Company type | Division |
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Industry | Supermarket |
Founded | 1919Toronto, Ontario, Canada | in
Founders | J. William Pentland Robert Jackson |
Defunct | December 2008 |
Fate | Rebranded as Metro |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Brands | Private labels: Master Choice Equality |
Parent | Metro Inc. |
Website | www.metro.ca |
Dominion was a national chain of supermarkets in Canada, which was known as the Dominion of Canada when the chain was founded. The chain was founded in 1919 in Ontario and was later acquired by the Argus Corporation. It was broken up in the mid-1980s, with key locations and the rights to the brand sold to The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P), which restricted the chain to the Greater Toronto Area. Stores elsewhere in Ontario were converted to the A&P banner, and others were sold to third parties. A&P's Canadian division was later acquired by Metro Inc., which rebranded the remaining Dominion stores to its namesake banner in 2008.[1]