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- Defunct companies, including acquired and merged ones Aerospace Airlines Banking, finance and insurance Computer hardware and software Consumer retail, including grocery Food and beverage Mining and energy Railways, commuter rail and steamship companies Telecommunications companies
- See also
{{short description|Wikimedia list article}}List of defunct Canadian companies. Defunct companies, including acquired and merged onesNote: 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
- 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
- Micron (skate company)
- 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
- Towers Department Stores - department store chain; acquired by Zellers
- 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
- Woodward's - acquired by Hudson's Bay Company
- Woolco (Canadian Division) - department store chain; acquired by Wal-Mart Canada
- Zellers (Canadian Division) - department store chain; acquired by now defunct chain Target 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
- Nationair
- 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 America Canada - subsidiary of the United States-based bank chain Bank of America
- 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 of Canada - failed in 1923
- Lloyds Bank of Canada - acquired by HSBC Bank Canada
- Maritime Life - acquired by Manulife Financial
- Royal Trust - acquired by Royal Bank of Canada
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
- Imanet - international trade software
- I. P. Sharp Associates - time share company
- Watcom International Corporation - acquired by Sybase
Consumer retail, including grocery - Aeropostale Canada - subsidiary of the United States-based retailer Aeropostale, closed all 41 stores in Canada in 2016.
- Bargain Harold's - discount store chain; defunct sometime in the early 1990s
- Beaver Lumber - hardware/lumber store chain; acquired by Home Hardware
- Big Lots Canada
- Braemars - clothing store chain
- Dalmy's - clothing store
- Dominion - grocery store chain
- Bi-Way - discount store chain
- Eaton's - bankrupt, assets acquired by Sears Canada
- Express - subsidiary of the United States-based clothing retailer Express, closed all 17 stores in Canada in 2017.
- Food City - grocery store chain
- HMV Canada - entertainment media chain owned by Hilco; originally a subsidiary of England-based retailer HMV; closed all stores in April 2017, the majority of locations became Sunrise Records
- Kmart Canada - subsidiary of US chain, some assets acquired by Zellers .
- Knob Hill Farms - grocery store chain
- Kresge (Canadian Division) - discount store chain
- LW Stores - discount store chain; acquired by Big Lots in 2010 and closed all stores in 2014
- Miracle Food Mart - grocery store chain
- Morgan's - department store chain
- Pascal - bankrupt in 1991 (Hardware Stores) - 1994 (Furniture Stores) - 2008 (Pascal Hotel Supplies)
- RadioShack Canada - renamed The Source by Circuit City in 2005
- Rumpus - toy store
- Sam The Record Man - record/entertainment media stores
- Sam's Club Canada - warehouse store chain and the subsidiary of Walmart Canada. Closed in 2009.
- Sears Canada - department store chain and the Canadian subsidiary of the American-based Sears, all stores closed in January 2018
- Simpsons - department store chain
- Steinberg's - grocery store chain
- Target Canada - Canadian subsidiary of the American-based department store chain Target Corporation, closed all stores in 2015
- Thrifty's - denim/clothing store
- 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
- Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation
- Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited - uranium mining, merged with SMDC to form Cameco (1988)
- Gulf Canada Resources - acquired by Conoco
- Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. - mining
- Kerr Addison Mines Ltd - gold and uranium mining, acquired by Noranda (1996)
- Noranda - mining, merged with Falconbridge Ltd. (2005)
- Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation (SMDC) - uranium mining, merged with Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited to form Cameco (1988)
- 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
H-K - Halifax and Southwestern Railway
- Huntsville and Lake of Bays Transportation Company - steamship and railway
- Intercolonial Railway of Canada
- International Railway
- 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
- Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway
- Prince Edward Island Railway
S-T - Sydney and Louisburg Railway
- Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo 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
Telecommunications 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
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