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/ June 2025	1/ 96	Closure of a 207-year-old location/ Closure of remaining 96 stores due to Bankruptcy (1B$ in debt).	[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 2008 financial crisis
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

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2. 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.
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8. "EXCLUSIF: Un futur Marché Adonis aux Galeries d'Anjou?". Mercier Est.
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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.
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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. [[[Lowe's Canada]] "Lowe's Canada Defunct"]. Wikipedia. December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
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. "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.