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Metro

Canadian food retailer
Organization supermarket_chain Q1145669
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Metro

Summary

Metro is a supermarket chain[1]. Metro draws 805 Wikipedia views per month (supermarket_chain category, ranking #29 of 187).[2]

Key Facts

  • Metro is in the country of Canada[3].
  • Metro's instance of is recorded as supermarket chain[4].
  • Metro's instance of is recorded as public company[5].
  • Metro's founder is recorded as Rolland Jeanneau[6].
  • Metro's headquarters location is recorded as Montreal[7].
  • Metro's child organization or unit is recorded as Food Basics[8].
  • Metro's Commons category is recorded as Metro (supermarket)[9].
  • Metro's stock exchange is recorded as Toronto Stock Exchange[10].
  • Metro's industry is recorded as supermarket[11].
  • January 1, 1947 marks the founding of Metro[12].
  • Metro's official website is recorded as https://www.metro.ca/en[13].
  • Metro's official website is recorded as https://www.metro.ca/fr[14].
  • Metro's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Metro Inc.[15].
  • Metro's legal form is recorded as business corporation[16].
  • Metro's location information URL is recorded as https://www.metro.ca/en/find-a-grocery[17].

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Founding

Metro's founder is recorded as Rolland Jeanneau[6]. January 1, 1947 marks the founding of Metro[12].

Operations

Metro's headquarters location is recorded as Montreal[7]. Metro's child organization or unit is recorded as Food Basics[8].

Industry

Metro's industry is recorded as supermarket[11].

Ownership

Metro's stock exchange is recorded as Toronto Stock Exchange[10].

Why It Matters

Metro draws 805 Wikipedia views per month (supermarket_chain category, ranking #29 of 187).[2] Metro has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Metro is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Canada public company Toronto Stock Exchange

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Stock exchange → —
    Stock exchange → Toronto Stock Exchange
    Viaf cluster id → 153218625
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