confectionery manufacturing founded 1940 headquarters bolton ontario canada key people frank c. mars founder john mars chairman mars family owners products mars bar m & m s snickers ... revenue us 18 billion 2005 1 number of employees 39 000 2005 1 website mars canada mars canada ltd is the canadian division of mars incorporated a privately held multi national company and a world leader in food pet care products and confectionery products . contents 1 company history 2 office locations 3 products 4 external links 5 notes and references company history edit the canadian division began its operation in the late 1940s as a branch of uncle ben s inc. in 1967 the first canadian office was opened in montreal moving to toronto in 1972 . in 1974 the branch was replaced by a canadian corporation and named effem inc. in 2007 effem was selected as one of canada s top 100 employers as published in maclean s magazine . 2 up to and including 2007 it was known as effem ltd which was named after the original founder frank his wife ethel and their son forrest e. mars . office locations edit mars canada s national office is located in bolton ontario 20 minutes north of pearson international airport 40 minutes from downtown toronto . also located in bolton is the petfood manufacturing facility and the food manufacturing facility . the confectionery facility is located in newmarket ontario 40 minutes north east of the national office . products edit the mars portfolio has five of the world s leading confectionery brands including the mars bar snickers bar skittles and twix cookie bars and the world s single largest candy brand m & m s chocolate candies . canadian brands food uncle ben s confectionery products m & m s mars bar snickers twix 3 musketeers bounty dove chocolate skittles starburst maltesers combos pet food pedigree petfoods 1 brand in canada citation needed whiskas 1 brand in canada citation needed cesar sheba tempations external links edit world head office official site mars canada company profile from yahoo notes and references edit a b mars incorporated company profile yahoo finance reasons for selection 2007 canada s top 100 employers . v t e mars incorporated mars family franklin clarence mars ethel v. mars forrest mars sr. forrest mars jr. john franklyn mars jacqueline mars victoria b. mars brands products for human consumption chocolate 3 musketeers a. korkunov balisto bounty celebrations dove ethel m fling flyte kudos m azing m & m s maltesers mars milky way revels snickers topic tracker treets twix galaxy galaxy milk chocolate galaxy caramel galaxy counters galaxy crispy galaxy hazelnut galaxy fruit & nut galaxy minstrels galaxy ripple galaxy senzi galaxy amicelli galaxy bubbles galaxy jewels galaxy promises galaxy honeycomb crisp galaxy cookie crumble galaxy orange & shortcake other foods combos dolmio masterfoods munch promite seeds of change uncle ben s drink cocoavia flavia klix wrigley gum and confections chewing gum with sugar alert big red doublemint juicy fruit wrigley s spearmint winterfresh sugarfree 5 airwaves eclipse ice excel extra freedent orbit surpass bubblegum with sugar alpine big league chew bubble tape hubba bubba sugarfree ouch mint and candy altoids eclipse life savers lockets skittles starburst tunes products for non human consumption pet care advance aquarium pharmaceuticals buckeye nutrition cesar chappie eukanuba exelpet greenies iams medi cal my dog natura nutro pedigree pill pockets royal canin schmackos seramis sheba spillers teasers techni cal whiskas winergy wisdom panel mx mixed breed dna test services pet care banfield pet hospital retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mars canada & oldid 723453627 categories companies established in 1940chocolate companiesmars familycompanies based in caledon ontariofood and drink companies of canadaprivately held companies of canadahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 june 2016 at 04 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view