A Buck or Two

A Buck or Two Canadian owned and operated chain of specialty retail stores with seasonal products that have been a source for party supplies, cards & wrap, school supplies, toys & crafts, seasonal items, housewares etc. since 1990.

The Bargain! Shop

The Bargain! Shop is a discount variety store chain operating in all Anglophone provinces in Canada.

The Bargain! Shop originated as a closeout store division of Woolworth Canada, developed out of some of the bankrupt assets of Bargain Harold's in 1991.

Best Buy

Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is a Fortune 100 company and the largest specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the United States and Canada, accounting for 21% of the market. The company's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales, and, in Canada the Best Buy Canada subsidiary operates most stores under the Future Shop label. Together these operate more than 1,150 stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, China, Mexico and Turkey. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Richfield, Minnesota, USA. On June 26, 2007, Best Buy announced a 40% increase in its operations, with plans to operate more than 1,800 stores worldwide, including 1,400 Best Buy stores in the U.S.

Bloomex

Bloomex is a national Canadian floral company, offering various floral and gift arrangements throughout Canada and the U.S. via its online computerized system.The Bloomex website acts as a storefront allowing consumers worldwide to place orders online themselves, chat with a live agent or place orders through a 1-800 number.

Bowring Brothers

Bowring Brothers Limited (or simply Bowring) is currently an operator of retail stores, mostly focused on gifts and home decor, throughout Canada.

Bowring was formed in 1811 as a private company by Benjamin Bowring and his family, who had just moved to St. John's, Newfoundland. Benjamin Bowring, an English clockmaker, set up shop in that business, while his wife established a dry goods store which evolved into a large department store on Water Street.

Brewers Retail Inc.

Brewers Retail Inc. founded in 1927, is a privately owned chain of retail outlets in Ontario, Canada, that operates as The Beer Store. Ontario government regulations regarding the sales of alcohol gives the chain a near-monopoly of domestic retail beer sales in Ontario. These regulations stipulate that Brewers Retail cannot sell "hard liquor" (spirits), or consumer goods (like groceries). Its only legal competition is found in the beer sections of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) stores, government-owned outlets which stock beers outside of the Brewers Retail system, and retail outlets at breweries.

Calgary Co-op

Calgary Co-operative Association Limited (commonly referred to as Calgary Co-op) is a retail cooperative operating in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Canadian Tire

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (TSX: CTC) is one of Canada's 35 largest publicly traded companies and operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing (hardgoods, apparel and petroleum) and services (financial and automotive). It operates Canadian Tire Retail, Canada's largest and most-shopped general merchandise retailer best known for its unique selection of home products, hardware and tools, automotive, sports, camping, lawn and garden products. It also operates Canada's largest independent gasoline station network and a chartered bank in Canadian Tire Bank, and it owns Mark's Work Wearhouse, a leading specialty apparel retailer of work and casual clothing, and PartSource, retailing auto parts and accessories. Its head office is in Toronto, Ontario.

Castle Building Centres Group Ltd.

Castle Building Centres Group Limited (Castle) is the oldest Canadian based, cooperatively owned buying group of lumber and building materials.

As a member of Castle, a store has the access to volume pricing and rebates. Castle also offers its members a menu of programs to which they can opt in or out based on their own needs; inventory, advertising and service programs are not made mandatory by the central office. The members of the group are known as shareholders to reflect their cooperative association.

Central (home improvement store)

Central is a home improvement retailer that operates seven locations in Nova Scotia, Canada. The first store opened in Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1976 under the name Central Supplies. Over the past number of years Central has opened a number of new stores in the big box format. The first big box version of Central opened in 1998 when the New Glasgow, Nova Scotia store moved into a 70,000 sq. ft. former Kmart location. The stores in both Sydney, Nova Scotia and Antigonish were also replaced with new 50,000 sq ft (5,000 m2). stores in 2001 and 2005 respectively. The former Antigonish store has been converted into the distribution centre for the chain.

