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

A

• A&W (Canada)
• Abilis Solutions (software development, consulting)
• AbitibiBowater
• Ache Records
• Addition Elle (women's clothing)
• Advance Gold (mining)
• Access Communications
• Advanced Cyclotron Systems (medical cyclotrons)
• Affinity Credit Union (banking)
• Areva Resources Canada (uranium)
• Air Canada (airline)
• AldrichPears Associates
• ALDO Group
• Algonquin Power
• Allied Shipbuilders
• Alta Newspaper Group
• Alterra Power
• Angoss Software Corporation (software)
• Appnovation
• Arc'teryx (outdoor apparel/equipment)
• Atimi Software Inci>
• Aritzia (clothing)
• Army & Navy Stores (Canada)
• Arsenal Pulp Press (publisher)
• ATI technologies (semiconductors)
• Atmosphere Visual Effects (movie special effects)
• AVI Sound International (audio/visual equipment manufacture)

B

• Ballard Power Systems
• Banff Lodging Co
• Bank of Montreal
• Bank West
• Barrick Gold
• Bard Ventures Company
• BBC Kids (television)
• BC Biomedical Laboratories Ltd.
• BC Hydro
• BC Research Inc
• Becancour Silicon (silicon manufacture)
• Bell Canada
• Bennett Environmental
• Becker's
• Ben Moss Jewellers
• 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)
• Blake, Cassels & Graydon (law firm)
• Blackburn Radio
• Bleeding Art Industries (special effects)
• Blenz Coffee
• Blue Water Studios (recording studio)
• Bombardier Inc.
• Bombardier Recreational Products spun off as an independent company in 2003
• Boeing Canada
• Boston Pizza
• Book City (Canada)
• Bowring Brothers
• Boyd Group Income Fund (Service)
• Bre-X
• Brightlight Pictures
• Brookfield Asset Management (assorted activities)
• Bridgewater Bank
• BrightSide Technologies (display technology)
• Brock Solutions
• Buck or Two Extreme Retail, Inc. (retail)
• Buckley's
• Buhler Industries Inc. (Manufacturing)
• Bullfrog Power (Low carbon domestic & business electricity supplier)
• Brick Brewing Company
• Bruce Power
• Brunet (pharmacy)
• Bluenotes
• Bulk Barn (food retail)

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)
• 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 Pacific Railway Limited (railway)
• Canadian Oil Sands Trust (oil)
• Canadian Salt Company
• Canadian Steamship Lines (cargo shipping)
• Canadian Tire (retail)
• Canadian Tire Financial Services (credit card company)
• Canada Wide Media (publisher)
• 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)
• 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)
• CHC Helicopter
• Chapters
• 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)
• Concord Pacific Developments (property developer)
• Concentra Financial (financial services)
• Conexus Credit Union (financial services)
• Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (engineering)
• Continental Newspapers (regional newspapers)
• CoolDrivePass (carbon trading)
• Corby Distilleries (alcohol)
• Cordiant Capital Inc. (Investment Management)
• Corel (software)
• Corinex (internet hardware)
• Corus Entertainment - a Canadian entertainment company
• Coteau Books (publisher)
• Cott
• Country Style (coffee shops)
• Cossette Communication Group
• Creation Technologies (Electronics Manufacturing Services)
• Crestline Coach
• Cruiseshipcenters international (travel agents)
• CSA Group (standards/testing lab)
• CTC Bank of Canada
• CTV Television Network
• Cymax Stores

D

• D-Wave Systems (quantum computing)
• DaimlerChrysler Canada
• Dairy Farmers of Manitoba (Agri-business)
• Dairyland Canada
• Daiya (cheese company)
• Dalsa
• Dare Foods
• Dart Flipcards Inc.
• Delta Hotels
• Deloitte
• 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)
  • Air Tindi (Airline)
• Disney Online Studios Canada (video game software developer)
• Dofasco (Now owned by Luxembourg's Arcelor)
• Dollar Giant (retail)
• Dollarama (retail)
• Domtar (pulp and paper company)
• Donner Metals (mining)
• Doteasy (web hosting)
• DreamCatcher Games (video games, e.g., Painkiller, Crystal Key, Cold War)
• Dynasty EV
• Dynamotive Energy Systems (renewable energy)
• Dynamsoft (TWAIN SDKS, on-premise & hosting version control)
• DynaVenture

