limited industry salt mining predecessor windsor salt company founded 1893 headquarters pointe claire quebec number of locations alberta nova scotia ontario quebec saskatchewan area served canada key people wes clark ceo products salt mining and refining number of employees 861 parent morton salt website windsor salt founded in 1893 in windsor ontario with three employees of the canadian pacific railway company c.p.r. and was originally named the windsor salt company . within a few years the operation was sold and became the canadian salt company limited french la societe canadienne de sel limitee . the company has changed ownership at least twice owned by morton salt since 1954 but it remained a leader in modern salt processing methods and is considered canada s largest salt manufacturer . the company is engaged in the recovery processing importing and sale of salt and provides over 200 evaporated and rock salt products under its well known windsor safe t salt and fino salt brand names . products made from evaporated salt salt recovered from brine are used in household and food products as well as for agricultural water softening and industrial purposes . those made from mined rock salt are also sold to household and industrial markets for ice control and to the water softening and general industrial trades . government agencies are among the largest users of the company s products for highway ice control . the canadian salt company limited is headquartered in pointe claire quebec at 755 boulevard saint jean 7th floor . 1 the company employs 861 people in its three regional sales offices three evaporated salt plants and three rock salt mines as well as across its canada wide network of warehouses and salt storage facilities . see also edit morton salt parent sifto canada rival references edit scott s directories 2007 manufacturer 50th anniversary edition 2007 toronto division big directories pg 2 876 v t e salt history history of salt in the american civil war international salt co. v. united states in middlewich old salt route in chinese history salt march salt road types abraum alaea bittern black lava butter celery curing cyclic dairy flake fleur de sel garlic himalayan iodised kala namak kosher losalt calcium chloride pickling potassium chloride potassium nitrate sodium nitrate onion real salt rock sea salt seasoned sel gris smoked truffle food usage brine cheese brining salted foods salt cured meat health effects salt and cardiovascular disease commerce and industry salt industry commission evaporation pond production salt mining open pan salt making list of countries by salt production by region in cheshire in ghana in syracuse new york culture salt in the bible salting the earth miscellaneous mineral lick smelling salts category food portal this article about a canadian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title canadian salt company & oldid 732139323 categories companies based in pointe clairefood and drink companies of canadacompanies established in 1893mining companies of canadasalt productioncanadian company stubshidden categories articles containing french language textall stub articles 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 29 july 2016 at 22 15 . 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