This is a list of defunct Canadian companies.
Defunct companies (including acquired and merged)
Note: many of these companies are still operating under the same name; they are just owned by others.
Abitibi Power and Paper Company – part of Abitibi-Consolidated, now part of Resolute Forest Products 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 China Wind Power – dissolved 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 Eaton's – Department store chain – bankrupt in 1999 Future Shop – acquired by Best Buy Honest Ed's – a discount retail store Jetsgo Job Brothers & Co., Limited John Inglis and Company – kitchen appliance maker McLaughlin Motor Car Co. – merged with General Motors Noranda – merged with Falconbridge Nova Scotia Light and Power Company, Limited – acquired by the Province of Nova Scotia; assets leased to * Nova Scotia Power Corporation 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 Vidéotron – cable; now owned by Quebecor 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 – airplane manufacturer, maker of the Avro Arrow and the Avro Aerocar. 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 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 Lynx 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 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
Biotech, medical DVS Sciences – acquired by Fluidigm (2014) and changed their name to Standard BioTools (2022) Precision Nanosystems Inc. - acquired by Danaher Corporation (2021), then merged with Cytiva (2023-2024) Kinetek Pharmaceuticals Inc. - acquired by QLT in 2004 for 2.7 M
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 HCR Corporation – early Unix company, acquired by Santa Cruz Operation, later closed I. P. Sharp Associates – time share company Imanet – international trade software Sitebrand – online marketing 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 A&A Records – founded in Toronto at the end of WWII, it was the dominant record chain store in Canada until being superseded by Sam the Record Man in the 1960s; it became defunct in 1993 A&B Sound – home electronics retailer based in Richmond, BC; founded in 1959, it had expanded as far as Winnipeg, Manitoba by 2000, but its subsequent decline saw the company go bankrupt by 2008 Bata Shoes – shoe retailer and manufacturer Beaver Lumber – hardware/lumber store chain; acquired by Home Hardware Big Lots Canada 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 Granada TV Rental- electronic consumer goods retail rental outlets Hard Rock Cafe -all Canadian Cafe locations closed by 2017 but Hard Rock Casino still exist in Coquitlam, BC, Vancouver, BC, and a new location is set to open in Ottawa in 2021 Hard Rock Cafe still has a location in Niagara Falls, Ontario in Canada. 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 Lumberland Building Materials (BC-based store founded in Surrey; it merged with Revy Home Centres in 1997, which then was acquired by Rona in 2001) LW Stores – discount store chain; acquired by Big Lots in 2010 and closed all stores in 2014 Marks & Spencer – major British retailer; had operated in Canada since 1973; closed all Canadian operations by 1999 Miracle Mart – discount store owned by the Steinberg family 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 Revelstoke Home Centres Ltd. (aka Revy's or Revy Home Centres; owned by the West Fraser Timber Company, this was a major home improvement retailer headquartered in Revelstoke, BC; merged with Rona in 2001) 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 Shoprite Catalogue order store, went bankrupt in 1970s. Simpsons – department store chain (AKA Simpson's Sears and Sears Roebuck) 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 Towers – department store chain Toy City – a toy store chain, a subsidiary of Consumers Distributing Woodward's – department store chain Woolco – discount department store, acquired by Wal-Mart providing an expansion route into the Canadian market Zellers – discount department store; store properties bought by Target Corporation and most converted into Target Canada stores
Food and beverage Mitchell's Gourmet Foods – acquired by Maple Leaf Foods Mother's Pizza
Mining and energy Bre-X – gold mining company, collapsed in fraud Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation Eldorado Resources – uranium mining, merged with Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation to form Cameco (1988) Gulf Canada Resources – acquired by Conoco Lightstream Resources Ltd. – oil and gas (dissolved under corporate legislation) 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 West Kootenay Power & Light – acquired by Fortis Inc
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 Columbia and Kootenay Railway Devco Railway Dominion Atlantic Railway
E-G European and North American Railway Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway -acquired by Canadian Pacific 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
References
fr:Liste des entreprises canadiennes