List of Canadian stores
This is a list of Canadian stores, grouped by type.
Alcohol and cannabis stores
[edit]Cannabis
[edit]Alcohol
[edit]All Co-op liquor stores in Federated Co-op group
Apparel and jewelry stores
[edit]Clothing stores
[edit]- Women's Clothing
- Unisex Clothing
- Mark's
- H&M Canada — Canadian division of Swedish-based H&M
- Joe Fresh
- Bluenotes
- Roots Canada
- Lululemon
- Kit and Ace
- RW&CO
- Urban Planet
- Dynamite Clothing
- Men's Clothing
- Harry Rosen
- Tip Top
- Moores
- JD Sports Canada — Canadian division of UK-based JD Sports
Defunct clothing stores
- Bi-Way — discount clothing store chain
- Nygård — apparel manufacturer and retailer
- Alia N TanJay – apparel retailer owned by Nygård International
- Addition Elle — Plus-sized clothing store
- Justice Canada — Children's clothing store
Shoe stores
[edit]- Aldo
- The Shoe Company
- Clarks Shoes Canada — Canadian division of UK-based Clarks Shoes
- Browns Shoes
Defunct shoe stores:
- Payless Canada – Canadian division of US-based Payless
Jewelry stores
[edit]- Ben Moss Jewellers
- Charm Diamond Centres
- Signet Jewelers
- MIchael Hill Jeweller Canada, Canadian division of Australian-based Michael Hill Jeweller
Gift and bath stores
[edit]- The Body Shop Canada — used to be a Canadian division of UK-based The Body Shop before it got acquired by The Serruya Group in 2024.
Book stores
[edit]- Arbeiter Ring Publishing
- Attic Books in London, Ontario
- Bakka-Phoenix in Toronto
- Bison Books in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Book City in Toronto
- Camas Bookstore and Infoshop in Victoria, British Columbia
- Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto
- Indigo Books and Music, Canada's largest bookstore chain, based in Toronto
- Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium in Vancouver, British Columbia
- McNally Robinson, small independently run chain of stores across Canada
- The Monkey's Paw in Toronto
- Munro's Books in Victoria
- Spartacus Books in Vancouver
- The Word Bookstore in Montreal
- Renaud-Bray the largest chain of French-language bookstores in North America, and the second largest bookstore chain in Canada, after Chapters/Indigo.
Defunct book stores:
- Aqua Books — former independent bookstore in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- The Book Room — in Halifax, Nova Scotia. At the time of its closing in 2008, it was the oldest bookstore in Canada.
- Highway Book Shop — near Cobalt, Ontario
- Hyman's Book and Art Shoppe — an independent Jewish bookstore in Toronto, Ontario
- Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse — former political bookstore and vegan café in Winnipeg
- This Ain't the Rosedale Library — in Toronto
- Toronto Women's Bookstore — in Toronto
Convenience stores
[edit]- Couche-Tard
- Becker's
- Circle K
- replaced the now-defunct Mac's Convenience Stores
- Dollarama
- Gateway Newstands
- Needs Convenience
- On the Run
- Pioneer Energy
- Provi-Soir
- Quickie Convenience Stores
- Great Canadian Dollar Store
- Red River Co-op
- Shell Canada — Canadian division of UK-based Shell
Defunct convenience stores:
Department stores
[edit]- The Bargain! Shop — Swapping to Red Apple Stores
- Canadian Tire
- Holt Renfrew
- Hart Stores
- La Maison Simons
- Giant Tiger
- Red Apple Stores
- Fields
- Zellers — Revived by Les Ailes de la Mode after Hudson's Bay bankruptcy
Defunct department stores:
- Big Lots! Canada
- Buy Buy Baby Canada — Canadian division of US-based department store chain Buy Buy Baby
- Bed Bath & Beyond Canada — Canadian division of US-based department store chain Bed Bath & Beyond
- Consumers Distributing — catalogue store chain
- Eaton's
- Horizon
- Hudson's Bay — owned by American group, NRDC Equity Partners
- Kmart Canada — Canadian division of US-based parent; Canadian stores sold to Zellers
- Les Ailes de la Mode
- LW Stores
- Metropolitan Stores — variety store chain
- Miracle Mart
- Morgan's
- Nordstrom Canada — Canadian division of US-based department store chain Nordstrom
- Nordstrom Rack Canada — Canadian division of US-based department store chain Nordstrom Rack
- SAAN Stores — discount department store chain
- Shop-Rite — catalogue store chain
- Sears Canada — Canadian division of US-based department store chain Sears
- Simpson's
- Sam's Club Canada
- Stedmans - Division of Macleod-Stedmans Inc.
- Target Canada
- Towers
- Wise Stores
- Woodward's
- Woolworth Canada — Canadian unit of the F. W. Woolworth Company
- Woolco Canada — Canadian unit of US-based department store chain
Electronics and entertainment stores
[edit]- Henry's
- Japan Camera
- Jump+ — Canadian Apple reseller
- Samsung Experience Store Canada — Canadian division of Korean-based Samsung Experience Store
- Sunrise Records
- Freedom Mobile
- Telus
- Rogers
- Bell Canada
Defunct electronics and entertainment stores:
- A&B Sound
- Adventure Electronics
- Blockbuster Video — Canadian unit of US-based video rental shop chain
- Future Shop — electronics retailer
- Jumbo Video — video rental shop chain
- Krazy Krazy
- Tower Records — Canadian division of US-based music and entertainment store chain
- The Source - Closed all locations with some rebranding as "Best Buy Express"
Furniture and home décor stores
[edit]- Babies "R" Us Canada
- Hart Stores
- Sleep Country Canada
- Leon's
- Structube
- Surplus
- JYSK Canada — Canadian division of Danish-based JYSK
Defunct furniture and home décor stores:
- Bed Bath & Beyond Canada
- Buy Buy Baby Canada
- J. Pascal's Hardware and Furniture
- United Furniture Warehouse
- XS Cargo
- Lastman's Bad Boy
Pet stores
[edit]
Grocery and food stores
[edit]- Bulk Barn
- Co-op brands of Federated Co-operatives Ltd.
