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Founded by George Cohon in 1967, in Richmond.1
Private company
McDonald's Canada
Logo: McDonald's, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
Canadian subsidiary of American fast food company McDonald's
McDonald's Restaurants of Canada, Limited (French: Les Restaurants McDonald's du Canada Limitée, nicknamed McDo) is the Canadian master franchise of the fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's, owned by the American parent McDonald's Corporation. One of Canada's largest fast-food restaurant chains, the franchise sells food items – including hamburgers, chicken, French fries and soft drinks – all across the country.2 It was founded by George Cohon.1 It is headquartered in Don Mills.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
1967Founded1
- Industrygastronomy1
- HeadquartersNorth York1
- Founded inRichmond1
- Websitewww.mcdonalds.com/ca/fr-ca.html
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McDonald's Restaurants of Canada, Limited (French: Les Restaurants McDonald's du Canada Limitée, nicknamed McDo) is the Canadian master franchise of the fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's, owned by the American parent McDonald's Corporation. One of Canada's largest fast-food restaurant chains, the franchise sells food items – including hamburgers, chicken, French fries and soft drinks – all across the country.2
Corporate structure
McDonald's Canada is part of a group headed by McDonald's. 26 entities, 20 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- McDonald's Chicago, Illinois, United States
- McDonald's Canada North York
- Arcos Dorados Holdings Subsidiary · Montevideo, Uruguay
- ARCOS DORADOS B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- McDonald's - Indonesia Subsidiary
- McDonald's Australia Subsidiary · Sydney, Australia
- McDonald's Denmark Subsidiary
- McDonald's France Subsidiary · Guyancourt
- McDonald's Israel Subsidiary · Ga'ash
- McDonald's Japan Subsidiary · Shinjuku I-Land Tower, Japan
- McDonald's New Zealand Subsidiary · Greenlane
- Georgie Pie Subsidiary · Auckland
- McDonald's Pakistan Subsidiary
- McDonald's Philippines Subsidiary · Makati
- McDonald's Russia Subsidiary · Russia
- McDonald's South Africa Subsidiary
- McDonald's Ukraine Subsidiary · Kyiv
- McDonald’s Malaysia Subsidiary
- McCafé Subsidiary
- MCD APMEA SINGAPORE INVESTMENTS PTE. LTD. Subsidiary · Singapore, Singapore
- MCD ASIA PACIFIC, LLC Subsidiary · London, Delaware, United Kingdom
- MCD GLOBAL FRANCHISING LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
- McD Luxembourg Real Estate S.a r.l. (McD Luxembourg Real Estate S.à r.l.) Subsidiary · Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- MCDONALD'S INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · New Delhi, India
- MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT OPERATIONS INC. Subsidiary · Chicago, Illinois, United States
- McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Limited Subsidiary · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 600 @ Toa Payoh Owned · Toa Payoh, Singapore
- Hamburger University Owned · Chicago, United States
- and 1 more
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Leadership
Who has led McDonald's Canada, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
- FounderGeorge Cohon1
Products and brands
- fast food
Listed on Wikidata.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1967Founded Founded in Richmond1
Links
- Websitewww.mcdonalds.ca1
- Websitewww.mcdonalds.com/ca/fr-ca.html1
- WikipediaMcDonald's Canada
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ12061541
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataMcDonald's Canada on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaMcDonald's Canada on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsMcDonald's Canada logo by McDonald's, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4Wikimedia CommonsMcDonald's Canada photo by Sikander Iqbal, CC BY-SA 4.0