Canada Cement Company

Canada Cement Company

Founded	10 September 1909 (1909-09-10)
Defunct	30 December 1985 (1985-12-30)
Fate	Merged into Lafarge
Successor	Lafarge Canada Inc.
Headquarters	Canada Cement Building, Montreal, Quebec

The Canada Cement Company, Limited, and from 1970 onwards Canada Cement Lafarge Ltd., was a Canadian Portland cement company that existed from 1909 to 1985. The company was created by the Lord Beaverbrook through the merger of ten existing cement companies. Canada Cement was, along with Stelco and Canadian Car and Foundry, one of three major corporate combinations formed by Beaverbrook. In 1970, Canada Cement was acquired by Lafarge and renamed Canada Cement Lafarge Ltd. The company remained in existence until 1985, when it merged with Lafarge's other Canadian operations into the new Lafarge Canada Inc.

History

The 1921 Canada Cement Building on Phillips Square in Montreal, designed by Barott & Blackader.

The cement plant at Exshaw, built by Sir Sanford Fleming in 1906. It was acquired by Canada Cement in 1911.

In 1909, Beaverbrook merged ten Portland cement companies together into the new Canada Cement Company. The merged companies were the International Portland Cement Company (Hull, Quebec), Vulcan Portland Cement Company (Montreal, Quebec), Lehigh Portland Cement Company (Belleville, Ontario), Canadian Portland Cement Company (Marlbank, Ontario), Canadian Portland Cement Company (Port Colbourne, Ontario), Lakefield Portland Cement Company (Montreal, Quebec), Lakefield Portland Cement Company (Lakefield, Ontario), Owen Sound Portland Cement Company (Shallow Lake, Ontario), Alberta Portland Cement Company (Calgary, Alberta), and Belleville Portland Cement Company (Belleville, Ontario).

In February 1911, Canada Cement purchased the Exshaw cement plant during the liquidation of the Western Canada Cement and Coal Company. The plant had been built in 1906 by Sir Sanford Fleming.