E

• EA Black Box (video game developer)
• EA Canada (video game developer)
• Ebco Industries
• Elastic Path (software)
• Electrohome
• The Embassy Visual Effects (movie special effects)
• Emera
• EnCana
• Enbridge
• Engineered Lifting Systems & Equipment Inc
• Enwave District heating/cooling in Toronto

F

• Fairchild Group
  • Fairchild TV (Cantonese language television)
• 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 (a popular photo sharing website - bought by Yahoo!)
• Florimex Vancouver (flower distributor)
• Fluid Music (Media Company)
• Flying Wedge Pizza
• Force Four Entertainment (TV/movie production)
• Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited
• Fortis Inc.
  • FortisBC (power/gas distribution)
• Four Seasons Hotel
• Fort Garry Brewery
• Forzani Group (sports retail)
• Freshslice Pizza
• FreshBooks
• Future Shop
• FutureSkills High School

G

• Gabriel Kney
• Ganz
• Garage (store)
• General Motors Canada
• General Dynamics Canada (defence technology)
• 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)
• The Great-West Life Assurance Company
• Great Western Brewing Company
• Guardian Biotechnologies
• GuestLogix (POS terminal used in-flight by airlines)

H

• Harbour Publishing
• 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 Boatworks
• Hudson's Bay Company
• Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. (Mining)
• Husky Energy
• Hydro-Québec

I

• 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)
• Interchill Records (record company)
• Ironclad Games
• The Insurance Company of Prince Edward Island
• Intelligent Creatures (visual effects post-production company)
• Inter Pipeline Fund
• International Road Dynamics (traffic management systems)
• Intrawest
• Intuit Canada (financial software)
• Investment Saskatchewan
• Investors Group
• Immersive Media
• Island Timberlands
• Irving Oil

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

• Katz Group
• Kal Tire
• Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd.
  • Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter
• Kinross Gold
• Kitchen Craft of Canada Ltd. (Manufacturing)
• Kitco (precious metals)
• KMS Tools
• Kobo Inc.
• Koingo Software
• Kootenay Direct Airlines
• Knowledge Network (television network)
• Kruger Inc.

L

• L’Oie de Cravan (publishing)
• La Maison Simons (retail)
• Labatt Brewing Company (now owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev)
• LASIK MD
• Lassonde Industries
• Laurentian Bank of Canada
• Léger Marketing (polls and market research)
• Lee Valley Tools (retail)
• Leon's
• Le Chateau (retail)
• Linamar
• Lions Gate Entertainment
• Liquor Control Board of Ontario
• Liquidation World (retail)
• Lise Watier
• Livingston International
• Loblaws
• Loginradius
• London Drugs
• London Life Insurance Company
• Look Communications
• Lululemon (retail)
• Lystek (waste management)

M

• Mac's Milk
• MacDonald Dettwiler
• Magna International (auto parts)
• Manitoba Hydro
• Manitoba Lotteries Corp. (Entertainment)
• Manitoba Liquor Control Commission (Specialty Retailing)
• Manitoba Public Insurance Corp. (Insurance Services)
• Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS)
• Manulife Financial
• Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (owner of Toronto Maple Leafs, Raptors)
• Maple Leaf Foods (food products)
• Mary Brown's
• Matrox
• Maritime Life
• Mark's Work Wearhouse
• Masonite International big macKs weiners
• Maxim Power power generation
• Memotec
• Mercedes-Benz Canada (cars)
• Metal Supermarkets
• Metro Inc
• McCain Foods (world's largest manufacturer of French fries)
• McClelland and Stewart, book publishers
• McDonald's Canada
• MDS Inc.
• Microcell Telecommunications (Owner of Fido digital wireless services)
• Mitel
• Mobilicity
• Molson
• Montana's Cookhouse
• Moosehead
• Motor Coach Industries (Manufacturing)
• Mozilla Messaging
• Mr. Sub

