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Canada Dry is a brand
Brand

A brand is a collection of symbols, experiences and associations connected with a product, a service, a person or any other artifact or entity....
 of soft drink
Soft drink

A soft drink is a beverage that does not contain alcohol. Carbonated soft drinks are commonly known as soda, soda pop, pop, coke or tonic in various parts of the United States, pop in Canada, fizzy drinks in the United Kingdom and Australia and sometimes minerals in Ireland....
s marketed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up
Dr Pepper/Seven Up

Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Incorporated was a Plano, Texas-based soft-drink manufacturing company created by the merger of Dr Pepper, Incorporated and The Seven Up Company on May 19, 1986....
, a unit of Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. is an American soft beverages drink company, which was spun off from Britain's Cadbury Schweppes, on 5 May 2008, with trading in its shares starting on 7 May 2008....
. Canada Dry is best known for its ginger ale
Ginger ale

Ginger ale is a Carbonation soft drink flavored with ginger....
, but also manufactures a number of other soft drinks and mixer
Drink mixer

Drink mixers are the non-alcoholic ingredients in mixed drinks and cocktails. There are many reasons mixers are used. They change or enhance flavors or add new ones to a drink....
s. Although Canada Dry originated in its namesake country, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, it is now produced in many countries around the globe, and is very popular in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
.

890, Canadian pharmacist
Pharmacist

Pharmacists are health professionals who practice the science of pharmacy. In their traditional role, pharmacists typically take a request for medicines from a prescribing health care provider in the form of a medical prescription and dispense the medication to the patient and counsel them on the proper use and adverse effects of that medic...
 John J. McLaughlin of Enniskillen, Ontario
Enniskillen, Ontario

Enniskillen is a township in the Canada province of Ontario, located within Lambton County, Ontario. The township, comprising the communities of Oil City, Glen Rae and Marthaville, had a population of 3,122 in the Canada 2006 Census....
 opened a carbonated water
Carbonated water

Carbonated water, also known as sparkling water, fizzy water and seltzer, is plain water into which carbon dioxide gas has been dissolved, and is the major and defining component of most soft drinks....
 plant in Toronto.






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Canada Dry is a brand
Brand

A brand is a collection of symbols, experiences and associations connected with a product, a service, a person or any other artifact or entity....
 of soft drink
Soft drink

A soft drink is a beverage that does not contain alcohol. Carbonated soft drinks are commonly known as soda, soda pop, pop, coke or tonic in various parts of the United States, pop in Canada, fizzy drinks in the United Kingdom and Australia and sometimes minerals in Ireland....
s marketed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up
Dr Pepper/Seven Up

Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Incorporated was a Plano, Texas-based soft-drink manufacturing company created by the merger of Dr Pepper, Incorporated and The Seven Up Company on May 19, 1986....
, a unit of Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. is an American soft beverages drink company, which was spun off from Britain's Cadbury Schweppes, on 5 May 2008, with trading in its shares starting on 7 May 2008....
. Canada Dry is best known for its ginger ale
Ginger ale

Ginger ale is a Carbonation soft drink flavored with ginger....
, but also manufactures a number of other soft drinks and mixer
Drink mixer

Drink mixers are the non-alcoholic ingredients in mixed drinks and cocktails. There are many reasons mixers are used. They change or enhance flavors or add new ones to a drink....
s. Although Canada Dry originated in its namesake country, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, it is now produced in many countries around the globe, and is very popular in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
.

History

In 1890, Canadian pharmacist
Pharmacist

Pharmacists are health professionals who practice the science of pharmacy. In their traditional role, pharmacists typically take a request for medicines from a prescribing health care provider in the form of a medical prescription and dispense the medication to the patient and counsel them on the proper use and adverse effects of that medic...
 John J. McLaughlin of Enniskillen, Ontario
Enniskillen, Ontario

Enniskillen is a township in the Canada province of Ontario, located within Lambton County, Ontario. The township, comprising the communities of Oil City, Glen Rae and Marthaville, had a population of 3,122 in the Canada 2006 Census....
 opened a carbonated water
Carbonated water

Carbonated water, also known as sparkling water, fizzy water and seltzer, is plain water into which carbon dioxide gas has been dissolved, and is the major and defining component of most soft drinks....
 plant in Toronto. In 1904, he created Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale. When McLaughlin began shipping his product to New York
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 in 1919, it became so popular that he opened a plant in Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
 shortly thereafter. After J.J.'s death, the company was run briefly by Sam. P. D. Saylor and Associates (they bought the business from Sam McLaughlin) and Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc. was born.

