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This is a list of current and former company towns in Canada. True company towns are those "closed communities owned and administered by the industrial employer". [1] Other rural communities which did not function strictly in this way but were still dominated by a single industry may also be called company towns and are featured in this list.
Companies portal; Canada portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 184 subcategories, out of 184 total. 0–9. Canadian companies established in 1811 (1 ...
The urban service areas of Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park are hamlets recognized as equivalents of cities, but remain unincorporated. Ten towns are also eligible for city status but remain incorporated as towns. Alberta has 19 cities. Beaumont is Alberta's newest city, incorporating from town status on January 1, 2019. [2]
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2016; A&A Records – founded in Toronto at the end of WWII, it was the dominant record chain store in Canada until being superseded by Sam the Record Man in the 1960s; it became defunct in 1993
Canada's cities span the continent of North America from east to west, but many of them are located relatively close to the border with the United States. Cities are home to the majority of Canada's approximately 35.75 million inhabitants (as of 2015)—just over 80 percent of Canadians lived in urban areas in 2006. [1]
Hardtack (or hard tack) is a type of dense cracker made from flour, water, and sometimes salt. Hardtack is inexpensive and long-lasting. Hardtack is inexpensive and long-lasting. It is used for sustenance in the absence of perishable foods, commonly during long sea voyages, land migrations, and military campaigns. [ 1 ]
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada: 1912: Frank Darling: Waterloo Post Office: 1911–1913 [11] D. Eward (Chief Architect for Canada), L. B. Lachance of Ottawa (contractor) [11] Waterloo Berlin Isolation Hospital Caretaker's Residence (79 Highland Road East) 1913 [11] Unknown architect [11] Kitchener 19 Regina Street North: 1913 [33 ...
Fort Langley is a village community in Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of approximately 3,400 people. It is the home of Fort Langley National Historic Site, a former fur trade post of the Hudson's Bay Company. Lying on the Fraser River, Fort Langley is at the northern edge of the Township of Langley.