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Founded by Hubert Harry Harshman in 1920.1
Private company
Logo: carltoncards.ca3
Canadian greeting card company
Carlton Cards Limited (French: Cartes Carlton Limitée) is a greeting card company in Canada. Its lines of cards include Carlton, Gibson and Tender Thoughts. It also distributes the American Greetings line of cards in Canada.2 It was founded by Hubert Harry Harshman.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Carlton Cards Limited (French: Cartes Carlton Limitée) is a greeting card company in Canada. Its lines of cards include Carlton, Gibson and Tender Thoughts. It also distributes the American Greetings line of cards in Canada. Since 2009, "Carlton Card Retail" has been owned by Schurman Retail Group, its wholesale division remaining with American Greetings; the stores closed in 2020. The closure does not impact the 6000 Canadian retail locations that sell Carlton Cards products.2
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Founded by Hubert Harry Harshman in 1920.1
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