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)
- Aikenhead's Hardware - Hardware store, acquired by Home Depot
- Bricklin Automobile
- Bytown and Prescott Railway, acquired by Canadian Pacific Railway
- C-Mac Industries, acquired by Solectron
- 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.)
- Diemaco Canadian firearm and defense company. Acquired by Colt's Manufacturing Company
- 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
- John Inglis and Company - Kitchen Appliance Maker
- Jetsgo
- Job Brothers & Co., Limited
- McLaughlin Motor Car Co. - merged with General Motors
- PetroKazakhstan-acquired by China National Petroleum Corporation
- Polymer Corporation - sold to NOVA Corp and then Bayer AG
- 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
- Vidéotron (cable; now owned by Quebecor)
- White Rose Home and Garden Centre, merged with Michael's
- Woodward's, acquired by Hudson's Bay Company
- Woolco (Canadian Division) - Department Store Chain, acquired by Wal-Mart Canada
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