It was created in 1908 and bought out the Canadian interests of the American Tobacco Company, which was a monopoly in the United States until it was reorganized in 1911.

[4] George E. Tuckett began making cigars and plug tobacco in Hamilton, Ontario in the years before Confederation.

[4] Imperial Tobacco was the first Canadian cigarette manufacturer to be successfully sued by a governmental entity in Canada.

The court found that Imperial failed in its duty of care to Quebec consumers prior to 1998.

Brands that BAT Canada markets include Du Maurier, John Player Special, Marlboro, Matinée, Medallion, Pall Mall, Viceroy, and Vogue.

early 2018) started marketing a vaping product called Vype (later renamed Vuse),[5] an alternative to combustible tobacco.