The company was founded in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario, by hockey player Tim Horton and Jim Charade. It has since opened more than 4,500 stores in a dozen countries, and has an almost cult-like ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Tim Hortons is a Canadian-based coffee chain created by former NHL player Tim Horton and donut shop owner and businessman Jim Charade.

Tim Horton was an all-star defenseman for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1950s when he met Jim Charade and the two began opening hamburger restaurants. In 1964, Charade convinced Horton to open a ...

by Canadian hockey star Tim Horton and his business partner Jim Charade. The chain was originally Tim Horton Do-Nut and over the years was known as Tim Horton’s Donuts, then simply Tim Hortons ...

In 1962, Jim Charade, an independent businessman who was having trouble with his own fledgling donut shops, met Tim Horton, a Defenseman for the Toronto Maple Leafs who sold cars in the offseason ...

Founded in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario, by Tim Horton and Jim Charade, the company embarked on its journey after an initial foray into the world of hamburger restaurants. However, the real turning ...

by Canadian hockey star Tim Horton and his business partner Jim Charade. The chain was originally Tim Horton Do-Nut and over the years was known as Tim Horton’s Donuts, then simply Tim Hortons ...

Tim Hortons' history goes back to 1964 when hockey legend Tim Horton and his business partner Jim Charade opened the first location in Hamilton, Ontario. Horton died 10 years later in a car crash ...

Former Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tim Horton, who died in a car crash at age 44, opened the coffee chain that bears his namesake in 1964 with business partner Jim Charade in Hamilton ...

Tim Hortons was started by Canadian hockey player Tim Horton and Jim Charade in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario. In 2014, Burger King signed a deal of $11.4 billion to merge with the establishment.