List of corporations based in Winnipeg
This is a list of corporations based in Winnipeg.
This includes businesses completely owned and operated out of Winnipeg, as well as corporations that have significant operations (manufacturing, etc.) in Winnipeg, such as American-owned companies that base their Canadian division in Winnipeg (as in the case of Lifetouch Canada).[1] Ordered here by broad categories, some corporations may fall into more than one section.
Also included in this list, at the bottom, are companies that were once based in Winnipeg but have since moved, as well as defunct companies that were based in Winnipeg when they were active.
Agribusiness[]
- Cargill Ltd.
- G3 Canada
- — digital agriculture service
- James Richardson & Sons — agribusiness conglomerate
- Richardson International — agriculture and food industry company
- MacDon Industries Ltd.
- Monsanto Canada
- Paterson GlobalFoods — agrifoods compant
- Ridley Inc. (Canadian office)
- Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd.
- Versatile — brand of agricultural equipment
Business services and human resources[]
- Canadian Business Automation and Online Solutions (CBAOS) — business solutions[2]
- Ceridian Canada (payroll) — human resources software and services
- Clear Concepts — managed IT service provider for small and mid-sized businesses[3]
- Encore Business Solutions — service for helping businesses implement Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM.[3][4] Founded in Winnipeg,[5] it is the largest Canadian-owned partner dedicated to delivering Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM solutions and services.[4]
- Market Force Information, Canada — business solutions[6]
- Norima Consulting — technology consulting and strategic resourcing[3]
- People Corporation — group benefits administration, HR consulting, and retirement services[3]
- Sherpa Marketing — digital marketing service[7]
- Winnipeg Technical Services and Solutions (WTSS) — web design, search engine optimization, app development, business process automation[8]
Communications and entertainment[]
- Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
- Buffalo Gal Pictures — independent film and television production company[9]
- Canwest Global Communications — defunct media conglomerate
- Eagle Vision — independent film and television production company
- Farpoint Films — film and television production company
- Frantic Films — film, television and commercial services
- Les Productions Rivard — independent film and television production company
- Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corporation (crown corporation)
- Merit Motion Pictures — independent documentary film and television production company
- True North Sports & Entertainment
- Ubisoft Winnipeg — video-games studio
Performance arts[]
- Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Inc.
- Manitoba Opera
- Manitoba Theatre for Young People
- Prairie Theatre Exchange Inc.
- Rainbow Stage — Canada's largest and longest-running outdoor theatre[10]
- Royal Winnipeg Ballet — Canada's oldest ballet company
- Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Inc.
- School of Contemporary Dancers Inc.
- Shakespeare in the Ruins
- Theatre Projects Manitoba
- Winnipeg Jewish Theatre
- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
- Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers — Canada's longest continuously-running modern dance company[11][12]
Finance and insurance[]
- Assiniboine Credit Union — credit union
- BCV Asset Management — investment and wealth management service[13]
- Canada Life Assurance Company (Canada Life)
- Federated Insurance Company of Canada
- Great-West Lifeco
- Investors Group
- Manitoba Blue Cross — not-for-profit health benefits provider
- Manitoba Public Insurance Corp. (crown corporation)
- Telpay — electronic payment company
- Value Partners Investments — develops and manages mutual funds for retail investors[3]
- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co.
- Wellington-Altus Private Wealth — wealth management service[14]
Food, drink, and hospitality[]
- — hair salons
- Canad Inns — hotel chain
- Chicken Delight — restaurant
- Fort Garry Brewing Company — brewery
- Half Pints Brewing Company — brewery
- Old Dutch Foods (Canadian operations) — snack food manufacturer
- Scott-Bathgate Ltd. — foodstuff manufacturer
- SkipTheDishes — on-demand food delivery service
- Temple Hotels — hotel chain
- VJ's Drive Inn — restaurant
Former companies:
- A&W — fast-food restaurant founded in Winnipeg; now headquartered in BC.
