G3 is a Canadian

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company headquartered in

Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...

. It consists of two operating companies: * G3 Canada Limited operates a network of

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s in

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and port terminals in

eastern Canada Eastern Canada (, also the Eastern provinces, Canadian East or the East) is generally considered to be the region of Canada south of Hudson Bay/ Hudson Strait and east of Manitoba, consisting of the following provinces (from east to west): Newf ...

. G3 purchases grains and oilseeds from farmers, who deliver the crops to G3 facilities by truck. The commodities are transferred to trains and/or ships and shipped to customers around the world. The company owns the Great Lakes bulk carrier vessel ''G3 Marquis''. * G3 Terminal Vancouver, a grain export terminal at the

Port of Vancouver The Port of Vancouver is the largest port in Canada and the fourth largest in North America by tonnes of cargo, facilitating trade between Canada and more than 170 world economies. The port is managed by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, whic ...

which opened in 2020.

History

G3 Canada Limited was created in 2015, when G3 Global Grain Group (a joint venture of US

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Bunge and Saudi agricultural investment firm SALIC) purchased a majority interest in the

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and combined it with the grain assets of Bunge Canada. The other shareholder in G3 Canada Limited is the Farmers Equity Trust, which owns the Class B shares in the company. Maidstone 0056

G3 has built a network of grain handling facilities. Grain elevators: * Bloom, Manitoba, and

Colonsay, Saskatchewan Colonsay is a town in the Rural Municipality of Colonsay No. 342, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Colonsay is located on Highway 16 (the Yellowhead Highway part of the Trans-Canada Highway) running east–west in central Saskatch ...

opened in 2015. * Glenlea, Manitoba, and Pasqua, Saskatchewan opened in 2016. * Melville and

Saskatoon Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Hig ...

, Saskatchewan opened in 2018. *

Maidstone, Saskatchewan Maidstone is a town in west central Saskatchewan, Canada about 57 km (35 miles) east of Lloydminster and 84 km (52 miles) west of North Battleford at the junction of Highway 16 and Highway 21. The community was named after Maidston ...

opened in 2019. *

Wetaskiwin Wetaskiwin ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. The city is located south of the provincial capital of Edmonton. The city name comes from the Cree word , meaning "the hills where peace was made". Wetaskiwin is home to the Reyn ...

Morinville Morinville is a town in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada. It is approximately north of Edmonton along Alberta Highway 2, Highway 2. History Morinville was settled by Jean-Baptiste Morin, a priest and missionary of the Mi ...

Carmangay Carmangay ( ) is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located north of Lethbridge and south of Calgary, along the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway, east of Highway 23. It takes its name from C.W. Carman, who bought at $3.50 per ac ...

Irricana Irricana is a town in the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada. Surrounded by Rocky View County, it is adjacent to Alberta Highway 9, Highway 9, approximately northeast of Calgary. The name of the town is a portmanteau of the words "i ...

, and

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, Alberta opened in 2020. *

Vermilion, Alberta Vermilion is a town in central Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the County of Vermilion River. It is at the intersection of Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway) and Highway 41 ( Buffalo Trail), approximately west of Lloydminster and east of ...

, and

Swift Current, Saskatchewan Swift Current is the sixth-largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is situated along the Trans-Canada Highway west of Moose Jaw, and east of Medicine Hat, Alberta. As of 2024, Swift Current has an estimated population of 1 ...

opened in 2021. * G3 Melfort Saskatchewan grain elevator

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and

Rycroft, Alberta Rycroft is a village in northern Alberta, Canada. It is approximately north of Grande Prairie and east of Spirit River. Dunvegan Provincial Park is located 20 km north of the community. The post office was originally known as Spirit Rive ...

opened in 2023 *G3 also operates grain elevators in

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Kindersley Kindersley is a town surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290 in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located along Highway 7, a primary highway linking Calgary, Alberta and Saskatoon, at its junction with Highway 21. ...

, and near

Plenty, Saskatchewan Plenty (Canada 2016 Census, 2016 population: ) is a village in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Winslow No. 319 and Division No. 13, Saskatchewan, Census Division No. 13 ...

Port terminals: * G3 built a new grain export terminal at the Port of

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a 2021 Canadian census, population of 569,353 (2021), and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which encompasses ...

, which opened in 2017. * The company operates port terminals at the Port of

Thunder Bay, Ontario Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario. Its population i ...

, Trois Rivières and

Québec City Quebec City is the capital city of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a population of 839,311. It is the twelfth -lar ...

, Québec. * G3-Aug12

In 2020, the company opened G3 Terminal

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, a new grain export terminal at the

in North Vancouver, British Columbia. G3 Terminal Vancouver is a joint venture of G3 Global Holdings and Western Stevedoring Company Limited. G3's five port terminals are certified b
Green Marine
an environmental certification program for North America's marine industry.

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