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 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 2026?
• Which retailers rank among the top for total store openings in 2026?

Companies mentioned in this report include: 7-Eleven, Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Adidas AG, AG Foods, Ashley Furniture Industries, Avondale Food Stores, Best Buy Co., Inc., Boathouse Stores, Boutique La Vie en Rose, Browns Shoes, The Aldo Group Inc., Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., Claire’s, Club Monaco, Costco Wholesale Corporation, Designer Brands Inc., Dollar Tree, Inc., Fairweather Clothing, Empire Company Limited, Fossil Group, Inc., Garage, Giant Tiger Stores Limited, Global Pet Foods, Golf Town, Guess?, Inc., Hallmark Cards, Hot Topic, Indigo Books & Music Inc., JYSK, Laura Canada, Levi Strauss & Co., Loblaw Companies Limited, Lululemon Athletica Inc., Lush, M&M Food Market, Melanie Lyne, Metro Inc., Capri Holdings Limited, Mountain Warehouse, Northern Reflections, Once Upon a Child, Pandora A/S, RONA Inc., Roots Corporation, Running Room, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, SoftMoc, Steve Madden, Ltd., Structube, Ashtead Group plc, Suzy Shier, The TJX Companies, Inc., PVH Corp., Uniprix, VF Corporation, Warehouse One.

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.