List of 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
• Aikenhead's Hardware - hardware store, acquired by Home Depot
• 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 - 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
• Jetsgo
• Job Brothers & Co., Limited
• John Inglis and Company - kitchen appliance maker
• McLaughlin Motor Car Co. - merged with General Motors
• Nova Scotia Light and Power Company, Limited - acquired by the Province of Nova Scotia; assets leased to Nova Scotia Power Corporation
• Omnilogic Systems group - acquired by PricewaterhouseCoopers
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Zoom Airlines

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
• 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
• Crown Life - acquired by London LIfe
• Home Bank
• Lloyds Bank of Canada - acquired by HSBC Bank Canada
• Maritime Life - acquired by Manulife Financial

Computer hardware and software

• 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
• I. P. Sharp Associates - time share company
• Watcom International Corporation - acquired by Sybase

Consumer retail, including grocery

• Bargain Harold's - discount store chain; defunct sometime in the early 1990s
• Beaver Lumber - hardware/lumber store chain; acquired by Home Hardware
• Braemars - clothing store chain
• Dominion - grocery store chain
• Bi-Way - discount store chain
• Eaton's - bankrupt, assets acquired by Sears Canada
• K-Mart Canada - subsidiary of US chain, some assets acquired by Zellers
• 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
• Steinberg's - grocery store chain
• Target Canada - closed all stores in 2015
• Titan Warehouse - membership store chain
• Towers - department store chain
• Toy City - toy store chain
• Woodward's - department store chain
• Zellers - discount department store; store properties bought out by Target Corporation and most converted into Target Canada stores

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, acquired 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 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
• CNR - acquired by US owner
• Columbia and Kootenay Railway
• Devco Railway
• Dominion Atlantic Railway

E-G

• European and North American Railway
• Grand River Railway - acquired by Canadian Pacific
• Grand Trunk Pacific Railway - acquired by CN
• Great Western Railway (Ontario)

H-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 and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company
• Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
• Toronto and York Radial Railway
• Toronto Suburban Railway

Telecomunications companies

• 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