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Originally Posted by acottawa
What large company was based in Toronto before the 1970?
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TD, CIBC, Bank of Nova Scotia, Manulife, Barrick Resources, George Weston, Dominion, Multimatic International (Magna), Hudson's Bay Company, Canadian Tire, Carling O'Keefe, Eaton's, General Motors Canada, Avro Canada, Sam The Record Man, Zeller's...
There were a lot of major companies based in Toronto before 1970. It was also the home of essentially all US branch facilities, which was a major factor in vaulting Toronto past Montreal.
Toronto 1930-70 was more like a Chicago than a Milwaukee.