Could someone provide names of businesses headquartered in the province/city? Let's start with the bigger ones. I have a few so far:

www.aliant.net Aliant - telecommunications
www.emera.com Emera - energy, utility
www.flyjazz.ca Air Canada Jazz - air transport
www.cra.ca Corporate Research Associates Inc - research
www.portofhalifax.ca Halifax Port Authority - shipping, logistics
.....


with major operations:

Big Five Canadian banks
Bank of Canada

Any major corp relocation news is welcome to post here too....

Here's a bunch more:

CCL Group (cclgroup.ca) - a bunch of companies in marketing, outsourcing, etc (including Corporate Research Associates)
IMP Group (http://www.impgroup.com/) - aviation, marine, hotels
Clearwater (http://www.clearwater.ca) - seafood
Killam Properties (http://www.killamproperties.com/k/) - real estate ("Largest Landlord in Atlantic Canada" says their sign on Quinpool Road)
Innovacorp (http://www.innovacorp.ns.ca/) - business development, I think, and something else involving incubators (might be a crown corporation, judging by the "Come to Life" ad on their website)
Sobey's (http://www.sobeys.ca/) - grocery stores
Alexander Keith's (http://www.keiths.ca/) - brewery
MBS Radio (http://www.mbsradio.com/) - radio stations

Here's a bunch more:

CCL Group (cclgroup.ca) - a bunch of companies in marketing, outsourcing, etc (including Corporate Research Associates)
IMP Group (http://www.impgroup.com/) - aviation, marine, hotels
Clearwater (http://www.clearwater.ca) - seafood
Killam Properties (http://www.killamproperties.com/k/) - real estate ("Largest Landlord in Atlantic Canada" says their sign on Quinpool Road)
Innovacorp (http://www.innovacorp.ns.ca/) - business development, I think, and something else involving incubators (might be a crown corporation, judging by the "Come to Life" ad on their website)
Sobey's (http://www.sobeys.ca/) - grocery stores
Alexander Keith's (http://www.keiths.ca/) - brewery
MBS Radio (http://www.mbsradio.com/) - radio stations


- NewCAP Radio - Owns stations across Canada including Q104
- Acadian Gold resources - Mining company with interest all over the world
- MedMira- Biotech company HIV kits
- Jaqcues whitford - Envoronemntal Engineering firm with office all across N. America
- Neil and Gunther - Engeenering firm with offices all arross Canada
- CBCL- Environamental - Environmental Engineering firm with office all across Atlantic Canada
- Corridor Resources- Junior oil and gas comapny with interests across Atlantic Canada.

Alexander Keith's is no longer HQed here. All they have is a sales/PR staff and a production facility. They are now owned by a Brazilian megabrewery outfit, InBev, with all corporate stuff done out of Toronto or the USA.

Speaking of websites, this is not just NS but new to me, why some websites end with .com whilst others with .ca??

Speaking of websites, this is not just NS but new to me, why some websites end with .com whilst others with .ca??

.ca is the Canadian "Internet country code top-level domain", as wikipedia puts it. It's up to the company/person whether or not they want their website to end with .ca.

More information:
Canadian Internet Registration Authority (http://www.cira.ca/)
Wikipedia - .ca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ca)

Was there discussions re: Sobeys relocating to HRM? Any others?

Sobeys foods- stellarton ,nova scotia -second largest grocery chain in canada
25 percent owner of the 6th largest food chain in america Food Lion of north carolina

Scotsburn Co operative dairys - scotsburn nova scotia - second largest dairy products coop in the world

Crombie Reit- Stellarton Nova Scotia largest owner of commercial property in the region

Empire Theatres- New Glasgow Nova Scotia second largest movie theatre chain in canada and the only chain with coast to coast interests.

Greco Donairs- Truro Nova Scotia - large pizza and donair franchise

Kerr Industries - Truro Nova Scotia largest Furnance maker in region

Central Home Improvements - antigonish nova scotia - largest nova scotian owned home improvement chain and owners of Atlantic Windows of moncton the largest maker of windows in the atlantic provinces.
Atlantic Windows are sold to Kent Home improvements the largest maritime owned home improvement chain that is owned by the irving family of saint john

Pioneer Coal- antigonish
largest mining operator in nova scotia equity owner of the toll highway that is part of the trans canada system. If you come by road you into nova scotia yuo are paying this company. LOL

Kohler Windows Debert, Nova scotia second largest maker of windows in the region.

Standfield underwear- truro . largerst undermaker in the region

Mac Kay Meters - abercrombie nova scotia - second largest parking meter maker in the world.

AW Leil Cranes -Thorburn Nova Scotia - largest nova scotian construction crane operator/owner. Leils owns Sagadore cranes of dartmouth nova scotia

Maritime Steel and foundaries - new glasgow nova scotia- largest steel foundry in eastern canada , steel and structural bridge maker, Owner of Cameron media owner of newspapers in the annapolis valley

Advocate Press- Pictou Nova Scotia largest nova scotia owned printing company . Printer of the telephone books in the region owner of many weekly papers in the region

LEVY guitar straps- antigonish- worldwide leader in instrument straps

Oxford foods- oxford nova scotia - one of the largest food processors in the region from the self proclaimed blueberry capital of canada

Eastlink Communications - Oxford - the largest cable system in the martimes

owned by john bragg the owner of oxford foods

Eastern Sign Print- largest print and graphics company in the region by employee numbers - owned by the sobeys family -stellarton nova scotia

Big 8 beverages -stellarton nova scotia owned by sobeys family- Largest private label bottling soda pop and water maker in the region and the largest bottling plant period in the region.

Pollycello - amherst nova scotia- largest maker of plastic bags for the food industry in eastern canada . this company is expanding with a new 25,000 sq. foot plant in ontario.


jim jones

Ven-Rez (http://www.venrez.ca/) - I think anyone in Halifax is familiar with their products :D . Ven-Rez makes generic furniture that can be found in any library, university, school, auditorium, or church in the city (very popular with the government). They're located in Shelburne.

Was there discussions re: Sobeys relocating to HRM? Any others?
They don't have any plans currently to relocate. I forget where I read this, but apparently when the Ontario government tried to lure them over a few years back, they said that if they were to relocate at all, they would rather move to Halifax.

Ven-Rez (http://www.venrez.ca/) - I think anyone in Halifax is familiar with their products :D . Ven-Rez makes generic furniture that can be found in any library, university, school, auditorium, or church in the city (very popular with the government). They're located in Shelburne.


They don't have any plans currently to relocate. I forget where I read this, but apparently when the Ontario government tried to lure them over a few years back, they said that if they were to relocate at all, they would rather move to Halifax.

Very cool looking company . Never knew about a nova scotian company making classroom furniture or office furniture. As too the relocation thing the ontario government offered Sobeys 30 million to move their corporate head quarters to ontario.

Really in many cases relocation is not an option when you have a company over 30 years old. The work force is specialized , the skills are developed here and in the case of a move to ontario the costs go up because the cost of living is much higher. There is something be said for regional loyality and many a company in the maritimes has shown that you can be come very successful on a provincial , regional, national and international basis.

Very cool looking company . Never knew about a nova scotian company making classroom furniture or office furniture. As too the relocation thing the ontario government offered Sobeys 30 million to move their corporate head quarters to ontario.

Really in many cases relocation is not an option when you have a company over 30 years old. The work force is specialized , the skills are developed here and in the case of a move to ontario the costs go up because the cost of living is much higher. There is something be said for regional loyality and many a company in the maritimes has shown that you can be come very successful on a provincial , regional, national and international basis.

I hope Sobeys stays in Pictou county.