Carey Canada Inc.

Carey Canada Inc. was a Quebec-based chrysotile asbestos mining company that operated the East Broughton mine in the Thetford Mines region. It was a subsidiary of the American Philip Carey Manufacturing Company (later Celotex Corporation) and supplied raw asbestos fiber for insulation, roofing, and other products throughout much of the 20th century. The company's liabilities were ultimately resolved through the Celotex asbestos bankruptcy trust.

Origin

Carey Canada was established as the Canadian mining arm of the Philip Carey Manufacturing Company, an American firm founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the 1880s that became one of the largest producers of asbestos insulation and roofing products. The Canadian operation gave Carey direct access to Quebec's chrysotile deposits, which were the dominant world source of asbestos fiber through most of the 1900s.

Significance in Asbestos Context

For patients, Carey Canada matters because raw fiber mined and milled by this company was incorporated into a wide range of insulation, roofing, joint compound, and friction products sold under the Philip Carey and Celotex brands. Workers at the mine and mill in Quebec, as well as downstream tradespeople who handled Carey-branded products, have documented exposure histories tied to this supply chain. After Celotex's 1990 bankruptcy, claims against Carey Canada were channeled through the Celotex Asbestos Settlement Trust, which is one of the established bankruptcy trusts that still pays asbestos claims today. Identifying Carey Canada or Philip Carey/Celotex products in a work history can open a specific avenue for trust compensation in addition to any tort claims.

Related Terms

Celotex Corporation, Philip Carey Manufacturing, Thetford Mines, Chrysotile, Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust, Quebec Asbestos Industry

Notes

• If you or a family member worked at the East Broughton mine or mill, request employment, payroll, and union records from Quebec archives and former union locals to document your exposure period and job duties.
• Ask your legal team specifically about filing with the Celotex Asbestos Settlement Trust, which handles Carey Canada and Philip Carey claims under established exposure and medical criteria.
• Save any product packaging, invoices, specification sheets, or photographs showing Philip Carey or Celotex-branded insulation, roofing, or joint compound at past worksites. These can establish product identification.
• If you were a tradesperson (insulator, roofer, drywall finisher, boilermaker) working in the U.S. or Canada from the 1940s through the 1980s, mention Philip Carey and Celotex products explicitly when your attorney takes your work history.

Mines

Asbestos mines the documents name Carey Canada Inc. as running or owning.

• Carey Canadian Mines, East Broughton, Quebec

Court cases

15 court decisions in our case-law library name Carey Canada Inc. as a defendant, newest first.

• Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1998)
• Nelson v. Keene Corp. (1996)
• Barnes v. Keene Corp. (1995)
• Busfield v. AC & S., Inc. (1994)
• Marinari v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (1992)
• 80 S. 8th St. Ltd. Ptsp. v. Carey-Canada (1992)
• Waller v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1991)
• Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1990)
• Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (1990)
• Kraciun v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1990)
• District of Columbia v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (1989)
• Adkins v. GAF Corp. (1988)
• Knox v. AC & S, Inc. (1988)
• Johnson County, Tenn. v. US Gypsum Co. (1984)
• O'stricker v. Jim Walter Corp. (1983)

In the Union Carbide documents

Carey Canada Inc. is named in 5 Union Carbide documents dated 1983 to 1995 (1 as the source, 5 mentioned), from asbestos lawsuits over Union Carbide's Calidria asbestos. All are published in our collection.

• Summonses and Amended Complaints in Partain v. North Bros. Co. et al. and Cooper v. North Bros. Co. et al., Naming Union Carbide as Defendant (1983) UC-1411 (mentioned)
• Carey Canada Inc. to John L. Myers, Union Carbide, on Safe Use of Asbestos Fiber (1983) UC-4862 (mentioned, source)
• Deposition of Douglas Merrill (Kelly-Moore/PACO) on Asbestos Fiber Suppliers, Warnings and Products, Fairl v. Western MacArthur Co. (1984) UC-5164 (mentioned)
• Calidria Customer Call Reports, Competitive Price Reports and Credit Memos on Kentile Floors, Inc. (1977-1985) UC-244 (mentioned)
• Deposition of Douglas Wayne Merrill in Wooley v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Cameron County, Texas (1995) UC-5166 (mentioned)

Names in the documents

The spellings documents use for Carey Canada Inc., OCR misreadings included, so a search for any of them finds this page: Carey Canada · Carey-Canada · Carey Canada Inc · Carey Canada, Inc.

Where this comes from

This page brings together every document in our library that names Carey Canada Inc., across collections. Titles and affiliations are taken from the documents themselves, and units and subsidiaries are grouped under the company they belong to.