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List of notable businesses founded in Toronto, listed alphabetically with corporate logos when available. This list includes some of the largest, most profitable companies that were founded in Toronto. The famous Toronto companies and corporations on this list include both public and private corporations. You can find information about the popular companies on this list, such as what industry they're part of. When available you can click on the successful Toronto company's names to find out even more about them.

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AES Eletropaulo is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
AES Eletropaulo Electricity AES Eletropaulo is a major Brazilian power distributor in the state of São Paulo, created in the breakup of the old state-owned power distribution company Eletropaulo that monopolized ...more

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A&P Canada is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Supermarket, Supermarket, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores A&P Canada was a Canadian supermarket company from 1927 to 2009. In 1927, A&P opened its first stores in Canada. By 1929, A&P was present in 200 communities in Ontario and Quebec. ...more

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Aird & Berlis is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Aird & Berlis Law Aird & Berlis LLP, is a full-service Canadian law firm. It is located in the Bay Street financial district of Toronto and employs over 140 lawyers.

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Alliance Atlantis is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Mass media Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. was a Toronto-based Canadian-American media company that operated primarily as a specialty service operator in Canada. Alliance Atlantis also had offices in ...more

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ASAP Tent and Party Rentals is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
ASAP Tent and Party Rentals All Other Consumer Goods Rental, Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports ASAP Tent and Party Rentals is an established rental company serving Toronto, the GTA and southern Ontario.

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Bell Mobility is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Bell Mobility Wireless Bell Mobility is a Canadian CDMA, LTE and HSPA+ based wireless network and the division of Bell Canada which sells wireless services across Canada. Bell Mobility and its affiliates combined have ...more

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Bick's Pickle is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Bick's Pickle Bick's Pickle is a pickle producer in Canada originally based out of Scarborough, Ontario. The brand is now sold in Canada by U.S.-based The J.M. Smucker Co.. Bick's emerged in 1951 in the ...more

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BioSteel Sports Supplements In... is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
BioSteel Inc. is a developer and distributor of high performance nutritional supplements.

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Black Swan Games is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Video game

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Law Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; is a Canadian-based international business law firm. It is one of the "seven sisters" in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1856 by Dominick Edward Blake, ...more

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Bluenotes is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Fashion Thrifty's, Inc. is a Canadian lifestyle clothing brand that was established in 1984. The concept is designed to attract consumers aged 14–24 through its "If Jeans Could Talk" inspired ...more

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Bridgehead Coffee is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Founded in 1981 in Toronto by two United Church ministers and two lay people, Bridgehead is a small fair trade coffeehouse chain which now has fifteen outlets in Ottawa, Canada. In addition to ...more

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Canadian Imperial Bank of Comm... is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Investment banking, Financial Services The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, commonly CIBC, is one of Canada's chartered banks, fifth largest by deposits. The bank is headquartered at Commerce Court in Toronto, Ontario. CIBC's ...more

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CanDeal is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
CanDeal Finance CanDeal is a Canadian online exchange for Canadian dollar debt securities. It provides institutional investors access to liquidity for Canadian Government Bonds and money market instruments. ...more

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Catch the Fire Toronto is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Catch the Fire Toronto Catch the Fire Toronto, previously known as Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship is a non-denominational neocharismatic Christian church in Toronto, Canada. It is the flagship church of the ...more

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CCM Hockey is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Sports equipment, Manufacturing CCM, formerly an initialism for Canada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd., is a sporting goods brand. The brand is held by two separate entities both maintaining the CCM trademark, one manufacturing ice ...more

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CCM is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Sports equipment, Manufacturing CCM was an initialism for Canada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd. The company would eventually split into two separate entities both maintaining the CCM trademark, one maintaining bicycle ...more

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Corus Entertainment is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Corus Entertainment Mass media, Conglomerate Corus Entertainment is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment conglomerate. Corus is a leading Canadian specialty television and radio producer, with additional assets in pay ...more

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Chapters is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Retail Chapters is a Canadian big box bookstore banner owned by Indigo Books and Music. Formerly a company in its own right competing with Indigo, the combined company has continued to operate both ...more

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Citibank Canada is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Citibank Canada Financial Services Citi Canada is a unit of Citigroup of New York City. With roots in Canada dating back to 1919, the Canadian unit currently employs approximately 3,000 financial services workers in a range of ...more

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Club Monaco is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Retail Club Monaco is a mid-priced, high-end casual clothing retailer owned by Polo Ralph Lauren. With more than 140 locations worldwide, the retailer has locations in Canada, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, ...more

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Crotch Zombie Productions is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Crotch Zombie Productions Video game

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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineber... is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg Law Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP is an integrated firm of approximately 240 lawyers with offices in Toronto, Montreal, and New York. It is one of the Toronto law firms known as the Seven ...more

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Delrina is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Software Delrina was a Canadian software company, which was founded in 1988 and was subsequently acquired by the American software firm Symantec in 1995. The company sold electronic form products, ...more

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Dominion is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Supermarket, Supermarket, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Dominion Stores was once a national chain of supermarkets in Canada, which was still known as the Dominion of Canada at the time of the company's founding. The chain was founded in 1919 in ...more

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Don Park is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Don Park Manufacturing

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Eloqua is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Eloqua Web analytics Eloqua Corp. is a marketing automation SaaS company which develops automated marketing and demand generation software and services for business-to-business marketers.

