https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_ownership_of_companies_of_Canada
Foreign owned companies among Canada’s current largest companies
- Asia Pacific Marine Container Lines (Asia Pacific Group Canada), one of Canada’s largest cargo transport companies owned by Leung Maritime Group, Hong Kong
- Kia Canada Inc., owned by South Korea’s Kia Motors
- General Electric Canada Co. (Formerly Canadian General Electric), a wholly owned unit of General Electric Inc.
- General Motors Canada, Canada’s largest automotive manufacturer, Canadian owned according to Ontario Superior Court Documents and the indirect Parent is the Detroit-based General Motors
- Wal-Mart Canada, wholly owned by Wal-Mart of the US
- Toyota Canada Inc. owned by Japan’s Toyota
- Ford Motor Company of Canada, owned by the American Ford company
- Imperial Oil, owned by American company ExxonMobil
- Mercedes-Benz Canada Inc. owned by German giant Mercedes-Benz
- Shell Canada, owned by Royal Dutch Shell.
- British Petroleum Canada, owned by British Petroleum
- Mitsui and Company, part of the Japanese Mitsui empire
- Honda Canada Inc., owned by Honda of Japan
- Ultramar fuels, owned by US company Valero
- Costco, whose Canadian operations are the 7th largest private company in Canada as of 2006, is based in Seattle
- Labatt Brewing Company purchased by Belgian brewer Interbrew in 1995
- Tangerine Bank (previously known as ING Bank of Canada), the largest foreign bank in Canada, formed by the purchase of several small Canadian companies, formerly controlled by the Dutch ING Group, owned since 2012 by Scotiabank (formally the Bank of Nova Scotia)]]
- Sears Canada, one of the largest retailers (created by buying old Simpson’s stores), controlled by the US Sears Holdings Corporation
- IBM Canada, owned by IBM
- Cargill Ltd. owned by Cargill of Minnesota
- McDonald’s Canada, owned by McDonald’s
- Pratt & Whitney Canada owned by US United Technologies Corporation
- Nissan Canada, owned by Nissan Motors of Japan
- Parmalat Canada owned by Parmalat of Italy (owns the Black Diamond brand)
- Waste Connections Canada, majority shares owned by American owned Waste Connections.