- COBS Bread Canada — Canadian division of Australian-based Bakers Delight
- Laura Secord Chocolates
- Loblaws Companies
- Metro
- Pattison Food Group
- Sobeys
- Farm Boy
- Foodland
- FreshCo
- IGA
- Longo's
- Pete's Fine Foods (formerly Pete's Frootique)
- Safeway
- Thrifty Foods
Defunct grocery & food stores
- A&P - Canadian unit of US-based grocery store chain
- Dominion - defunct as a national chain, operates only in Newfoundland
- Food City
- Knob Hill Farms
- Loeb
- Miracle Food Mart
- Supercentre
- Steinberg's
Home improvement and automotive
[edit]All Co-op home and garden centre's in Federated Co-op group
- BMR Group
- Canadian Tire
- Home Hardware
- PartSource
- Peavey Mart out-of-business announced 01/27/25
- Princess Auto
- Red River Co-op
Defunct home improvement and automotive:
- Aikenhead's Hardware
- Beaver Lumber
- Dempsey Store
- Eagle Hardware & Garden
- J. Pascal's Hardware and Furniture
- Pascal
- TSC Stores — Swapped into Peavey Mart
Pharmaceutical stores
[edit]- All Co-op pharmacies attached to Federated coop stores
- Brunet
- Familiprix
- Jean Coutu Group
- Lawtons
- London Drugs
- PharmaChoice
- Pharmasave
- Proxim
- Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaprix
- Rexall
- Uniprix
- Value Drug Mart
Defunct pharmaceutical stores:
Sport and recreation stores
[edit]
Defunct sports and recreation stores:
Toy stores
[edit]- Mastermind Toys
- Toys “R” Us Canada — Independent since 2018 - formerly, the Canadian division of the US-based Toys "R" Us
Defunct toy stores:
- Tops 'N' Toys
- Toy City — toy chain owned by Consumers Distributing
- The Disney Store Canada — Moved to online operations
List of defunct stores
[edit]This is a list of Canadian retail stores that have gone out of existence due to either bankruptcy, a merger or takeover where their name is no longer in use.
- A&B Sound
- ALIA N Tan Jay — Clothing store owned by Nygård
- Big Lots! Canada — Department store
- A&P — Canadian unit of US-based grocery store chain
- Adventure Electronics
- Aikenhead's Hardware — hardware store
- Aqua Books — former independent bookstore
- Addition Elle — Plus sized clothing store
- Beaver Lumber — hardware/lumber store chain
- BP Canada — Convenience store
- Bi-Way — discount clothing store chain
- Blockbuster Video — Canadian unit of US-based video rental shop chain
- The Book Room — At the time of its closing in 2008, it was the oldest bookstore in Canada.
- Bed Bath &- Beyond Canada — Bath & furniture store
- Buy Buy Baby Canada — Baby store
- Consumers Distributing — catalogue store chain
- Dempsey Store — home improvement stores
- Dominion — grocery store chain, except Newfoundland
- Eagle Hardware & Garden — hardware store
- Eaton's — department store chain
- Food City — grocery store
- Future Shop — electronics retailer
- Highway Book Shop — near Cobalt, Ontario
- Horizon — department stores (possibly owned by Eaton's)
- Hyman's Book and Art Shoppe — an independent Jewish bookstore in Toronto
- J. Pascal's Hardware and Furniture
- Jumbo Video — video rental shop chain
- Justice Canada — Children's clothing
- Payless ShoeSource Canada — Shoe store
- Kmart Canada — Canadian division of US-based parent; Canadian stores sold to Zellers
- Knob Hill Farms — grocery store chain in Southern Ontario
- Krazy Krazy
- Les Ailes de la Mode — department store
- Lowe's Canada — Hardware store, now RONA+
- Lastman's Bad Boy — Furniture Store
- Metropolitan Stores — variety store chain
- Miracle Food Mart — grocery store chain
- Miracle Mart — department store
- Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse — former political bookstore and vegan café in Winnipeg
- Morgan's — department store
- Nygård International — apparel manufacturer and retailer
- Pascal — hardware/furniture store chain
- Nordstrom Canada — Department store
- Nordstrom Rack Canada — Department store
- SAAN Stores — discount department store chain
- Shop-Rite — catalogue store chain
- Sears Canada — Canadian division of US-based department store chain Sears
- Simpson's — department store chain
- Sam's Club Canada — Canadian division of US-based department store chain
- Stedmans - Division of Macleod-Stedmans Inc.
- Steinberg's — grocery store chain
- Supercentre — grocery store chain
- Tamblyn Drugs — pharmacy chain
- Target Canada — department store
- The Disney Store Canada — Toy store
- This Ain't the Rosedale Library
- Tops 'N' Toys
- Toronto Women's Bookstore
- Toy City — toy chain owned by Consumers Distributing
- Towers — department store chain
- Tower Records — Canadian division of US-based music and entertainment store chain
- The Source — electronic store
- Wise Stores — department store
- Wholesale Sports
- Woodward's — department store chain
- Woolworth Canada — Canadian unit of the F. W. Woolworth Company
- Woolco Canada — Canadian unit of US-based department store chain
- XS Cargo — resold bankrupt/excess stock