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Bedford Place Mall,
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Cole Hardbour

Charlottetown

• Andrew's
• The Arcade - St. John's, Nfld.-based discount variety store chain (1938-1995).
• Ayre and Sons - Newfoundland-based department store chain. Once operated as many as 80 stores coast-to-coast (1859-1991).
• Bargain Harold's - A 135 location Discount store chain based in Ontario with locations in Ontario, Manitoba and the Maritimes went Bankrupt in 1992.
• Biway - Discount store based in Ontario, defunct 2001.
• The Bon Marché - Independent discount variety store in St. John's, Nfld. (1919-1971).
• Bowring - St. John's, Nfld. department store. Also national home decor store chain.
• Bretton's - High end department store 1985-1996.
• Consumers Distributing - Catalogue store 1957-1996.
• Corvette
• Creaghan's - New Brunswick department store chain.
• Creed's - founded 1916, defunct 1991, high-end family-owned retailer.
• Dupuis Frères - Quebec-based chain, symbol of French-Canadian commerce and pride.
• Eaton's - Went Bankrupt in 1999, and acquired by Sears Canada. Defunct in 2002.
• Freimans - Longtime Ottawa retailer, acquired by The Bay in 1972.
• Fortin - In downtown Trois-Rivières, Quebec; bought by Dupuis Frères.
• Greenberg - Merged with SAAN.
• Horizon - Discount department store operated by Eaton's, 1967-1978.
• Kmart Canada - Discount department store, usually in the suburbs, created by S.S. Kresge - sold Canadian stores to Hudson's Bay Company in 1997.
• S.S. Kresge - Smaller, downtown locations.
• Laroque's Department Store - 169-177 Rideau Street, Ottawa, Ontario. Catering to the Francophone community of
• Lowertown - Closed circa 1970-1971 - Now The Mercury Court Building housing offices and shops.
• Lasalle - Discount department store.
• Letendre - On Saint Catherine Street East, Montreal; bought by CDS, then Eaton. The store closed after Eaton's expansion in the west. The building remains at the corner of Montcalm (NE).
• The London, New York and Paris - St. John's, Nfld. department store chain (1916-1991).
• Marks and Spencer - Closed Canadian stores in 1999.
• Metropolitan Stores Ltd. - Sister chain of SAAN, stores later converted to the SAAN name.
• Miracle Mart - Discount department store operated by Steinberg's, defunct 1996. Some stores acquired by Dominion Stores.
• Morgan's - Merged with Hudson's Bay Company.
• Murphy-Gamble - Ottawa store, acquired by Simpson's.
• Ogilvy's (Charles Ogilvy Limited) - Ottawa-area chain, merged with Robinson's in 1980s, defunct 1990s.
• La Compagnie Paquet - 6 stores in Quebec City area. Closed June 1981. Some stores acquired by The Bay.
• Peoples - (1914-1995) discount store closed in the same time as its parent company Wise Stores.
• Plazamart - On St-Hubert Street in Montreal.
• Pryce Jones - Calgary branch of United Kingdom mail-order company, operated 1911 to 1916.
• Pollack - In Quebec City area and Trois-Rivières - bankrupted in 1978.
• The Right House - Higher-end department stores, last store closed in the 90's.
• Robinson's - Southern Ontario chain, merged with Charles Ogilvy Limited in 1980s, acquired by Hudson's Bay Company in 1990s.
• Royal Stores - Newfoundland department store chain (1895-1977).
• Sayvette - Discount department store, defunct 1970s.
• Sentry - Ontario chain of retail department stores. Chain closed in mid-1980s.
• Shop-Rite - Catalogue store operated by Hudson's Bay Company in 1970s-1992.
• Simpson's - Acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company.
• Simpsons-Sears Limited - Renamed Sears Canada Inc.
• Spencer's - Western Canada, bought by Eaton's.
• Le Syndicat de Québec - Acquired by La Compagnie Paquet in 1974.
• Target - Newfoundland discount variety store chain (1981-1995) - never related to American company.
• Towers Department Stores / BoniMart - Sold out to Zellers in 1990.
• Walker Department Store - Galt, Ontario.
• Wise Stores - Similar to Hart Stores.
• Wood Brothers - Halifax department store chain.
• Woodward's - Western Canada, defunct 1993. most stores converted to Zellers and The Bay.
• Woodwynn - Junior department store owned by Woodward's, defunct 1993.
• Woolco - Discount department store, usually in the suburbs, acquired by Wal-Mart in 1994.
• Woolworth - Closed Canadian stores in 1994, though some became Woolco (such as the Whitehorse outlet).
• Young Canada - Toys and children's clothes; around since at least the early 1960s.