List of Canadian retail closures (21st century)
Throughout the 21st century, retail businesses in Canada have felt the pressures of foreign store expansions into the country, as well as a shift towards online retail. As a result, closures have been a mix of stores unique to the nation, as well as newcomers like Target Canada .
List of retailers
Name
Type
Date announced
Locations affected
Situation
Sources
Addition Elle
clothing
June 2020
77
Part of a larger restructuring of its owner, Reitmans . The company owns another plus-size retailer, Penningtons.
[ 1]
Agnew-Surpass
shoes
August 2000
223
Bankruptcy
Best Buy,
Electronics and Home Appliances
Jan 2023,
15
Bath & Body Works
bath
May 2020
1
Described as "rightsizing", it was part of a larger closure by L Brands.
[ 2]
Bentley Leathers
accessories
December 2019
90
[ 3]
Bose
audio
January 2020
3
[ 4]
The Bombay Company
home
January 2019
-
Insolvency of owner Fluid Brands Inc
Bowring
home
January 2019
-
Insolvency of owner Fluid Brands Inc
Bryan's
clothing
2009
27
Fell victim to the Great Recession
DavidsTea
food
July 2020
82
COVID-19 impacts.
[ 5]
Future Shop
electronics
January 2013
8
[ 6]
Future Shop
electronics
2014–2015
8+
Including Boucherville , Greenfield Park ,[ 7] Montreal,[ 8] Ottawa ,[ 9] Regina ,[ 10] Kingston ,[ 11] New Minas ,[ 12] and New Glasgow .[ 13]
Future Shop
electronics
March 2015
66
The other 65 locations were rebranded as Best Buy .
[ 14] [ 15]
Gamestop Canada
Gaming
2020–2021
2
Gymboree
kids' clothing
January 2019
49
[ 16]
hmv
music
2017
97
Debt and declining sales. Sunrise Records purchased 70 of the leases, reopening the stores under their own brand.
[ 17]
Holt Renfrew
department
August 2014
3
Locations in Ottawa, Quebec City, and Winnipeg
Holt Renfrew
department
May 2019
1
Retailer had a downtown Edmonton store since 1950.[ 18]
Hudson's Bay Company
department
May 2020
1
Closure of a 207-year-old location
[ 2] [ 19]
Lowe's Canada
department
December 2023
-
[ 20]
Jean Machine
clothing
November 2018
24
Remaining stores.
[ 21]
Mariposa
clothing
September 2008
Bankruptcy due to the Financial crisis of 2007–2008
Nando's
restaurant
May 2020
21
After closures, the chain had 27 locations open across Canada.
[ 22]
Nordstrom
department
March 2023
6
Pier 1 Imports
Home goods
February 2020
67
Bankruptcy
[ 23]
Sears Canada
department
June 2017
59
[ 24]
Sears Canada
department
October 2017
74
[ 25]
Sears Home
home
October 2017
8
[ 25]
Sears Hometown
department
October 2017
49
[ 25]
Staples
Office supplies and Electronics
2014
15
move to online sales
Stokes
Home goods
February 2020
40
Bankruptcy
[ 26]
Thyme Maternity
clothing
June 2020
54
Part of a larger restructuring of its owner, Reitmans .
[ 1]
Town Shoes
shoes
August 2018
38
Citing competition.
[ 27]
Victoria's Secret
lingerie
May 2020
13
Rightsizing
[ 2]
Williams Sonoma
kitchen
November 2019
2
Both locations in Montreal.
[ 28]
Walmart
Department
2021
3 in ON, 2 in AB, 1 in NL
due to low sales
Zellers
liquidation
2011–2013
189
Target acquires the leases of 189 Zellers stores, most of which it would convert into their own stores. Zellers would continue as a chain in 64 smaller communities.
Zellers
liquidation
2012
64
HBC announces that it would not continue the Zellers brand in smaller communities.
Zellers
liquidation
2020
2
The final locations served as liquidation stores for Hudson's Bay.
[ 29] [ 30]
The final two Overwaitea Foods stores were closed in 2018; these locations reopened as Save-On-Foods .[ 20]
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^ a b c Patterson, Craig (22 May 2020). "L Brands to Permanently Shutter 13 Victoria's Secret Stores in Canada" . Retail-Insider.com . Vancouver BC: Retail Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ Patterson, Craig (11 December 2019). "Bentley Leathers Exits Court Protection After Successful Restructuring Proceedings" . Retail-Insider . Vancouver BC. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ Patterson, Craig (17 January 2020). "Bose to Shutter Canadian Stores Amid Brick-and-Mortar Retail Retreat" . Retail-Insider . Vancouver BC. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ "DavidsTea to close 82 retail locations in Canada amid COVID-19" . Retrieved 2020-08-05 .
^ "Future Shop shutters Canadian stores, will re-brand as Best Buy" . The Globe and Mail . March 28, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015 .
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^ "Future Shop to close its Kingston store" . The Kingston Whig-Standard .
^ "Future Shop closing two Nova Scotia locations, including New Minas store" . kingscountynews.ca .
^ "New Glasgow Future Shop closing Friday" . ngnews.ca .
^ "Future Shop stores re-open under Best Buy name" . Toronto Star . Retrieved 13 April 2015 .
^ "Shopping At Best Buy (Future Shop?) Is Kind Of Confusing Now" . Huffington Post . 10 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015 .
^ Patterson, Craig (17 January 2019). "Gymboree to Close All 49 Canadian Stores Amid Bankruptcy" . Retail-Insider . Vancouver BC. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ "HMV reveals lists of stores set to close" . BBC News . London UK: British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2020 .
^ Patterson, Craig (15 May 2019). "Holt Renfrew Announces Closure of Downtown Edmonton Store [Feature/Analysis]" . Retail-Insider . Vancouver BC. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ Patterson, Craig (15 May 2020). "Hudson's Bay Exiting Downtown Edmonton After 207 Years" . Retail-Insider . Vancouver BC: Retail Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ a b [[[Lowe's Canada]] "Lowe's Canada Defunct"]. Wikipedia. December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023 .
^ Lui, Christopher (1 November 2018). "Jean Machine to Close All Stores After 42 Years in Business" . Retail-Insider . Vancouver BC. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ Toneguzzi, Mario (21 May 2020). "Restaurant Chain 'Nando's' Permanently Closing 21 Canadian Locations" . Retail-Insider . Vancouver BC. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ Patterson, Craig (18 February 2020). "Pier 1 Imports to Close All Canadian Stores" . Retail-Insider.com . Vancouver BC: Retail Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ Alini, Erica (22 June 2017). "Here are the 59 Sears Canada stores set to close and where you can expect liquidations" . Global News . Toronto ON. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ a b c "Sears Canada Seeks to Shutter Operations and Close All Stores" . Retail-insider.com. 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2022-05-05 .
^ Toneguzzi, Mario (25 May 2020). "Stokes to Permanently Close 40 Store Locations in Canada" . Retail-Insider.com . Vancouver BC: Retail Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ Patterson, Craig (28 August 2018). "DSW to Shutter Town Shoes Chain of Stores" . Retail Insider . Vancouver BC: Retail Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 3 June 2020 .
^ Patterson, Craig (18 November 2019). "Williams Sonoma to Exit Quebec Amid Multiple Store Closures in Canada" . Retail-Insider . Vancouver BC. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ Patterson, Craig (13 August 2019). "Zellers' Last 2 Remaining Stores to Close [Analysis]" . Retail-Insider . Retail Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .
^ Watters, Haydn (19 January 2020). "As final Zellers stores close, former employees swap memories, memorabilia" . CBC.ca . Toronto ON: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 May 2020 .