Canadian branch of Universal Music. Legally operating under this name since 6 February 2003. The company was first incorporated on 1 July 1999, by an amalgamation of Universal Studios Canada Ltd., Polygram Canada Inc., and 'Universal Studios Filmed Entertainment Canada Inc.', continuing to be incorporated as 'Universal Studios Canada Ltd.' and later changing name to 'Universal Music Canada Inc.' The company is a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal (ultimate parent Bolloré Group), a global media and communications company for the digital age, with five communications units including TV and Film, Publishing, Music, Internet and Telecoms, and Environment.
Full French legal entity name: Musique Universal Canada Inc.
First legal entity:
Registered: 1 July 1999 as 'Universal Studios Canada Ltd.' / 'Studios Universal Canada Ltée' (formed as an amalgamation described above)
Ontario corporation number: 1363094
Name change: 6 February 2003 to 'Universal Music Canada Inc.' - this page
Dissolved: 1 January 2016 (merged into the new legal entity below)
Second legal entity, created as an amalgamation of 'Universal Music Canada Inc.' (above), 'EMI Group Canada Inc.', 'EMI Group Holdings Canada Ltd.', and label
Registered: 1 January 2016 as 'Universal Music Canada Inc.'
Ontario corporation number: 1947777