John J. McLaughlin was the older son of Robert McLaughlin
Robert McLaughlin

Robert McLaughlin was an Ontario manufacturer. He founded the McLaughlin Carriage and McLaughlin Motor Car companies which later became part of General Motors....
, founder of McLaughlin Carriage and McLaughlin Motor Car
McLaughlin automobile

The McLaughlin automobile company began life as the McLaughlin Carriage Company, a blacksmith's shop in the village of Enniskillen, located 20 km north east of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada....
, located in Oshawa
Oshawa, Ontario

Oshawa is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline, approximately 60 kilometres east of downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of both the Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe....
, Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
. It was the largest such business in the British Empire
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
. His brother, Robert Samuel "Colonel Sam" McLaughlin, took control of his father's firm and steered it into the automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 business — a move which resulted in it becoming General Motors Canada
General Motors Canada

General Motors of Canada Limited is the name of General Motors' Canadian division. The national headquarters office, their Canadian Regional Engineering Centre, and the main manufacturing plants are located in Oshawa, Ontario....
 in 1916. However, John also enjoyed considerable success in his own business.

In 1907 the drink was appointed to the Royal Household of the Governor General of Canada
Governor General of Canada

The Governor General of Canada is the viceroy representative in Canada of the Monarchy of Canada, who is the head of state. Canada is one of sixteen Commonwealth realms, all of which share the same person as their respective sovereign....
, seeing the change in the label from a beaver atop a map of Canada to the present Crown and shield.

Canada Dry's popularity as a mixer began during Prohibition
Prohibition

Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, also known as The Noble Experiment, refers to a sumptuary law which prohibits alcohol....
, when its flavor helped mask the taste of homemade liquor . In the 1930s, Canada Dry expanded worldwide, and from the 1950s onward, the company introduced a larger number of products. Today, Canada Dry is owned by Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. is an American soft beverages drink company, which was spun off from Britain's Cadbury Schweppes, on 5 May 2008, with trading in its shares starting on 7 May 2008....
, but the ginger ale bottles often bear a map of Canada as part of the beverage's logo.

Products

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Canada Dry Ginger Ale is the most popular of Canada Dry's products, and probably the most well recognized brand of ginger ale in North America.

  • Canada Dry Ginger Ale
    Ginger ale

    Ginger ale is a Carbonation soft drink flavored with ginger....
  • Diet
    Diet soda

    Diet sodas are sugar-free, artificial sweetener, non-alcoholic beverage carbonated beverages generally marketed towards health-conscious people, Diabetes, Sports, and other people who want to lose weight or stay fit....
     Canada Dry Ginger Ale
  • Canada Dry "Dry" Ginger Ale (Japan)
  • Canada Dry Club Soda
  • Canada Dry Tonic Water
    Tonic water

    Tonic water is a Carbonation soft drink flavoured with quinine, which gives it a distinctively bitter taste.The drink has garnered its name from the medicinal effects of this Bitter #Bitterness flavouring....
  • Canada Dry Bitter Lemon
    Bitter lemon

    Bitter lemon is a Carbonation soft drink flavoured with quinine and lemon. It is the quinine that gives this drink its bitter taste. The sole difference between tonic water and bitter lemon is the addition of the lemon flavour....
  • Canada Dry Diet
    Diet soda

    Diet sodas are sugar-free, artificial sweetener, non-alcoholic beverage carbonated beverages generally marketed towards health-conscious people, Diabetes, Sports, and other people who want to lose weight or stay fit....
     Tonic Water
    Tonic water

    Tonic water is a Carbonation soft drink flavoured with quinine, which gives it a distinctively bitter taste.The drink has garnered its name from the medicinal effects of this Bitter #Bitterness flavouring....
  • Canada Dry Lemon Soda
  • Canada Dry Tahitian Treat (retired)
  • Canada Dry Spur Cola, Hi-Spot, Apple, Tutti (cherry and fruit punch), Wink, and Orange (retired from Panama)
  • Canada Dry Golden Cockerel Ginger Beer
  • Canada Dry Green Tea
    Green tea

    'Green tea' is a type of tea made solely with the leaves of Camellia sinensis, that has undergone minimal oxidation during processing. Green tea originates from China and has become associated with many cultures in Asia from Japan to the Middle East....
     Ginger Ale
  • Sussex Golden Ginger Ale
    Sussex Golden Ginger Ale

    Sussex Golden Ginger Ale is a "golden" ginger ale originally bottled in the town of Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada. It is produced by Cadbury Beverages Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Cadbury-Schweppes and is sold in the Maritime Provinces of Canada....
  • Sparkling Green Tea Ginger Ale
  • Cranberry Ginger Ale
  • Diet Cranberry Ginger Ale
  • Canada Dry Flavored Sparkling Seltzer Water (Orange, Lime, Raspberry, Cherry)
  • Canada Dry Cream Soda (Limited availability in U.S)
  • Pineapple Canada Dry (limited US availability?)
  • Peach Canada Dry (limited in US?)
  • Black Cherry Wishniak (limited in US?)
  • Island Lime (limited in US?)
  • Wild Cherry (limited in US? May only be available in 2-litre bottles. Bright red colour as opposed to a deep red/purple hue for the Black Cherry Wishniak)
  • Pink Grapefruit Canada Dry (available in Peru
    Peru

    Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
     only)


At one time, Canada Dry also produced a wider range of flavored sodas, including orange, grape, Jamaica Cola, and Sport Cola (caffeine-free), but many of these are no longer available.

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  • Ginger Ale Dry Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....


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