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Defunct Canadian companies
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Note: many of these companies are still operating under the same name, they are just owned by others
- Agricore (merged with United Grain Growers Ltd. to form Agricore United)
- Aikenheads - Hardware store
- Anderson Exploration, acquired by Devon Energy
- Bre-X (gold mining company, collapsed in fraud)
- Bricklin Automobile
- Bytown and Prescott Railway, acquired by Canadian Pacific Railway
- C-Mac Industries, acquired by Solectron
- Canadian Hunter Exploration
- 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.)
- 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
- Gulf Canada Resources, acquired by Conoco
- Inglis - Kitchen Appliance Maker
- Jetsgo
- PetroKazakhstan-acquired by China National Petroleum Corporation
- Radio Shack (Canadian Division) - Electronic Store
- Seagram (spirits & wine)
- Terra Transport
- 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
- Videotron (cable; now owned by Quebecor)
- Westcoast Energy, acquired by Duke Energy
- Woodward's, acquired by Hudson's Bay Company
- Woolco (Canadian Division) - Department Store Chain
- Avro (Canadian Division) - airplace manufacturer, maker of the Avro Arrow
- Canadian Airlines, acquired by Air Canada
- Canada 3000 (folded, discount airline)
- WardAir, acquired by Canadian Airlines
- Canada Trust, acquired by Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Eastern Townships Bank
- Maritime Life, acquired by Manulife Financial
- ATI - Bought out by AMD
- AliasWavefront - Developers of industry leading Maya 3D software. Recently bought out by Autodesk Inc.
- Watcom International Corporation, acquired by Sybase
- Bargin Harolds - discount store chain (defunct sometime in the early 1990s)
- Beaver Lumber - hardware/lumber store chain (Acquired by Home Hardware)
- Braemars - clothing store chain
- Bi-Way - discount store chain
- Eaton's, bankrupt, assets acquired by Sears Canada
- Knob Hill Farms - grocery store chain
- Kresge (Canadian Division) - discount store chain
- Miracle - grocery store chain
- Morgan's - department store chain
- RadioShack Canada
- Simpsons - department store chain
- Supercentre - grocery store chain
- Towers - department store chain
- Toy City - toy store chain
- Teck Cominco, mining
A B
- Algoma Central Railway, acquired by Canadian National Railways (CN)
- Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway
- BC Rail - Now part of CN
- Belt Line Railway, acquired by CN
C D E
- Canada Atlantic Railway
- Canada Eastern Railway
- Canadian Government Railways
- Canadian Northern Railway
- Canadian Northern Pacific Railway
- Canada Southern Railway
- Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad
- Columbia and Kootenay Railway
- CNR - Acquired by US owner
- Devco Railway
- Dominion Atlantic Railway
E F G
- European and North American Railway
- Grand River Railway, acquired by Canadian Pacific
- Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, acqyured by CN
- Great Western Railway (Ontario)
H I J K
- Halifax and Southwestern Railway
- Huntsville and Lake of Bays Transportation Company (steamship and railway)
- Intercolonial Railway of Canada
- International Railway (Canada)
- 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
- Prince Edward Island Railway
S T
- Sydney and Louisburg Railway
- Toronto Suburban Railway
- Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company
- Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company
- Toronto and York Radial Railway
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