# List of company towns in Canada

This is a list of current and former company towns in Canada. True company towns are those "closed communities owned and administered by the industrial employer". Other rural communities which did not function strictly in this way but were still dominated by a single industry may also be called company towns and are featured in this list.
Their formation were common in the early and mid 20th century, with the mining and pulp and paper industries making up the bulk of the towns. Many of these towns were planned communities, with their developers choosing for them unique design plans, such as the Garden city movement in the case of Kapuskasing, Ontario and Kitimat, British Columbia.
Few company towns remain in Canada, as most have been abandoned or since incorporated into a municipality. The only remaining example of a company town today may be Churchill Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, an unincorporated community home to Nalcor Energy’s Churchill Falls Generating Station.

## British Columbia

| Community | Founded | Company | Industry | Status |
| Allenby | | | Copper mining | Abandoned |
| Anyox | 1914 | Granby Consolidated | Copper smelting | Abandoned in 1935 |
| Bamberton | 1912 | Associated Cement Company | Cement plant | Abandoned in 1980 |
| Barkley Valley | | | Gold mining | Abandoned |
| Blakeburn | | | Coal mining | Abandoned |
| Blubber Bay | | Domtar Chemical Company | Limestone quarrying | Mostly depopulated |
| Bralorne | | | Gold mining | Mostly depopulated |
| Brexton | 1931 | Bridge River Exploration Company | Gold mining | Abandoned |
| Bridge River | | Bridge River Power Project | Hydropower | Mostly depopulated |
| Britannia Beach | 1900 | Britannia Mining and Smelting Co. | Copper and gold mining | |
| Camp McKinney | 1896 | | Gold mining | Abandoned in 1903 |
| Cassiar | 1952 | Cassiar Asbestos Company | Asbestos mining | Abandoned in 1990s |
| Cassidy | | Granby Company | Coal mining | |
| Clayburn | 1905 | Vancouver Fireclay Company | Brickmaking | Abandoned |
| Coalmont | 1911 | Columbia Coal and Coke | Coal mining | |
| Copper Mountain | | Granby Company | Copper mining | Abandoned 1958 |
| Fraser Mills | 1889 | Crown Zellerbach | Sawmilling, pulp and paper | Now part of Coquitlam |
| Gold River | 1967 | | Logging, pulp and paper | Now incorporated |
| Harmac | | | Pulp and paper | Abandoned |
| Hendrix Lake | | | Mining | Abandoned |
| IOCO | | Imperial Oil Company | Oil | Abandoned. |
| Jedway | | Granby Company | Iron mining | Abandoned in 1969 |
| Juskatla | 1940s | | Logging | Abandoned |
| Kemano | 1950s | Alcan | Hydropower | Abandoned in 2000 |
| Kimberley | 1909 | Cominco Ltd. | Lead and zinc mining | Now incorporated |
| Kitimat | 1951 | Alcan | Aluminium smelting | Now incorporated |
| Kitsault | 1979 | Phelps Dodge | Molybdenum mining | Now private |
| Maillardville | 1889 | Crown Zellerbach | Sawmilling, pulp and paper | Now part of Coquitlam |
| Minto City | 1934 | | Gold mining | |
| Mount Sheer | 1900 | Britannia Mining and Smelting Co. | Copper and gold mining | |
| Nitinat | | Crown Zellerbach | Sawmilling, pulp and paper | |
| Ocean Falls | 1906 | Bella Coola Pulp and Paper Co. | Pulp and paper | Mostly depopulated |
| Pioneer Mine | | | Gold mining | Abandoned |
| Port Belmont | 1918 | | Gold mining | Abandoned in 1926 |
| Port Hammond | 1910s | | Pulp and paper | Now part of Maple Ridge |
| Port Mellon | | Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Corp. | Pulp and paper | |
| Powell River | 1910 | The Powell River Company | Pulp and paper | Now part of City of Powell River |
| Premier | 1918 | | Gold mining | Abandoned in 1953 |
| Red Gap | 1912 | Straits Lumber Co. | Sawmilling | Abandoned |
| Stewart | 1930 | | Gold mining | Now incorporated |
| Tasu | 1918 | | Copper and gold mining | Abandoned in 1980s |
| Tumbler Ridge | 1981 | BC Resources Investment Co. | Coal mining | Now incorporated |
| Van Anda | | Van Anda Copper & Gold Mining Co. | Copper and gold mining | Mostly depopulated |
| Woodfibre | | Whalen Pulp and Paper Company | Pulp and paper | Mostly depopulated |

