This is a list of Canadian stores, grouped by type.
Alcohol and cannabis stores Cannabis
Alcohol All Co-op liquor stores in Federated Co-op group LCBO The Beer Store SAQ BC Liquor Stores Manitoba Liquor Mart Real Canadian Liquorstore NSLC
Apparel and jewelry stores
Clothing stores
Women's Clothing Ardene Aritzia La Vie en Rose Le Château Penningtons Reitmans La Senza Fairweather
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 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
Ben Moss Jewellers Charm Diamond Centres Signet Jewelers MIchael Hill Jeweller Canada, Canadian division of Australian-based Michael Hill Jeweller
Gift and bath stores
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
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 Coles Chapters 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
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: Mac's Convenience Stores BP Canada
Department stores
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
Henry's Japan Camera Jump+ — Canadian Apple reseller Samsung Experience Store Canada — Canadian division of Korean-based Samsung Experience Store Sunrise Records Freedom Mobile Shaw Mobile Videotron Mobile Telus Koodo Rogers Fido WirelessWave Rogers Wireless Chatr Mobile Bell Canada The Source Virgin Plus Lucky Mobile
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
Babies "R" Us Canada Hart Stores Sleep Country Canada Leon's The Brick The Brick Mattress Store 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 Homes Alive Pets Pet Valu Ren's Pets
Grocery and food stores
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 Dominion Fortinos Loblaws Maxi Extra Foods Freshmart No Frills Provigo Real Atlantic Superstore Real Canadian Superstore SaveEasy Shoppers Drug Mart SuperValu T & T Supermarket Valu-mart Your Independent Grocer Zehrs Markets Metro Food Basics Super C Adonis / Marché Adonis Metro Plus Pattison Food Group Choices Markets PriceSmart Foods Save-On-Foods Urban Fare Sobeys Farm Boy Foodland FreshCo IGA Longo's Pete's Fine Foods (formerly Pete's Frootique) Safeway Thrifty Foods Well.ca 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 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
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: Cadieux Cumberland Drugs Tamblyn Drugs
Sport and recreation stores
FGL Sports, including Atmosphere Sports Experts Sport Chek Sporting Life Sports Experts Tuxedo Source for Sports Golf Town
Defunct sports and recreation stores: Wholesale Sports
Toy stores Mastermind Toys Toys “R” Us Canada — Independent since 2018 - formerly, the Canadian division of the US-based Toys "R" Us Well.ca
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 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
See also List of superstores Supermarkets in Canada
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