List of Canadian retail closures (21st century)

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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[edit]

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Toneguzzi, Mario (2 June 2020). "Reitmans Permanently Shutting All 131 Addition Elle and Thyme Maternity Storefronts Amid Restructuring". Retail Insider. Vancouver BC: Retail Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Patterson, Craig (11 December 2019). "Bentley Leathers Exits Court Protection After Successful Restructuring Proceedings". Retail-Insider. Vancouver BC. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. ^ Patterson, Craig (17 January 2020). "Bose to Shutter Canadian Stores Amid Brick-and-Mortar Retail Retreat". Retail-Insider. Vancouver BC. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  5. ^ "DavidsTea to close 82 retail locations in Canada amid COVID-19". Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  6. ^ "Future Shop shutters Canadian stores, will re-brand as Best Buy". The Globe and Mail. March 28, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  7. ^ "Future Shop ferme deux magasins". Canoe.ca.
  8. ^ "EXCLUSIF: Un futur Marché Adonis aux Galeries d'Anjou?". Mercier Est.
  9. ^ "Future Shop in Gloucester to close up shop". CTV News Ottawa. Bell Media.
  10. ^ "Regina Future Shop closing Monday". Leader Post. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015.
  11. ^ "Future Shop to close its Kingston store". The Kingston Whig-Standard.
  12. ^ "Future Shop closing two Nova Scotia locations, including New Minas store". kingscountynews.ca.
  13. ^ "New Glasgow Future Shop closing Friday". ngnews.ca.
  14. ^ "Future Shop stores re-open under Best Buy name". Toronto Star. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  15. ^ "Shopping At Best Buy (Future Shop?) Is Kind Of Confusing Now". Huffington Post. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  16. ^ Patterson, Craig (17 January 2019). "Gymboree to Close All 49 Canadian Stores Amid Bankruptcy". Retail-Insider. Vancouver BC. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  17. ^ "HMV reveals lists of stores set to close". BBC News. London UK: British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  18. ^ Patterson, Craig (15 May 2019). "Holt Renfrew Announces Closure of Downtown Edmonton Store [Feature/Analysis]". Retail-Insider. Vancouver BC. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ a b "Lowe's Canada Defunct". Wikipedia. December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  21. ^ Lui, Christopher (1 November 2018). "Jean Machine to Close All Stores After 42 Years in Business". Retail-Insider. Vancouver BC. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  22. ^ Toneguzzi, Mario (21 May 2020). "Restaurant Chain 'Nando's' Permanently Closing 21 Canadian Locations". Retail-Insider. Vancouver BC. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ 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.
  25. ^ a b c "Sears Canada Seeks to Shutter Operations and Close All Stores". Retail-insider.com. 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  26. ^ 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.
  27. ^ 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.
  28. ^ Patterson, Craig (18 November 2019). "Williams Sonoma to Exit Quebec Amid Multiple Store Closures in Canada". Retail-Insider. Vancouver BC. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  29. ^ Patterson, Craig (13 August 2019). "Zellers' Last 2 Remaining Stores to Close [Analysis]". Retail-Insider. Retail Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  30. ^ 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.
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