Domo Corporation Ltd. (
trading name: Domo) is a private Canadian
gas retailer based in
Winnipeg,
Manitoba. The company is owned by the Everett family of Winnipeg.
Operating over 90 retail outlets across
western Canada,
Domo has 18
gas stations in Winnipeg—4
self-service stations and 14 full-service stations—as well as locations in
Saskatchewan,
Alberta, and
British Columbia.
The company also sponsors a free public transit service (called the ''Domo Trolley'') for
Assiniboine Park
Assiniboine Park (formerly known as City Park) is a park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, located along the Assiniboine River.
The Winnipeg Public Parks Board was formed in 1893, and purchased the initial land for the park in 1904. Although in use ...
, connecting it and
Assiniboine Park Zoo
Assiniboine Park Zoo is an zoo at the west end of Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It has been best known for decades for its polar bear exhibit, of which the old enclosure was replaced in 2013 with Journey to Churchill.
Establis ...
to
The Forks.
History
The company,
incorporated as ''Domo Gasoline Corporation Ltd.'', was founded in Winnipeg by
Douglas Everett
Douglas Donald Everett (August 12, 1927 – March 27, 2018) was a Canadian automobile dealer, lawyer, and retired Senator.
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he attended the Royal Canadian Naval College in Royal Roads, British Columbia from ...
in 1958.
[ ] It originally began as one of two gas stations that operated as a division of the Everett family's
Dominion Motors
The term ''Dominion'' is used to refer to one of several self-governing nations of the British Empire.
"Dominion status" was first accorded to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, and the Irish Free State at the 19 ...
car dealership, from which the name ''Domo'' came from.
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The first Domo outlets were built on
Safeway
Safeway is an American supermarket chain founded by Marion Barton Skaggs in April 1915 in American Falls, Idaho. The chain provides grocery items, food and general merchandise and features a variety of specialty departments, such as bakery, de ...
parking lots in the 1970s.
In the 1980s, Domo expanded to
Edmonton,
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
,
Saskatoon,
Regina, and
Vancouver.
During the 1990s, Domo's president and CEO was Everett's son-in-law
Stuart Murray
Stuart Murray (born November 24, 1954) is a former politician from Manitoba, Canada. He served as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba and leader of the opposition in the Manitoba legislature from 2000 to 2006. From 2006 un ...
, who later became leader of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba.
References
External links
Domo website
Canadian companies established in 1958
Companies based in Winnipeg
Energy companies established in 1958
Gas stations in Canada
1958 establishments in Manitoba