Dollar Giant

Dollar Giant is a chain of over 55 dollar stores in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. The company was founded in 2001. It is headquartered in Vancouver and is Canada's 4th largest operator of "only at a dollar" stores. Approx. 30 of its stores are located in the province of British Columbia where the chain first began which makes them the largest dollar store chain in British Columbia.

Dollarama

Dollarama is a chain of over 550 dollar stores across Canada (559 by year end). The company is headquartered in Montreal and is Canada's largest operator of "all-at-a-dollar" stores. Many of its stores are located in the province of Quebec where the chain first began. The first Dollarama store was created at the shopping center "Les promenades du St-Laurent" in Matane. Dollarama now has stores in every province of Canada, with Ontario having the most stores.

Giant Tiger

Giant Tiger Stores Limited is a Canadian discount store in Canada and the United States founded on May 13, 1961, by Gordon Reid, who served as the Chairman and CEO. Reid opened his first store in Ottawa. The business was launched with a $15,000 investment, and first-year sales were $139,781. As of 2005, annual sales exceeded $1 billion.

Grafton-Fraser

Grafton-Fraser is a leading Canadian seller of men’s apparel. Grafton-Fraser Inc. operates through its retail chains, George Richards Big and Tall, Britches, Grafton & Co., Mr. Big and Tall, The Suit Exchange and Tip Top Tailors which are located coast to coast in Canada.

Grand & Toy

Grand & Toy is a Canadian office supplies chain, founded in 1882 by James Grand as a home-based stationery printing business. A year later, Grand partnered with his brother-in-law, Samuel Toy, to open their first retail store in Toronto.

Home Hardware

Home Hardware is a privately held Canadian home improvement, construction materials, and furniture retailer. Co-founded in 1964 by Walter Hachborn and headquartered in St. Jacobs, Ontario, the chain is cooperatively owned by over 1000 independently-owned member stores.

Hudson's Bay Company

The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay, shortened to Hudson's Bay Company (French: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson), and further to HBC, is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. It was once the de facto government in parts of North America before European-based colonies and nation states existed. It was at one time the largest landowner in the world, with Rupert's Land being a large part of North America. From its longtime headquarters at York Factory on Hudson Bay, it controlled the fur trade throughout much of British-controlled North America for several centuries, undertaking early exploration. Its traders and trappers forged early relationships with many groups of First Nations/Native Americans and its network of trading posts formed the nucleus for later official authority in many areas of Western Canada and the United States. In the late 19th century, its vast territory became the largest component in the newly formed Dominion of Canada, in which the company was the largest private landowner. With the decline of the fur trade, the company evolved into a mercantile business selling vital goods to settlers in the Canadian West. Today the company is best known for its department stores throughout Canada. The Hudson's Bay Company Archives are located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Jumbo Video

Jumbo Video is a chain of franchised and corporate video stores owned by Le SuperClub Vidéotron, a subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc.

Kent Building Supplies

Kent Building Supplies (commonly known simply as Kent) is a chain of 31 retail home improvement stores in Atlantic Canada, owned by J.D. Irving Limited. Kent, founded in 1974, is the region's largest big box building supply chain in terms of both sales and number of locations, as Home Depot has only recently entered the market.

Liquidation World

Liquidation World Inc. (TSX: LQW) liquidates consumer merchandise through 106 outlets across Canada and three outlets in the United States and also provides store-closure sales management. It solves asset recovery problems in a professional manner for the financial services industry, insurance companies, manufacturers and other organizations.

Loblaw Companies

Loblaw Companies Limited (TSX: L) (LCL) is the largest retailer in Canada, with over 1,690 supermarkets operating under a variety of regional banners, including the namesake Loblaws. LCL is headquartered in a new, 37,000 m2 office tower located in Brampton, Ontario. Loblaw encompasses 1,100 corporate and franchised stores, 800 associate stores and 9,000 independent stores.

Middleton Farmers' Market

Middleton Farmers' Market is located in Middleton, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was founded in 2008. It is held every Friday during the Summer and Fall in the park across from the Town Office from 3 PM to 7 PM. The Market is a non-profit member-run organization comprised of market vendors and individuals from our community. The market coordinator is Amy Skelton.

