Canada Packers
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Canada Packers was the largest meat packing and meat processing company in Canada
, located in Ontario
. It is now part of Maple Leaf Foods
through a merger with Maple Leaf Mills.
In 1927 it was formed by a merger of the Harris Abbatoir Company, Gunns Limited and the William Davies Company
. In 1975 it was listed as the fourteenth largest company in Canada.http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/200TopCompanies.html
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, located in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. It is now part of Maple Leaf Foods
Maple Leaf Foods
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is a major Canadian food processing company, founded in 1927 as a merger of several major Toronto meat packers.-History:The company was originally known as Canada Packers...
through a merger with Maple Leaf Mills.
In 1927 it was formed by a merger of the Harris Abbatoir Company, Gunns Limited and the William Davies Company
William Davies Company
William Davies Company was a pork processing and packing company in Toronto, Canada. At one time, it was the largest pork packer both in Canada and the British Empire, and it operated Canada's first major chain of food stores...
. In 1975 it was listed as the fourteenth largest company in Canada.http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/200TopCompanies.html