{{Short description|Salt mining, processing, and distribution company based in Pointe-Claire, Quebec}} {{Infobox company | name = Windsor Salt | logo = Canadian Salt Company logo.png | caption = | type = | genre = | fate = | predecessor = {{unbulleted list |K+S Windsor Salt|Windsor Salt Company|The Canadian Salt Company Limited}} | successor = | foundation = 1893 | founder = | defunct = | location_city = Pointe-Claire | location_country = Quebec | location = | locations = Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan | area_served = Canada | key_people = Mark Demetree, CEO | industry = Salt Mining | products = salt mining and refining | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 861 | parent = Morton Salt | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = [http://www.windsorsalt.com Windsor Salt] | footnotes = | intl = }} '''Windsor Salt''' is a national salt mining, processing, and distribution company based in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wfdlAEACAAJ|title=The Windsor Salt Freakies : a Picture Book and the Story of Windsor Table Salt|date=1928|publisher=Canadian Salt Company|language=en}}</ref> It operates salt mines in Pugwash, Nova Scotia (the Windsor Salt Pugwash Mine) and Windsor, Ontario (the Windsor Salt Mine).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptivecatal00londrich|quote=Windsor Salt.|title=Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of the Economic Minerals of Canada, and of Its Crystalline Rocks. Sent to the London International Exhibition for 1862|date=1862|publisher=Lovell|language=en}}</ref> From the salt it mines and produces through evaporative processes, it produces and distributes products for household use, food production, as well as products for agricultural, commercial, and industrial use. Government agencies use a number of its products for ice control on roads in the winter.
The company was previously named '''The Windsor Salt Company''' and '''The Canadian Salt Company, Limited''' ({{langx|fr|'''La Société Canadienne de Sel Limitée'''}}).
==History and company information== Windsor Salt was founded in 1893 as The Windsor Salt Company by three employees of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was also known as The Canadian Salt Company, Limited ({{langx|fr|La Société Canadienne de Sel Limitée}}) for a time. Since 1954, it has been owned by Morton Salt.
From 2009 to 2021, Windsor Salt and Morton salt were owned by German chemical company K+S, and the company is Canada's largest salt manufacturer. In 2020, Windsor Salt's parent, K+S, sold Windsor Salt and Morton Salt to Kissner Group, which is controlled by Stone Canyon Industries Holdings (SCIH) and Mark Demetree.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-07 |title=K+S sells Americas salt business for $3.2 billion |url=https://www.mining.com/ks-sells-americas-salt-business-for-3-2-billion/ |access-date=2021-09-20 |website=MINING.COM |language=en-US}}</ref>
The company is headquartered in Pointe-Claire, Quebec.<ref>Scott’s Directories, 2007 Manufacturer 50th Anniversary Edition (2007, Toronto, Division Big Directories) pg 2-876</ref> It employs over 800 people in its three regional sales offices, three evaporated salt plants, three rock salt mines, and throughout a network of warehouses and salt storage facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://windsorsalt.com/about-us/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=Windsor Salt |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Products== Windsor Salt recovers, processes, imports, and distributes over 200 evaporated and rock salt products under multiple brand names, including Windsor, Safe-T-Salt and Fino. The company's evaporated salt products are used in household and food products, as well as for agricultural, water softening and industrial purposes. Windsor Salt sells table salt, household salt, Kosher salt, pickling salt, water softening pellets, seasoning, himalayan pink salt, and sea salt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Culinary Salt Products |url=https://windsorsalt.com/culinary/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=Windsor Salt |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website|https://windsorsalt.com/}}
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Category:1893 establishments in Ontario Category:Companies based in Pointe-Claire Category:Food and drink companies of Canada Category:Food and drink companies established in 1893 Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1893 Category:Mining companies of Canada Category:Non-renewable resource companies established in 1893 Category:Salt production Category:Canadian companies established in 1893 Category:Mining in Nova Scotia
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