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Environics Communications is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Environics Communications Public Relations Environics Communications Inc. is a full-service, management-owned marketing communications and public affairs firm that builds integrated programs from digital to traditional for measurable ...more

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Evanov Communications is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Evanov Communications Mass media Evanov Communications, formerly Evanov Radio Group, is a Canadian radio broadcasting company. Evanov Communications currently owns and operates a number of radio stations.

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FirstService is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
FirstService Commercial property FirstService Corporation is a property company. It manages more than 2.3 billion square feet of residential and commercial property operating through several subsidiaries. The overall company ...more

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Fran's Restaurant is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Fran's Restaurant Fran's Restaurant is a small chain of restaurants based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its first restaurant was a haunt of pianist Glenn Gould. The flagship location was opened in 1940 by G. ...more

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G Adventures is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Tourism G Adventures is the largest small group adventure travel company in the world and offers socially and environmentally sensitive travel .

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Goodmans is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Law Goodmans LLP is a Canadian corporate law firm. It is one of the seven sisters; a collection of seven leading Canadian law firms with offices in Toronto. First established in Toronto in 1917 by ...more

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Grand & Toy is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Grand & Toy Grand & Toy is a Canadian office supplies chain, founded in 1882 by James Grand as a home-based stationery printing business. A year later, Grand partnered with his brother-in-law, Samuel ...more

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Harry Rosen Inc. is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Harry Rosen Inc. Retail Harry Rosen Inc. is a Canadian retail chain of 15 luxury men's clothing stores. A privately owned company, Harry Rosen accounts for 40 percent of the Canadian market in high-end menswear. ...more

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Henry's is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Henry's Consumer electronics, Retail Henry's is a Canadian electronics retailer that sells a variety of photography, video and related technology based products. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Henry's is known in the Canadian ...more

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Hummingbird Ltd. is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Hummingbird Ltd. Software Hummingbird Ltd. is a subsidiary of Open Text and is a provider of enterprise software solutions including Exceed. Initially founded as a consulting business in 1984, Hummingbird moved into the ...more

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Hydro One is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Hydro One Hydro One Incorporated delivers electricity across the Canadian province of Ontario. It is a corporation established under the Business Corporations Act with a single shareholder, the Government ...more

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Infonaut is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Software, Geographic Information System

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Intercon Security is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Intercon Security Security Intercon Security, Ltd. is a global security solution provider with headquarters in Toronto, Canada. Intercon Security provides services for a wide range of organizations and individuals. Over ...more

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Irwin Toy is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Toy Irwin Toy Limited was a Canadian distributor and manufacturer of toys. It was Canada's oldest toy company and remained independent and family owned until 2001.

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itoys is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
itoys Toy The now bankrupt itoys inc. was a revival of the Canadian family-owned toy company Irwin Toy Limited. Legally, it was a new company under a different name and in a different location in Toronto ...more

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Jimmy the Greek is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Restaurant Jimmy the Greek is a quick service restaurant franchise serving Greek and Mediterranean cuisine. In 1963, Jim Antonopoulos from Nafplion, Greece arrived in Toronto, Canada. He started the ...more

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Lang Michener is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Lang Michener Law Lang Michener LLP was a Canadian full-service national law firm, once employing over 200 lawyers with offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and Hong Kong. On January 1, 2011, Lang Michener and ...more

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Mad Catz is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Mad Catz Video game, Video game industry, Games Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. is a company providing interactive entertainment products marketed under its Mad Catz and GameShark, TRITTON and Saitek brands. Mad Catz develops flight simulation ...more

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Mail2web is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Mail2web Mail2web.com is an e-mail retrieval service started in 1997 by SoftCom Technology Consulting Inc., a private company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The service functions as an email ...more

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Maple Leaf Foods is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Food Manufacturing Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is a major Canadian food processing company, founded in 1927 as a merger of several major Toronto meat packers. Its head office is in Toronto.

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McCarthy Tétrault is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
McCarthy Tétrault Law McCarthy Tétrault LLP is a law firm with offices in Canada’s major commercial centres and in London, UK. It provides business law, litigation, tax, real estate, and labour and employment ...more

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McClelland & Stewart is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
McClelland & Stewart McClelland & Stewart Limited is a Canadian publishing company. It is owned by Random House of Canada, a branch of Random House, the international book publishing division of German media ...more

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McMillan LLP is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list Companies Founded in Toronto
Law McMillan LLP is a Canadian business law firm with offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Montréal, and Hong Kong. The firm specializes in business law, financial services, ...more