Is EF Tours Canadian?
No
This brand is owned by a foreign parent company.
What we found
Educational travel company owned by EF Education First (Swedish-founded, now international). US headquarters. Serves Canadian student markets but foreign-owned.
The receipt
| Verdict | Foreign-owned |
| Category | Travel & Hospitality |
| HQ | Boston, Massachusetts (USA) |
| Confidence | high |
| Evidence | Secondary source only |
| Source | https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/02/03/founder-bertil-hult-se… secondary source — registry check pending “The Boston Globe identifies Bertil Hult as founder of EF Education First, which owns EF Tours, and notes the company's Cambridge office.” Verdicts are only marked verified once a government registry record or corporate filing confirms them. |
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