Great Western Brewing Company
- Guardian Biotechnologies
- GuestLogix (POS terminal used in-flight by airlines)
H
- Harbour Publishing
- Halogen Software
- Harlequin Enterprises Ltd
- Harry Rosen Inc. (retail)
- Hart Stores
- Harvey's
- Hatch Ltd
- Hathor Exploration Limited (uranium)
- Haywire Winery
- Hellbent Games
- Héroux-Devtek
- Hidden Valley Highlands
- Hitachi Canadian Industries
- Home Hardware (retail)
- Honda Canada
- Honeywell ASCa Inc. (defence aerospace)
- HSBC Bank Canada
- Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. (mining)
- Hudson Boatworks
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Husky Energy
- Hydro-Québec
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- IDA (drug store)
- IGM Financial Inc. (finance)
- IL Therapeutics (bio-tech)
- IMAX Corporation
- Immersive Media
- ImmersiVision
- Imperial Oil (Esso)
- Indigo Books and Music
- Info-Tech Research Group (IT research and consulting organization)
- Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan
- Ingle International (insurance)
- Innovation Place Research Park (research parks)
- The Insurance Company of Prince Edward Island
- Intelligent Creatures (visual effects post-production company)
- Inter Pipeline Fund
- Interchill Records (record company)
- International Road Dynamics (traffic management systems)
- Intertape Polymer Group
- Intrawest
- Intuit Canada (financial software)
- Investment Saskatchewan
- Investors Group
- Ironclad Games
- Irving Oil
- Island Timberlands
J
- Jackson Grills (grill manufacture)
- James Richardson & Sons, Limited (conglomerate)
- Jazz Air LP (airlines operates as Air Canada Jazz)
- Jean Coutu (pharmacies)
- Jim Pattison Group
- Joker's Closet (fashion)
K
- Kal Tire
- Katz Group
- Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd.
- Kinross Gold
- Kitchen Craft of Canada Ltd. (manufacturing)
- Kitco (precious metals)
- KMS Tools
- Knowledge Network (television network)
- Kobo Inc.
- Koingo Software
- Kootenay Direct Airlines
- Kruger Inc.
L
- Labatt Brewing Company (now owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev)
- LASIK MD
- Lassonde Industries
- Laurentian Bank of Canada
- Lee Valley Tools (retail)
- Léger Marketing (polls and market research)
- Leon's
- Linamar
- Lions Gate Entertainment
- Liquidation World (retail)
- Liquor Control Board of Ontario
- Lise Watier
- Livingston International
- Loblaws
- Loginradius
- London Drugs
- London Life Insurance Company
- Look Communications
- Lululemon (retail)
- Lystek (waste management)
M
- MacDonald Dettwiler
- Mac's Milk
- Magna International (auto parts)
- La Maison Simons (retail)
- Manitoba Hydro
- Manitoba Liquor Control Commission (specialty retailing)
- Manitoba Lotteries Corp. (entertainment)
- Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation (insurance services)
- Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS)
- Manulife Financial
- Maple Leaf Foods (food products)
- Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (owner of Toronto Maple Leafs, Raptors)
- Maritime Life
- Mark's Work Wearhouse
- Mary Brown's
- Masonite International
- Matrox
- Maxim Power (power generation)
- McCain Foods (world's largest manufacturer of French fries)
- McClelland and Stewart (book publishers)
- McDonald's Canada
- MDS Inc.
- Memotec
- Mercedes-Benz Canada (cars)
- Metal Supermarkets
- Method
- Metro Inc
- Microcell Telecommunications (owner of Fido digital wireless services)
- Mr. Sub
- Mitel
- Mobilicity
- Molson
- Montana's Cookhouse
- Moosehead Brewery
- Motor Coach Industries (manufacturing)
- Mozilla Messaging
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- National Bank of Canada
- Nature's Path (organic food)
- NCIX (computer hardware)
- Nelvana (entertainment)
- New Flyer Industries (bus manufacture)
- New York Fries (fast food)
- Nexen (oil/gas)
- Nexient (corporate training)
- Nintendo of Canada
- NorandaFalconbridge (mining)
- NORPAC Controls (industrial automation products)
- Nortel Networks (telecommunications)
- North West Company (retail)
- The North West Company Fund (merchant)
- NOVA Chemicals
- Nova Scotia Power
- Novacam Technologies (OCT/profilometry)
- Novosbed (e-commerce)
- Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation (development)
O
- The Ocean Group
- L’Oie de Cravan (publishing)
- Oland Brewery
- Omineca Cablevision
- Onex Corporation
- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation
- Open Text Corporation (software)
- Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment
- Osisko Mining (gold)
- Ossian Studios (video game developer)
P
- Pacific & Western Bank of Canada
- Pacific Coastal Airlines (airline)
- Packers Plus Energy Services (oil and gas)
- Palliser Furniture Ltd. (manufacturing)
- Pan American Silver Corporation
- Para-Ordnance
- Paramount Resources
- Parmalat Canada (food products)
- Parrish & Heimbecker (grains)
- Pascan Aviation (airline)
- Paterson GlobalFoods Inc. (agri-business)
- Persona Communications
- Petcetera (pet stores)
- Petro-Canada (retail gasoline chain and refiner)
- Pharmasave
- Pizza Nova
- Pizza Pizza
- PMC-Sierra
- Pollard Banknote Ltd. (printing)
- Porter Airlines (airline)
- Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
- Power Corporation of Canada
- Prairie Plant Systems (pharmaceuticals)
- Pratt & Whitney Canada (aerospace)
- Precision Drilling
- Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (food products and food distribution)
- Presagis (defence software)
- Prevost Car (bus manufacturer wholly owned by Volvo AB)
- Priszm Canadian Income Fund
- Pronto Airways (airline)
- Protecode
- Purolator Courier (point to point package delivery)
Q
- QNX (software - operating systems)
- Quebecor (printing / media)
- Quester Tangent Corporation (train electronics - software and hardware)
R
- Rare Element Resources
- Red Back Mining (gold)
- Regional Maple Leaf Communications (publisher)
- Reimer Express Lines Ltd. (transportation)
- Ridley Inc. (agri-business)
- Rockstar Toronto
- Rockstar Vancouver
- Rogers Communications
- Rona Inc.
