Metro Toyota Duncan | New Toyota dealership in DUNCAN, BC V9L 6C2

The Jim Pattison Group is headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Canada and is comprised of over 455 locations world wide focusing on the automotive, media, packaging, food sales and distribution, magazine distribution, entertainment, export and financial industries. With sales of over $7.2 Billion in 2010 and more than 33,000 employees, the Jim Pattison Group is the third largest private company in Canada.

The mandate of the Jim Pattison Group is total customer satisfaction and that goal continues to enable the individual divisions of the Jim Pattison Group to become leaders in their markets.

Below you will find a timeline illustrating the growth of the Jim Pattison Group over the past 50 years!

1961 Automotive

Jim Pattison acquired a Pontiac Buick dealership in Vancouver
Started Jim Pattison Lease

1965 Media

Awarded license to operate Vancouver AM radio station CJOR

1967 Media

Acquired Neon Products and Seaboard Outdoor Advertising

1968 Foods

Acquired Overwaitea Foods

1969 Periodical Distribution

Acquired Provincial News

1972 Periodical Distribution

Acquired Mountain City News

1978 Corporate

Started Group Opportunities (GO) Program

1979 Illuminated Signs

Acquired Claude Neon

1980 Automotive & Export & Financial

Started Jim Pattison Real Estate Group
Opened Jim Pattison Toyota dealerships in BC's Lower Mainland

1981 Media

Acquired Hook Outdoor Advertising

1982 Foods & Media

Acquired Gould Outdoor Advertising
Launched Save-On-Foods

1984 Foods

Acquired Canadian Fishing Company

1985 Entertainment

Acquired Ripley International Limited

1986 Media

Awarded license to operate Vancouver FM radio station CJJR
Acquired radio and TV stations in Kamloops, BC

1987 Automotive

Acquired Metro Toyota dealerships in Victoria and Duncan, BC

1989 Periodical Distribution

Acquired periodical distribution companies in Anchorage, AK and Atlanta, GA

1990 Packaging & Automotive

Acquired packaging companies, including Genpak, Coroplast and Montebello
Awarded Lexus franchise in Victoria, BC

1991 Export & Financial

Started Financial Services division ? Great Pacific Capital Corp.

1993 Export & Financial

Assumed management control over Westar Group Ltd., including Westshore Terminals' bulk loading facility, Roberts Bank, BC

1994 Periodical Distribution

Acquired periodical distribution business in Charlotte, NC

1995 Foods & Periodical Distribution

Acquired Buy-Low Foods; periodical distribution business in Jacksonville, FL

1996 Periodical Distribution

Acquired various periodical distribution companies in the US and Canada, rebranded as The News Group

1997 Periodical Distribution & Entertainment

Started Select Media Services
Opened Ripley's Aquarium, Myrtle Beach, SC

1998 Media & Periodical Distribution

Acquired Enseignes Imperial Signs, Edmundston, NB
Formed The News Group, L.P.

1999 Foods

Acquired Cooper's Foods
Acquired assets of B.C. Packers Ltd. in BC and Alaska

2000 Foods & Periodical Distribution

Opened Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies, Gatlinburg, TN
Formed magazine Information network (MagNet)

2001 Media & Foods

Acquired Monarch Broadcasting, Bulkley Valley Wholesale and Van-Whole Produce
Launched PriceSmart Foods

2002 Packaging & Periodical Distribution

Started ProLogix Distribution Services in Toronto, ON and AccuLogix Distribution Services in Calgary, AB
Acquired Ever Corp's aluminum tube business, St. Louis, MO

2003Foods & Packaging

Acquired Nesters Market, Keller Foods and US Foam Packaging Business of Lin Pac, Inc.

2004 Entertainment, Automotive & Periodical Distribution

Acquired Classic Attractions in Texas
Acquired St. Augustine Sightseeing Trains in Florida
Acquired auto lease business of Cross-Canada Car Leasing Limited, Toronto, ON
Acquired periodical distribution companies in California

2005 Foods, Automotive, Packaging & Periodical Distribution

Acquired Icicle Seafoods (B.C.) Inc.
Acquired Freeway Dodge Chrysler
Acquired Spartech Corporation's corrugated plastic sheet business
Formed ProLogix Distribution Services and News Group Distribution Services in the US

2006 Packaging, Media & Export & Financial

Acquired Carthage Cup, Carthage, TX
Acquired Creative Outdoor Ads, Halifax, NS
Acquired Island Radio Ltd.'s six FM stations on Vancouver Island, BC
Acquired OK Radio Group Ltd.'s two FM stations in Victoria, BC
Acquired A & W Fixtures, Cocoa, FL
Started Great Pacific Bank Limited, Warrens, Barbados

2007 Foods, Media & Automotive

Formed a strategic alliance between Canadian Fishing Company and Ocean Fisheries Ltd., Vancouver, BC
Acquired Downtown Toyota, West Lease, and Hino Trucks Vancouver BC
Acquired outdoor advertising companies in Alberta and BC

2008 Entertainment, Media & Packaging

Acquired Guinness World Records, London, England
Acquired out-of-home advertising companies in Barrie, North Bay and Thunder Bay, ON and Penticton, BC
Acquired the collapsible aluminum tube business of IntraPac Inc., Harrisonburg, VA
Acquired radio station CKIZ-FM in Vernon, BC

2009 Periodical Distribution

Expanded The News Group into WV, AL, KY, NE, CO and AZ following demise of Anderson News
Formed Islander New Group joint venture in Hawaii

2010 Entertainment, Foods, Packaging & Periodical Distributions

Ripley acquired attractions in Orlando, FL, Branson, MO and Copenhagen;
Acquired remaining 60% of Media Logix, a Cdn. specialty periodical distributor
Guinness World Records acquired Bragster.com
Acquired/leased assets of Baywatch Seafoods in Naknek, AK
Purchased various out-of-home assets in Canada
Acquired assets of Dover Cup in Brampton, ON
Sun-Rype acquired the assets of Yakama Juice, Yakima, WA
Acquired Stenek Corporation, a smallwares distributor, Amherst, NS
Acquired assets of Leader Creek Fisheries, Bristol Bay, AK
Acquired assets of Spanish Periodicals, Miami, FL

50th Anniversary