Canadian restaurant chains 🍽️

Fairfax Financial · Richmond

The default Canadian special-occasion steakhouse; split back out of Recipe as a standalone company in September 2025

Northland Properties (Gaglardi family) · Vancouver

Northland's steakhouse banner, usually attached to a Sandman hotel

MTY Food Group · Montreal

Quebec-born ribs-and-steak house, now one of MTY's casual banners

MTY Food Group · Montreal

Old Montreal bistro formula — steak, frites, and not much else

SIR Corp · Toronto

SIR's chophouse format, mostly suburban Ontario

Fuller family · Vancouver

The Fuller family's flagship — the template most Canadian casual dining copied

Fuller family · Vancouver

Earls' glossier sibling, same family, aimed a notch upmarket

Fuller family · Vancouver

The Fullers were silent partners from the start and later took it outright

Foodtastic · Montreal

Vancouver-born grill; moved to Foodtastic's portfolio of 27 Canadian banners

Foodtastic · Edmonton

Alberta all-day social house; joined Foodtastic in 2026

SIR Corp · Toronto

Paper-tablecloth patio institution and SIR Corp's biggest banner

Northland Properties (Gaglardi family) · Vancouver

Calgary-founded, now part of the Gaglardi family's Sandman/Grouse Mountain group

Recipe Unlimited (Fairfax Financial) · Vaughan

Ribs, antlers and crayons on the table — Recipe's roadhouse banner

Recipe Unlimited (Fairfax Financial) · Vaughan

Recipe's neighbourhood bar and grill, heavy on Ontario highway exits

Recipe Unlimited (Fairfax Financial) · Calgary

Calgary-born neighbourhood pub-restaurant, strongest across the Prairies

Recipe Unlimited (Fairfax Financial) · Calgary

Original Joe's dressed-up sibling under the same Recipe umbrella

MTY Food Group · Montreal

Cottage-country styling, Ontario footprint, Montreal parent

MTY Food Group · Montreal

Quebec steak-and-grill banner with a New York name and no New York

Foodtastic · Montreal

Quebec burger-bar chain and one of Foodtastic's fastest-growing banners

Browns Restaurant Group (Scott Morison) · Vancouver

Vancouver-born neighbourhood socialhouse, franchised west to east

Safari EATertainment · St. John's

Newfoundland-founded family eatery, 100% Canadian-owned and now across Atlantic Canada

Boston Pizza International · Richmond

Started in Edmonton, named for nowhere in particular — the largest casual-dining brand in Canada

Shato Holdings (Toigo family) · Vancouver

A BC institution since 1928 — Nat Bailey's drive-in, back in local hands since 1982 and still family-held

SIR Corp · Toronto

SIR's Italian concept, built around mozzarella pulled at the table

Recipe Unlimited (Fairfax Financial) · Vaughan

Faux-New-York Italian invented in Toronto; the bottomless salad is the draw

MTY Food Group · Montreal

Quebec's brochette-and-flaming-cheese Greek chain

Recipe Unlimited (Fairfax Financial) · Toronto

Toronto deli-diner with a menu the length of a novella

Tsouflidou family · Sainte-Thérèse

Cora Tsouflidou's fruit-avalanche breakfast empire, still run by her son

Sunset Grill Restaurants · Mississauga

Founded in Toronto's Beaches; all-day breakfast, cooked to order, no microwaves

Independent · Laval

Quebec breakfast chain that grew to ~69 locations in under a decade

MTY Food Group · Montreal

Eggs-benedict-forward breakfast banner, strongest in Quebec

MTY Food Group · Montreal

Loud, cheerful Quebec breakfast chain now expanding into Ontario

MTY Food Group · Montreal

Quebec's all-day Italian-diner standby

MTY Food Group · Montreal

Breakfast-and-brunch banner built on crêpes and fruit

Independent · Calgary

One of the first franchised restaurant chains in Canada; pancakes as a way of life

Chairman's Brands · Toronto

Started in Bowmanville in 2008 and franchised from 2011; one of eight banners under Chairman's

Recipe Unlimited (Fairfax Financial) · Vaughan

Quarter chicken dinner and a tub of Chalet sauce — Canada's rotisserie default

Recipe Unlimited (Fairfax Financial) · Laval

Quebec's rotisserie institution; Cara bought the group for $537M in 2016

MTY Food Group · Montreal

Quebec chicken-and-ribs chain with the all-you-can-eat salad bar

Foodtastic · Montreal

Long-running Quebec rotisserie banner, one of Foodtastic's cornerstones

MTY Food Group · Montreal

MTY's newer fast-casual rotisserie format

Aegis Brands · Markham

Toronto wing-and-Garlic-Dill institution; 100% Canadian-owned since day one

Independent · Toronto

Founded in Sunderland, Ontario; a hundred-odd wing sauces and a hockey game on

Northland Properties (Gaglardi family) · Vancouver

Northland's sports-bar banner, usually next to a Sandman

Recipe Unlimited (Fairfax Financial) · Toronto

Recipe's Belgian-beer-hall format in downtown cores

Recipe Unlimited (Fairfax Financial) · Toronto

British-pub styling, Canadian parent, mostly hotel-attached

Groupe Grandio (formerly Sportscene) · Boucherville

Quebec's sports brasserie; its parent renamed itself Grandio in 2022 and left the TSXV in a management-led buyout