- Roots Canada
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Red Barrels
S
- St Hubertus & Oak Bay Estate Winery
- Sandman Hotels
- Sandvine (networking equipment)
- Saputo (dairy products)
- Saskatchewan Government Insurance (insurance)
- Saskatchewan Minerals (sodium sulphate)
- SRC (research)
- SaskPower (electricity)
- SaskTel (telecom)
- Save-on-Foods
- Schmalz Vacuum Technology Ltd (Schmalz Canada)
- Scotiabank (Bank of Nova Scotia)
- Sears Canada
- Second Cup
- Sepro Mineral Systems
- Servus Credit Union
- Shaftebury Brewing Company
- Shaw Communications
- Shell Canada
- Shopify (eCommerce software)
- Shoppers Drug Mart (drug store chain)
- Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners
- Siemen's Transportation Group
- Sierra Wireless
- Sifto Canada (salt)
- Sirius XM Canada
- sisu production
- Sleeman Breweries
- Sleep Country Canada (mattresses)
- smart Canada (manufacturer of the smart fortwo, part of Mercedes-Benz Canada)
- SMART Technologies (interactive displays and whiteboards)
- SNC-Lavalin (engineering)
- Sobeys
- Softimage
- Soquelec (scientific equipment, supplies and service)
- The Source (Bell) Electronics Inc.
- Stanfield's (garment manufacturer)
- Stelco
- Stylus Sofas (furniture)
- Sun Life Assurance
- Suncor Energy (energy)
- Sun-Rype (food and beverage)
- Sunward Aerospace Group Limited (model rockets and hobbies)
- Swiss Chalet
- SydneyPLUS International (library management software)
- Symantec Corporation
- Syncrude
T
- T & T Supermarket
- Tahera (mining company)
- Talent Technology (HR software)
- Talentvision (Mandarin television)
- Talisman Energy
- Tamarack Developments Corporation
- Taseko Mines Limited
- TD Waterhouse Group
- Teck Cominco
- Telesat Canada
- Telus (telecommunications)
- Tembec
- Thomson Corporation
- Tim Hortons
- Timothy's World Coffee
- TMX Group
- Tolko (forestry)
- Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Toronto Stock Exchange
- Torstar
- TransCanada Corp. (pipelines)
- TransGas Limited
- Transwest Air
- Tridel
- Triple Five Group
U
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Ubisoft Toronto
- Ultramar (marketers and refiners of petroleum)
- United Furniture Warehouse
V
- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (research)
- Vancity (Vancouver City Savings Credit Union) (banking)
- Via Rail (government-owned passenger train service)
- Vice Media (media / publishing)
- Vidéotron (telecommunications)
- Virtual Brokers (online brokerage)
- Vista Broadcast Group (radio broadcast)
W
- Walmart Canada
- Wardrop Engineering Inc. (engineering services)
- Waterloo Maple Inc. (mathematical software)
- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co. (insurance)
- West Fraser Timber (wood products)
- West Wind Aviation (airline and air services)
- Western Oil Sands (oil)
- WestJet (airline)
- WingTips Airport Services (airlines ground handling)
- Winners
- Winpak Ltd. (manufacturing)
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Y
- Yamana Gold Inc.
- Yara Belle Plaine (fertilizer)
- Yogen Früz
Z
See also
- List of Canadian electric utilities
- List of Canadian mobile phone companies
- List of mutual fund companies in Canada
- List of Canadian telephone companies
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