"As an economist, I would say yes."

So no is the answer, since economists are generally required to be... let's say... "myopic" about everything so neoliberalism can keep eating us. Seems to be a multinational corporation, some of whose shareholders happen to be Canadian. IMHO, of course. Residual economic benefits, franchise owners, blah blah, yeah sure. Someone has to exploit temporary foreign workers.

Is Tim Hortons Canadian?
cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia…