Foundation Company of Canada

The Foundation Company of Canada Limited was a Canadian construction company that existed from 1924 to 2001. The company's origins lay in New York City, where the Foundation Company was founded in 1902. In 1909, Foundation was invited by the Canadian Pacific Railway to build caissons as part of the construction on Windsor Station in Montreal. Foundation operated in Canada from 1909 until 1924. That year, Richard E. C. Chadwick and a group of investors bought out the company's Canadian operations and incorporated the Foundation Company of Canada Limited. In 1963, a parent company, the Canadian Foundation Company Limited, was formed to hold the Foundation Company of Canada and its subsidiaries.

Foundation was one of Canada's largest construction firms and was responsible for many of the country's most famous structures built in the 20th century, including the CN Tower and Place Ville Marie.

In 1987, the Foundation Company was acquired by Banister Continental Inc. of Edmonton, which became the country's largest publicly traded construction company. Banister Continental – which changed its name to Banister Inc. in 1990, Banister Foundation Inc. in 1994, and BFC Construction in 1997 – continued to operate the Foundation Company as a subsidiary through 1999. In December 1999, BFC Construction was acquired by Armbro Enterprises Inc. On 1 January 2001, Armbro amalgamed Foundation and BFC into a single new company, which brought an end to the Foundation name. In June 2001, Armbro was renamed Aecon Group Inc.