Open Sundaes

Open Sundaes is a sweets-inspired bath and body company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Each product is handmade in Canada with natural ingredients, with items such as dessert bath bombs, candy-flavored lip glosses, cake-shaped bubble baths, and sweet-scented lotions. The company's boutiques are cute, bubbly, and their signature colors are bright pink, yellow, and aqua. The first Open Sundaes store opened on West 10th in Vancouver. Open Sundaes has two stand alone locations in Vancouver, and is available at 17 Bays in BC and Alberta, and at 59 retail partners across Canada and in the US.

Princess Auto

Princess Auto is a Canadian retail chain specializing in farm, industrial, garage, and surplus items. Started in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1942, by a Mr. Harvey Tallman who traded his truck for the business, Princess Auto quickly grew to one of the most competitive industrial supply chains in Canada. Princess Auto has its own brand, PowerFist, which produces a wide range of inexpensive products manufactured in developing nations. Deca, a welder manufacturer based out of Italy also produces their welders exclusively for Princess Auto. The store's slogan is The Unique World of Princess Auto, which makes reference to the uniqueness of the chain and its products which has contributed to its popularity among a small market sector. All Princess Auto product are backed by a "No Sale Is Final Until You're Satisfied" policy, or "Royal Service" as it is sometimes referred to.

Retail Council of Canada

The Retail Council of Canada was founded in 1963. It is a Canadian not-for-profit association representing more than 40,000 stores of all retail formats, including independent merchants, regional and national mass and specialty chains, and online merchants. It strives to be the voice of the retail industry by "providing advocacy, research, education and services that enhance opportunities for retail success, and increase awareness of retail's contribution to the communities and customers it serves."

Rona (company)

Rona Inc. (TSX: RON) is Canada's leading distributor and retailer in hardware, home improvement and gardening products, founded in 1939. Rona operates a network of some 540 stores of various sizes and types. More than 27,000 employees in all regions of Canada work under the various banners. The Rona network represents over 1 million square metres and annual sales approaching $5.7 billion. The company holds an 11% share of its nationwide market. The corporate headquarters is located in Boucherville, Quebec. Administration centres are located in Surrey, British Columbia and Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada.

Société des alcools du Québec

The Société des alcools du Québec (English: Quebec Alcohol Corporation), often abbreviated and referred to as SAQ, is a provincial Crown corporation in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Staples Business Depot

Staples Business Depot is a retail brand of The Business Depot, Ltd., a division of the American office supply chain Staples. In Quebec, Business Depot stores operate as Bureau en Gros (French for "Business Wholesale" or "Business, Overall"). Staples Business Depot remains one of the most profitable office supply chains in Canada, taking a large share of the market from its rival, Grand & Toy. It is the largest supplier of office supplies to small business and home office individuals.

Le SuperClub Vidéotron

Le SuperClub Vidéotron Ltée, which includes the Jumbo Video and Microplay chains, is one of the largest video store chain operators in Canada, particularly in Quebec. It is owned by Quebecor Media Inc.

TJX Companies

The TJX Companies, Incorporated (NYSE: TJX), is the largest international apparel and home fashions off-price department store chain in the United States. Based in Framingham, Massachusetts, the company originally evolved from the Zayre discount department store chain, founded in 1956, which opened its first branch of T.J. Maxx in 1976 and its first BJ's Wholesale Club in 1984. In 1988, Zayre sold their own nameplate to Ames, a rival discount department store chain, and the company renamed itself to The TJX Companies, Incorporated.

Vistek

Vistek is a Canadian photo retailer that serves the professional, prosumer and consumer photographic markets. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Vistek currently operates in Canada through six retail stores: the flagship store in Toronto, two stores in Calgary, one in Edmonton, one in Mississauga and one in Ottawa. Vistek's complete product lines are available on their ecommerce website. Vistek Ltd. is a privately held company.

ZeStuff

Opened in 2004, ZeStuff is an online retailer which sells tabletop gaming, webcomic and geek-related merchandise and apparel. They sell official merchandise from such webcomics as Dominic Deegan: Oracle For Hire, VG Cats, and 8-bit Theatre, and games like Carcassonne.