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Canonical Ltd.

London-based software company, developer of Ubuntu
Organization business Q39064
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Summary

Canonical Ltd. is a business[1]. Canonical Ltd. ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,528 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Notable work: Ubuntu[3]
  • Member of: Linux Foundation[4], CVE Numbering Authority[5], OpenPOWER Foundation[6]
  • Country: United Kingdom[7]
  • Instance of: enterprise[8]
  • Founder: Mark Shuttleworth[9]
  • Headquarters location: London[10]
  • Chief executive officer: Jane Silber[11]
  • Commons category: Canonical (company)[12]
  • Industry: software industry[13]
  • Chairperson: Mark Shuttleworth[14]
  • Inception: March 5, 2004[15]
  • Official website: https://canonical.com[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Canonical (company)[17]
  • Product or material produced: Ubuntu[18], software[19]
  • Employees: 1175[20]
  • Legal form: private company limited by shares[21]
  • Official blog URL: https://canonical.com/blog[22]
  • Owner of: Launchpad[23], Ask Ubuntu[24], Ubuntu Forums[25]
  • Source of income: software as a service[26], service[27], technical support[28]
  • Privacy policy URL: https://ubuntu.com/legal/data-privacy[29]
  • Social media followers: 37,500[30], 46,700[31], 51,900[32], 57,100[33], 65,700[34], 72,800[35]
  • Official jobs URL: https://canonical.com/careers[36]
  • Contact page URL: https://canonical.com/contact-us[37]
  • Press information URL: https://canonical.com/press-centre[38]
  • P14750: 2D82-B4AA-7408-F5C9-13B2[39]

Why It Matters

Canonical Ltd. has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Canonical Ltd. is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Allison Randal business Gobuntu JeOS Jonathan Riddell Jono Bacon London Mark Shuttleworth Matthew Garrett software Ubuntu Ubuntu 24.04 Ubuntu Edge Ubuntu for Android Ubuntu GNOME Ubuntu Mobile Ubuntu Netbook Edition Ubuntu Server Edition Ubuntu Studio Ubuntu Touch Uncomplicated Firewall United Kingdom Xubuntu

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Սահակ · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://canonical.com
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: https://canonical.com"
  2. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 2D82-B4AA-7408-F5C9-13B2
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 2D82-B4AA-7408-F5C9-13B2, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  3. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Legal form → private company limited by shares
    Headquarters location → London
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 2527
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Canonical_(company), migrated to ‎[[P:P14350|P14350]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/752f6a15b80|details]])"
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