- Agassiz Brewing — former brewing company
- Dickie Dee — ice-cream brand
- Kraves Candy Co. — the original makers of Clodhoppers before selling their assets to Brookside Foods in BC.[15]
- Salisbury House — restaurant
Healthcare and pharmaceutical[]
- Apotex Fermentation — biotech
- Cangene Corp. — biotech
- Manitoba Blue Cross — not-for-profit health benefits provider
Manufacturing[]
- Arctic Glacier — packaged-ice manufacturer
- Boeing Canada Technology — Canadian subsidiary of Boeing
- Bristol Aerospace — aerospace manufacturer
- Buhler Industries Inc.
- Crane Plumbing Corporation — defunct bathroom fixtures manufacturer, wholly-owned by the American Crane Co.
- Fort Garry Brewing Company
- General Electric (manufacturing testing)
- Kitchen Craft of Canada Ltd. — cabinetwork manufacturer
- Mondetta Clothing Company — casual and sportswear design and manufacturing company
- Motor Coach Industries
- NFI Group — manufacturer of transit buses and motorcoaches
- New Flyer Industries — bus manufacturer
- Label Source — custom label manufacturer[13]
- Nas Digitech N.A — develops and distributes protective film and sticky mats[7]
- Old Dutch Foods (Canadian operations) — snack food manufacturer
- Palliser Furniture Ltd. — furniture manufacturer
- Pollard Banknote
- Scott-Bathgate Ltd. — foodstuff manufacturer
- Speedpro — largest sign and image producing company in Canada
- Tiber River Naturals — manufacturer and distributor of home, pet, and personal-care products[13][3]
Publishing[]
- Arbeiter Ring Publishing — bookstore, specializing in progressive, radical and anarchist literature
- Arts Manitoba Publications Inc — publisher of Border Crossings magazine
- At Bay Press — tradebook publishing company
- Fernwood Publishing — second office (headquartered in Halifax)
- — periodicals publishing services
- McNally Robinson — book retailer
- Turnstone Press Ltd. — literary publisher
- University of Manitoba Press
Former companies:
- Aqua Books — former independent bookstore
- Bedside Press
- Coffee News — weekly advertising publication that began in Winnipeg
- Harlequin Enterprises — book publisher founded in Winnipeg; now headquartered in Toronto
- Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse — former political bookstore and vegan cafe
Retail and apparel[]
- Arctic Co-operatives Limited — cooperative federation
- Cabela's (Canadian headquarters) — outdoor recreational equipment retail chain
- — wholesaler and retailer
- Domo — gasoline retailer
- K-Tel
- McNally Robinson — book retailer
- The North West Company — grocery and retail
- Princess Auto
- Red River Co-op — retail cooperative
- Stedmans V&S (V&S) — variety discount department store chain
Former companies:
- Hudson's Bay Company — retailing; moved headquarters from Winnipeg
- Metropolitan Stores — former department store
- Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse — former political bookstore and vegan cafe
Apparel and jewelry[]
- Ben Moss Jewellers
- Manitobah Mukluks — mukluk and moccasin manufacturer and distributor[3]
- Mondetta Clothing Company — casual and sportswear design and manufacturing company
- Nygård International — apparel manufacturer and retailer
- Silver Jeans Co. — designer denim company
Technology[]
- — e-commerce technology[13][16]
- Canadian Business Automation and Online Solutions (CBAOS) — online business solutions and automation[2]
- Ceridian Canada (payroll) — human resources software and services
- Exchange Technology Services[17]
- Encore Business Solutions — service for helping businesses implement Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM.[3][4] Founded in Winnipeg,[5] it is the largest Canadian-owned partner dedicated to delivering Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM solutions and services.[4]
- FPOM — website for business listings, buy/sell classifieds, and local social-networking[18]
- IC Group Inc[19]
- Neovation Learning Solutions — online learning services and software[13][3]
- Revvo Inc. — business review automation platform[20]
- SkipTheDishes — on-demand food delivery service
- Tactile Robotics[21]
- Winnipeg Technical Services and Solutions (WTSS) — web design, search engine optimization, app development, business process automation[8]
Transportation[]
- Bison Transport
- CentrePort Canada — trimodal inland port
- Kivalliq Air — airline
- Perimeter Aviation — airline
- Reimer Express
- NFI Group — manufacturer of transit buses and motorcoaches
- New Flyer Industries — bus manufacturer
Other businesses/services[]
- Bison Fire Protection — sells, installs, and maintains fire protection equipment[3]
- — automotive repair
- — English-language training and testing institution for international students in Winnipeg and Mississauga
- J-CON Civil — civil construction service, particularly for sewer and water projects[7]
- Lifetouch Canada — school photography service[1]
- Manitoba Hydro (government-owned) — electric power and natural gas utility company
- Centra Gas
- — technology repair store
- — renewable/solar energy
- Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP — legal firm
- TREK Geotechnical — engineering consulting service for geotechnical and water resources applications.[7]
Companies founded or formerly based in Winnipeg[]
- A&W — fast-food restaurant founded in Winnipeg; now headquartered in BC.
- Agassiz Brewing — former brewing company
- Agricore United — agribusiness
- Aqua Books — former independent bookstore
- Canwest — former media conglomerate
- Coffee News — weekly advertising publication that began in Winnipeg
- Crane Plumbing Corporation — defunct bathroom fixtures manufacturer, wholly-owned by the American Crane Co.
- Dickie Dee — ice-cream brand
- Harlequin Enterprises — book publisher, founded in Winnipeg; now headquartered in Toronto
- Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. — mining company
- Hudson's Bay Company — retailing
- Ipsos-Reid — research company founded in Winnipeg; now operating as Ipsos in Canada.
- Kraves Candy Co. — the original makers of Clodhoppers before selling their assets to Brookside Foods in BC.[15]
- Liquid Image Corporation — company that manufactured head-mounted displays.
- Louis Dreyfus Group — agribusiness
- Manitoba Liquor Control Commission (crown corporation) — former liquor regulator of Manitoba
- Manitoba Lotteries Corp. (crown corporation) — former lotteries regulator of Manitoba
- Metropolitan Stores — former department store
- Moffat Communications — former cable and broadcasting company
- Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse — former political bookstore and vegan cafe
- Motor Coach Industries — U.S. bus manufacturing company founded in Winnipeg. (Now owned by New Flyer.)
- NewLeaf — former virtual airline and ticket reseller
- Canada Safeway — grocer
- Salisbury House — restaurant
- United Grain Growers — former agribusiness; became Agricore United
- Videon Cablesystems — former broadcaster
- W Network — broadcaster
- Wardrop Engineering — former civil engineering and engineering consulting firm
- Western Canada Lottery Corporation (crown corporation)
- Westfair Foods — grocer
- Winnipeg Hydro — former hydro-generation and distribution company.
References[]
- ^ a b "About us". Lifetouch Canada. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Web Design & Development Services | Custom Software Development | Digital Marketing Experts | CBAOS". Canadian Business Automation & Online Solutions. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Meet Winnipeg's Fastest-Growing Companies". Canadian Business. September 14, 2017. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d "About Us". Encore Business Solutions. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ a b "Microsoft Dynamics Partner Winnipeg | 365, AX, GP, NAV, & CRM | Encore". Encore Business Solutions. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ "Contact Us | Market Force". www.marketforce.com. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ a b c d "Meet Winnipeg's Fastest-Growing Companies: 2018 Growth 500 - Canadian Business". Canadian Business. September 13, 2018. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Winnipeg Technical Services and Solutions
- ^ "About Us | Buffalo Gal Pictures". www.buffalogalpictures.com. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ "Rainbow Stage The Story". Rainbow Stage. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Holmberg, Arthur; Solorzano, Carlos (2014). World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 2: The Americas. Vol. 2. Routledge. p. 640. ISBN 978-1136118364.
- ^ Crabbe, Michael; Botaitis, James (3 April 2015). "Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers". Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Meet Winnipeg's Fastest-Growing Companies: 2019 Growth 500 - Canadian Business". Canadian Business. September 12, 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
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- ^ a b "Archived copy". www.clodhoppers.tv. Archived from the original on 25 August 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "More power to you". More power to you. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ https://www.exchangetech.ca/about/
- ^ FPOM
- ^ "IC Group | Loyalty Programs, Digital Promotions & Twitter Auto Response". IC Group. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ "Revvo | Put Reviews On Autopilot". Revvo | Put Reviews On Autopilot. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ "Contact Us". Tactile Robotics. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
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