Tim Hortons

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Tim Hortons

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The business was founded by Tim Horton (1930–1974), a Canadian hockey player. The chain's first store opened on May 17, 1964, in Hamilton, Ontario, under the name Tim Horton Donuts; the name was later abbreviated to Tim Horton's and then, in 1993, changed to Tim Hortons without the possessive apostrophe, to better fit the French-speaking market in Québec.

proper noun Tim Hortonses · Tim Horton's

A Canadian multinational fast food restaurant chain.
Similar: Horny Tim's, Hortons, TH, TH's, Timmies, Timmy Ho-Ho's, Timmy Hortons, Timmy Ho's, Timmy's, Tim's, Tims, Tim Whoreton's

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@misc{tim_hortons_2026,
  title = {Tim Hortons},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tim%20hortons},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}