Reasons to Read

Understand how Canada’s retail footprint is shifting in 2026—with exclusive, retailer-level store opening and closure data.

Read this report to discover answers to these and other questions:

• How many store closures and openings have we identified in Canada for calendar 2025 and 2026?
• Which retailers are leading the additional store closures and openings identified since our last update?
• Which retailers rank among the top for total store closures in 2025 and 2026?
• Which retailers rank among the top for total store openings in 2025 and 2026?

Companies mentioned in this report include: 7-Eleven, Adidas, AG Foods, Aldo, Apple, Appliance Canada, Arc’teryx, Aritzia, Ashley, Aubainerie, Babies ‘R’ Us, Best Buy, Bikini Village, Boutique La Vie en Rose, Browns Shoes, Buck or Two, Bulk Barn, Calvin Klein, Canada Computers, Carter’s, Claire’s, CLÉMENT, Coles, Costco Wholesale, Alimentation Couche-Tard, Designer Brands, Dollar Tree, Dollarama, Fairweather Clothing, Farm Boy, GameStop, The Gap, Inc., Giant Tiger, Guess?, Indigo Books & Music Inc, JACK & JONES, Tapestry, L’Oréal S.A., Kin’s Farm Market, Laura, Levi Strauss & Co., Lindt, Loblaw Companies Limited, London Drugs, Lululemon Athletica, M&M Meat Shops, Mastermind Toys, Melanie Lyne, Metro, Capri Holdings, Mountain Warehouse, New Balance, Pandora, Reitmans Limited, Pet Valu, Play It Again Sports, Purdy’s Chocolatier, QE Home, Red Wing Shoe Company, RONA, Roots, Sephora, Empire Company Limited, Staples, Structube, Surplus Furniture, Suzy Shier, The Children’s Place, The Shoe Company, The TJX Companies, Inc., Uniprix, Walmart, Warehouse One, Yellow Shoes, Your Dollar Store With More.

Data in this report include: Canada store closure and opening counts by calendar year and year to date; major retailer store closures ranked by total closures; major retailer store openings ranked by total openings; tabulated retailer-level confirmed and planned store openings and closures.

Other relevant research:

• The full collection of Store Tracker reports, including our UK-focused series
• The US and UK Store Tracker Databank is the definitive resource for information on store openings and closures by sector in the US and UK retail industries.
• The Corporate and Financial Developments Databank includes details of management changes, financial guidance updates, retail and tech layoffs and capital raised by major retail companies.
• The Retail Bankruptcies Databank details bankruptcies of US and UK retail companies, restaurants and gyms since March 2020.