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, AG Foods, Aerie, Aesop, Arc’teryx, Avondale Food Stores, Bath & Body Works, Best Buy, Boathouse Stores, Boutique La Vie en Rose, Browns Shoes, Bulk Barn, Calgary Co-op, Call It Spring, Canna Cabana, Canada Goose, Circle K Stores, Claire’s, Daiso, Dynamite Clothing, Fairweather, FreshCo, Flying Tiger Copenhagen, GameStop, Global Pet Foods, Golf Town, IndigoSpirit, JYSK, KaleMart24, Knix, Laura, Le Creuset, Leon’s Furniture, LEGO, Levi Strauss, Loblaw Companies Limited, Longines, Lululemon Athletica, Melanie Lyne, Metro, Michael Kors, Michaels, MINISO, Modern Beauty, Moncler, Mountain Warehouse, NIKE, Northern Reflections, Pandora, Play It Again Sports, Purdy’s Chocolatier, Reitmans, Save-On-Foods, Sephora, SoftMoc, Sobeys, Sport Chek, Structube, Sunbelt Rentals, Suzy Shier, The TJX Companies, Toys “R” Us, Uniprix, Urban Outfitters, Victoria’s Secret, Walmart, 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.