George Weston Limited

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George Weston Limited

Summary

George Weston Limited is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,838 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • George Weston Limited is in the country of Canada[3].
  • George Weston Limited is in the country of CA[4].
  • George Weston Limited's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • George Weston Limited's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • George Weston Limited's founder is recorded as George Weston[7].
  • George Weston Limited's headquarters location is recorded as Toronto[8].
  • George Weston Limited's child organization or unit is recorded as Loblaw Companies[9].
  • George Weston Limited's Commons category is recorded as George Weston Limited[10].
  • George Weston Limited's stock exchange is recorded as Toronto Stock Exchange[11].
  • George Weston Limited's industry is recorded as food industry[12].
  • January 1, 1882 marks the founding of George Weston Limited[13].
  • 2016-12-31 marks the founding of George Weston Limited[14].
  • George Weston Limited's location of formation is recorded as Toronto[15].
  • George Weston Limited's parent organization or unit is recorded as gleif:213800DE48PQJ6VNN980[16].
  • George Weston Limited's parent organization or unit is recorded as gleif:213800DE48PQJ6VNN980[17].
  • George Weston Limited's official website is recorded as http://www.weston.ca[18].
  • George Weston Limited's topic's main category is recorded as Category:George Weston Limited[19].
  • George Weston Limited's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/george-weston-limited-history/[20].
  • George Weston Limited's legal form is recorded as business corporation[21].
  • George Weston Limited's legal form is recorded as O90R[22].
  • George Weston Limited's owner of is recorded as Loblaw Companies[23].
  • George Weston Limited's owner of is recorded as Weston Centre[24].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300GEHU6LUSPS7Q65[25]

  • Registered legal name: George Weston Limited[26]

  • Legal jurisdiction: CA-ON[27]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[28]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): O90R[29]

  • Entity status: INACTIVE[30]

  • LEI registration status: RETIRED[31]

  • LEI first registered: 2014-10-29[32]

  • LEI last updated: 2023-08-08[33]

  • LEI next renewal: 2021-08-17[34]

  • Managing LOU: 529900F6BNUR3RJ2WH29[35]

  • Registration authority: RA000072[36]

  • Authority entity ID: 1106436-3[37]

  • Successor LEI: 549300FAHC3L1QKNT280[38]

  • Conformity flag: NOT_APPLICABLE[39]

Body

Founding

George Weston Limited's founder is recorded as George Weston[7]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1882[13] and 2016-12-31[14]. Its location of formation is recorded as Toronto[15].

Operations

George Weston Limited's headquarters location is recorded as Toronto[8]. Parent organizations include gleif:213800DE48PQJ6VNN980[16]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Loblaw Companies[9].

Industry

George Weston Limited's industry is recorded as food industry[12].

Ownership

George Weston Limited's stock exchange is recorded as Toronto Stock Exchange[11].

Why It Matters

George Weston Limited ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,838 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [25] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Stock exchange → Toronto Stock Exchange
    Location of formation → Toronto
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