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McDonald's Restaurants of Canada, Limited (french: Les Restaurants McDonald's du Canada Limitée) is the Canadian
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of the fast food restaurant chain
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, owned by the American parent McDonald's Corporation. One of Canada's largest fast-food restaurant chains, the franchise sells food items, including hamburgers, chicken, French fries and soft drinks all across the country. McDonald's is known for its high fat and calorie foods, but it also has alternatives such as salads, juice and milk. McDonald's was Canada's largest food service operator before being overtaken by
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in 2005. The slogans used in Canada are "i'm lovin' it" in English and "c'est ça que j'm" in French. McDonald's Canadian operations are based in
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in
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, Toronto. The current McDonald's Canada President is Jacques Mignault. McDonald's Canadian logo is identified with the local red
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placed in the company's golden arches.


Origins

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George Cohon George Alan Cohon, (born April 19, 1937) is an American-born Canadian businessman who is the founder and senior chairman of McDonald's Canada and McDonald's Russia. Early life and education George Alan Cohon was born to a Ukrainian-Jewish fathe ...
founded the company. The first store opened in 1967 as the Western Canadian franchisee and operated with the U.S. operations. Cohon was the Eastern Canadian franchise and opened his store in 1968 on Oxford Street West in London, Ontario. In 1971, Cohon merged the two operations to one national operation. Cohon was responsible for developing the eastern Canadian franchises. Western franchise owners opened the first McDonald's restaurant in Canada on June 1, 1967 in
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. This McDonald's was the first location opened outside of the United States. As of 2021, McDonald's Canada had 1,452 stores (including restaurants inside many
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locations) in Canada, and more than 90,000 Canadian employees.


1980s & 90s

In the 80s McDonald's saw massive expansion in Canada. It also was a food sponsor at
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with their floating restaurant nicknamed the 'McBarge'. In 1989 McDonald's was awarded the concessionary rights to the newly built
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in Toronto. One of the requirements was to sell hotdogs, resulting in the first time McDonalds sold the product. Part of the stadium also included the largest McDonalds in Canada. The now closed restaurant was located at the base of the
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; the location was popular with tourists and is now office space. McDonald's restaurants are present in all of the provinces and territories with the exception of
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. The flagship location opened in 2013 near the Yonge-Dundas Square in
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. In 2019, McDonald's Canada donated 50 cents from every medium, large and extra large coffee purchased at these locations, all day long. Last year's event raised more than $10,000 for the Alzheimer Society of Hastings-Prince Edward. In September of that year, McDonald's Canada observed its third annual McDelivery Night.McDonald's marks McDelivery Night In with exclusive merchandise
Retrieved 1 October 2019


Products


Executives

As of June 2022: *George A. Cohon, O.C., O.Ont., B.Sc., J.D., Ph.D. (Hon.), Founder *Michele Boudria, President & CEO *Jeff Kroll, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer *Alex Snelling, Chief People Officer *Jeff McLean, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Use of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program

McDonald's Canada faced severe criticism for its use and alleged abuse of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP). Several of its franchises are under federal investigation for abuse of
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workers brought into Canada under the TFWP. After a public outcry, McDonald's Canada stated that it would undertake a comprehensive review of its use of TFWP. In a conference call to the franchisees about the program, McDonald's Canada CEO John Betts stated: "the fact of the matter is we are a big bad company corporate you know, bad company. And these poor maligned employees, are who they are ... This has been an attack on our brand ... This is an attack on our people. It's bullshit." He pointed out that he has spoken with Employment Minister
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, and the minister fully understands McDonald's Canada's concerns. Following this and other similar controversies, the government halted the TFWP for the entire restaurant industry.


Gallery

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in Toronto, Ontario File:Summerside mcdonalds.jpg, McDonald's Canada with renovations done in Summerside,
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. File:McDonald's in Walmart Supercentre Brockville, Ontario.jpg, McDonald's in the Walmart Supercentre of Brockville, Ontario. File:McDonalds9301YongeStreet.jpg, McDonald's drive-through in Richmond Hill, Ontario File:Hwy7McDonalds2.jpg, McDonald's in Richmond Hill, Ontario File:6thStreetMcdonalds.jpg, McDonald's at a mall in
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, British Columbia


See also

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External links


Official website
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