## Manitoba

| Community | Founded | Company | Industry | Status |
| Flin Flon | 1927 | Hudbay | Copper and zinc mining | Now incorporated |
| Sherridon | | Sherritt Gordon | Nickel mining | Mostly depopulated |
| Thompson | 1956 | Inco Ltd. | Nickel mining | Now incorporated |
| Pine Falls | 1926 | Manitoba Pulp & Paper Co. | Pulp & Paper | Now Incorporated |

## Newfoundland and Labrador

| Community | Founded | Company | Industry | Status |
| Churchill Falls | 1961 | Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro | Hydropower | Still a company town |
| Grand Falls | 1905 | Anglo-Newfoundland Development Co. | Pulp and paper | Now incorporated |
| Labrador City | 1960s | Iron Ore Company of Canada | Iron mining | Now incorporated |
| Wabush | 1962 | Wabush Mines | Iron mining | Now incorporated |

## Nova Scotia

| Community | Founded | Company | Industry | Status | Refs |
| Broughton | 1905 | Breton Coal, Iron & Railway Co. | Coal mining | Mostly depopulated | |
| New Waterford | | | Coal mining | Now part of Cape Breton RM | |

## Nunavut

| Community | Founded | Company | Industry | Status | Refs |
| Nanisivik | 1975 | Breakwater Resources | Lead and zinc mining | Abandoned in 2002 | |

## Ontario

| Community | Founded | Company | Industry | Status |
| Batawa | 1939 | Bata Shoe Company | Shoemaking | Now part of Quinte West |
| Burchell Lake | 1959 | North Coldsteam Mines Limited | Copper mining | Abandoned in 1967 |
| Creighton | 1900 | Inco Ltd. | Mining | Abandoned in 1988 |
| Dubreuilville | 1961 | Dubreuil Brothers lumber company | Sawmilling | Now incorporated |
| Espanola | 1900s | Mead Corporation | Pulp and paper | Now incorporated |
| Iroquois Falls | 1912 | Abitibi Power and Paper Company | Pulp and paper | Now incorporated |
| Jerome Mine | 1937 | Mining Corporation of Canada | Gold mining | Abandoned |
| Kapuskasing | | Kimberly-Clark Forest Products | Pulp and paper | Now incorporated |
| Killarney | | | | Mostly depopulated |
| Manitouwadge | 1953 | General Engineering Co Limited | Copper extraction | Now incorporated |
| Ramsey | 1937 | Mining Corporation of Canada | Gold mining | Abandoned |
| Smooth Rock Falls | approx. 1930's | Abitibi / Tembec / Malette | Pulp and Power | Closed in 2006 |
| Terrace Bay | 1947 | Kimberly-Clark Forest Products | Pulp and paper | Now incorporated |
| Timmins | 1912 | Hollinger Mines | Gold mining | Now incorporated |
| Walkerville | 1890 | Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. | Distilling | Now part of Windsor |

## Quebec

| Community | Founded | Company | Industry | Status |
| Arvida | 1927 | Alcoa | Aluminium smelting | Now part of Saguenay |
| Fermont | 1971 | Québec Cartier Mining Company | Iron mining | Now incorporated |
| Gagnon | 1957 | Québec Cartier Mining Company | Iron mining | Abandoned in 1985 |
| Schefferville | 1954 | Iron Ore Company of Canada | Iron mining | Now incorporated |

## Saskatchewan

| Community | Founded | Company | Industry | Status |
| Eldorado | 1946 | Eldorado Mining and Refining | Uranium mining | Abandoned |
| Goldfields | 1936 | Cominco Ltd. | Gold mining | Abandoned |
| Uranium City | 1956 | Eldorado Mining and Refining | Uranium mining | Incorporated and since dissolved |

## Yukon

| Community | Founded | Company | Industry | Status |
| Clinton Creek | 1967 | Cassiar Asbestos Corporation | Asbestos mining | Abandoned in 1978 |
| Elsa | 1935 | Treadwell/United Keno Hill | Lead, silver, and zinc mining | Abandoned in 1989 |
| Keno City | | Hecla Mining | Lead and zinc mining | Mostly depopulated |