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Tim Hortons

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Coffee

RBI is Toronto/Oakville-domiciled but 3G Capital (Brazilian-American investment firm) holds substantial voting control; the 2014 Burger King-Tim Hortons merger that created RBI's Canadian domicile was widely reported as tax-motivated - a caution against treating HQ location alone as evidence of local control

Ownership

Parent company
Restaurant Brands International Inc.
Nationality
Canadian HQ, foreign-controlledRBI's Canadian domicile reported as a tax-motivated inversion in the 2014 Burger King-Tim Hortons merger -- caution flag only, not evidence of Canadian control.
Voting control
20% Canadian (estimated)
Public listing
TSX/NYSE: QSR
Operating model
franchised
Last verified
2026-08-22

Related terms

Tax domicile vs. control