James Richardson & Sons Limited (JRSL) is a privately-held corporation in Canada that is involved in several industries including agriculture (international grain trade, agribusiness, agri-food), energy, real estate, financial services, investments, and transportation.
[2][5][6] Headquartered in Winnipeg, Richardson handles and merchandises Canadian-grown grains and oilseeds, and is a vertically-integrated processor and manufacturer of oats and canola-based products.
[7][8] Richardson Oilseed Ltd., another division, works with canola-based products and is fully integrated through the entire canola supply chain.
[13] With core properties on the Williston Basin in southwestern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan, the company operates more than 95% of its production and owns approximately 3,500 wells and facilities.
[15][16] The company markets and transports hydrocarbons through an integrated network of gathering pipelines, storage tanks, rail, and truck terminals.
which in turn is delivered to the Enbridge Mainline System or to Kingston Midstream’s Rail Loading Facility.
"[20] In 2013, Richardson GMP significantly expanded its business scale upon its acquisition of Macquarie Private Wealth Inc. (Canada) for $132 million.
[21] The company offers coverage for the amusement industry, business and professional services, the cannabis industry, commercial agriculture, contractors, cyber security, professional liability, "equipment breakdowns," faith-based and charitable organizations, manufacturing, non-profit directors and officers liability, retail, and for wellness and fitness facilities, as well as umbrella insurance.
As a "leading asset-based freight solutions provider with a network of terminals throughout North America," Bison has a fleet of more than 2,100 tractors and 6,000 trailers, and is one of the largest carriers in Canada today.
[30] The Richardson family has been synonymous with the grain industry in western Canada from the early days of European settlement to the present.
[26] Also in 1883, James Richardson became the first to arrange the initial shipment of wheat from western Canada through the lake system to Liverpool, England.
Soon after, in 1910, James Richardson and Sons opened a location in Vancouver, followed shortly by Calgary, Saskatoon, Medicine Hat, and Lethbridge.
In 1925, James Richardson & Sons established a radio station in Moose Jaw with the call sign CJRM-AM.
[32] In 1926, JRSL joined the Montreal Stock Exchange and a year later, acquired the Wall Street brokerage of E. A.
[26][18][33] Following James Armstrong's unexpected death in 1939, his wife Muriel Sprague Richardson became JRSL's fifth President in 1940.
[26] At the height of the Cold War, JRSL was able to land a $20-million grain sale to China, ending a long-standing ban by the Communist government on Western imports.
[4] In 1999, James Richardson International acquired Canbra Foods Ltd., a fully-integrated canola processing and packaging facility in Lethbridge, Alberta.