Any Canadian-owned chains of coffee shops?

[Admiral Beez]

With Timmies owned by Brazil-based Burger King, I wonder if there is a national or regional chain of coffee shops owned or headquartered in Canada.

Is Coffee Time a contender? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Time

 

[smably]

Pretty sure Coffee Culture is Ontario-owned -- http://www.coffeeculturecafe.com/locations/

 

[vic]

How big does it have to be to qualify? Bridgehead has about 15 locations in Ottawa.

We have small chains in Toronto like Dark Horse (4?), Crema (3?), The Common (3?).......

 

[someMidTowner]

Balzac's

 

[Tuscani01]

Timothy's (HQ in Toronto)? Second Cup (HQ in Mississauga)?

And while not coffee, David's Tea is booming.

 

[christiesplits]

William's Cafe is huge in SW Ontario, with 37 locations. Their HQ is in Brantford.

 

[PinkLucy]

Second Cup: http://www.secondcup.com/our-story;jsessionid=61D7502C79CC69D6E9DF55B24D27EDEE

 

[urbandreamer]

Blendz. Appalling though it may be. 60+ locations throughout BC including some in Japan.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Aroma?

EDIT: Apparently not - it's from Jerusalem.

 

[grey]

Sam James Coffee Bar now has five locations.

 

[PinkLucy]

How big does it have to be to qualify? Bridgehead has about 15 locations in Ottawa.

We have small chains in Toronto like Dark Horse (4?), Crema (3?), The Common (3?).......

Jimmy's has three locations as well

 

[Admiral Beez]

Jimmy's has three locations as well

Jimmy's also has a nice familiar ring to it. "I'm going to grab a coffee at Jimmy's".... "do you mean Timmies?", "no, Jimmy's"

While he's an American, they could hire Jim Norton as their spokesperson.

 

[nfitz]

Surely Robin's Donuts would be at the top of the list. It's the one you see all over the country in every small town - well except perhaps SW Ontario and Quebec.

 

[PinkLucy]

I've been to a lot of small towns in Ontario and haven't seen a Robin's ... like Huntsville, Midland, Port Hope. I used their store locater function and couldn't find one in any of the towns I tried except for Thunder Bay, where they started, and where there are quite a few. So while they have over 100 locations, that doesn't equate to seeing them all over the country in every small town.

Their "sister" brand, Coffee Time, which is also owned by Chairman's Brands, has more than twice as many locations.

 

[Skeezix]

Mighty Marvel Coffee has two locations (Donlands at Danforth, Carlaw at Danforth) and, therefore, qualifies as a chain (and a Canadian-owned one at that). It will take over the world, starting with the Danforth.

I've always liked Java Moose in New Brunswick. They have 4 locations, IIRC.