J. D. Irving

J.D. Irving, Limited
Company typePrivate
Industry
  • Forestry
  • Transportation
  • Shipbuilding
  • Consumer Products
Founded1882 (1882), in Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Canada
FounderJames Dergavel Irving
Headquarters,
Canada
Area served
Worldwide with operations throughout North America.
Key people
OwnerUnknown
Number of employees
20,000
ParentIrving Group of Companies
DivisionsIrving Forest Products & Services
Irving Transportation Services
Irving Shipbuilding & Industrial Fabrication
Irving Retail & Distribution Services
Irving Consumer Products
Irving Industrial Equipment & Construction
Irving Specialty Printing
Irving Tissue
Websitewww.jdirving.com
Footnotes / references

J. D. Irving Limited (JDI) is a privately owned conglomerate company headquartered in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. It is a part of the Irving Group of Companies and consists of various subsidiaries such as Irving Tissue, Irving Equipment, Kent Building Supplies, New Brunswick Railway, New Brunswick Southern Railway, Eastern Maine Railway, Maine Northern Railway, Acadia Broadcasting, Irving Shipbuilding, and Cavendish Farms, among others. It is involved in many industries including forestry, forestry products, agriculture, food processing, transportation, and shipbuilding. JDI along with Irving Oil and Ocean Capital Investments, forms the bulk of the Irving Group of Companies, which groups the interests of the Irving family.