N

• National Bank of Canada
• Nature's Path (organic food)
• NCIX (computer hardware)
• Nexen (oil/gas)
• Nelvana (entertainment)
• New Flyer Industries (Bus manufacture)
• New York Fries (fast food)
• Nexient (corporate training)
• Nintendo of Canada
• Nortel Networks (telecommunications)
• North West Company (retail)
• NorandaFalconbridge (mining)
• NORPAC Controls (industrial automation products)
• NOVA Chemicals
• Nova Scotia Power
• Novacam Technologies (OCT/profilometry)
• Novosbed (E-commerce)
• Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation (development)

O

• Ossian Studios (video game developer)
• Oland Brewery
• Omineca Cablevision
• Onex Corporation
• Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation
• Open Text Corporation (software)
• Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment
• Osisko Mining (gold)

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
• Paterson GlobalFoods Inc. (Agri-business)
• Paramount Resources
• Para-Ordnance
• Parmalat Canada (food products)
• Parrish & Heimbecker (grains)
• Pascan Aviation (airline)
• Petcetera (pet stores)
• Pharmasave
• Prairie Plant Systems (pharmaceuticals)
• Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (food products and food distribution)
• Persona Communications
• Petro-Canada (retail gasoline chain & refiner)
• Pizza Nova
• Pizza Pizza
• Prairie Plant Systems
• PMC-Sierra
• Pollard Banknote Ltd. (Printing)
• Porter Airlines (airline)
• Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
• Power Corporation of Canada
• Pratt & Whitney Canada (Aerospace)
• Presagis (Defence software)
• Precision Drilling
• 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 & hardware)

R

• Rare Element Resources
• Red Back Mining (gold)
• Regional Maple Leaf Communications (Publisher)
• Reimer Express Lines Ltd. (Transportation)
• Ridley Inc. (Agri-business)
• Roots Canada
• Rona Inc.
• Royal Bank of Canada
• Rogers Communications
• Rockstar Toronto
• Rockstar Vancouver

S

• 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)
• Scott Paper Limited
• Sears Canada
• Second Cup
• Sepro Mineral Systems
• Stelco
• Stylus Sofas (furniture)
• Shaftebury Brewing Company
• Shaw Communications
• Shell Canada
• Shoppers Drug Mart (drug store chain)
• Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners
• Siemen's Transportation Group
• Sierra Wireless
• Sifto Canada - salt
• Sirius XM Canada
• Skyline Aviation Software
• Sleeman Breweries
• Sleep Country Canada (mattresses)
• smart Canada manufacturer of the smart fortwo, part of Mercedes-Benz Canada
• SNC-Lavalin (engineering)
• Sobeys
• Softimage
• The Source Dance Company
• St Hubertus & Oak Bay Estate Winery
• Stanfield's (garment manufacturer)
• Suncor Energy (energy)
• Sun Life Assurance
• Sun-Rype (food and beverage)
• Sunward Aerospace Group Limited (model rockets and hobbies)
• SydneyPLUS International (library management software)
• Synaptop (cloud computing)
• Syncrude
• Symantec Corporation
• Swiss Chalet

T

• Electric TM4 Electrodynamic systems (Hydro-Québec)
• T & T Supermarket
• Tahera (mining company)
• Talent Technology (HR software)
• Talentvision (Mandarin Television)
• Talisman Energy
• Tamarack Developments Corporation
• Target Canada
• Taseko Mines Limited
• TD Waterhouse Group
• Teck Cominco
• Telesat Canada
• Telus (telecommunications)
• Tembec
• The Bargain! Shop
• The Brick
• The North West Company Fund (Merchant)
• The Ocean Group
• The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co. (Insurance)
• Tim Hortons
• Timothy's World Coffee
• The Source (Bell) Electronics Inc.
• Thomson Corporation
• 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
• Ultramar - marketers and refiners of petroleum
• United Furniture Warehouse
• Ubisoft Toronto

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)
• West Fraser Timber (wood products)
• Western Oil Sands (oil)
• WestJet (airline)
• West Wind Aviation (airline and air services)
• Winpak Ltd. (Manufacturing)
• WingTips Airport Services (airlines ground handling)
• Winners
• Wind Mobile

X

Y

• Yamana Gold Inc.
• Yara Belle Plaine (fertilizer)
• Yogen Früz

Z

• ZENN (motor company)
• Z8Games

Number

• 1-800-GOT-JUNK?
• 4refuel (Fuel Management/Delivery)

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

References