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List Of Defunct Canadian Companies
This is a 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. * Abitibi Power and Paper Company - now forms part of Abitibi-Consolidated * Agricore - merged with United Grain Growers Ltd. to form Agricore United * Aikenhead's Hardware - hardware store, acquired by Home Depot * AMC Theatres Canada - some locations acquired by Cineplex Entertainment, others closed * Bricklin Automobile * Bytown and Prescott Railway - acquired by Canadian Pacific Railway * Canada Wire and Cable - manufacturer, acquired by Alcatel * 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; acq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |