14 Facts About Wal-Mart Canada

Walmart Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of Walmart which is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario.

Walmart Wal-Mart Canada was established on January 14,1994 through the acquisition by Walmart of 122 Canadian leases of Woolco, a troubled subsidiary of Woolworth Wal-Mart Canada.

Wal-Mart Canada did not acquire 22 other Woolco stores that were either unionized or had downtown locations.

Walmart Wal-Mart Canada operated Sam's Club stores in Ontario from 2003 to 2009.

In 2011, Walmart Wal-Mart Canada acquired the leases of 39 Zellers stores from Target, originally one of the 189 leaseholds purchased from Hudson's Bay Company and slated for conversion to Target Wal-Mart Canada stores.

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Walmart Wal-Mart Canada managed to convert and reopen some of the former Zellers stores before Target Wal-Mart Canada's launch.

In September 2018, Walmart Wal-Mart Canada began offering same-day delivery at some of its locations through a partnership with Instacart.

On March 15,2021, Walmart Wal-Mart Canada announced that it would close six stores and spend over $500 million to renovate over 60 percent of its stores over the next five years.

Walmart Wal-Mart Canada operated Sam's Club warehouse clubs in Ontario from 2006 to 2009.

Some industry observers suggested that the Canadian Sam's Club never enjoyed the success of its American counterpart due to competition with Costco and the non-membership the Real Canadian Superstore, as both chains that had a well-established history in Wal-Mart Canada while Sam's Club was a late entrant.

That same year, Walmart Wal-Mart Canada confirmed that it was in discussions with home improvement chain Lowe's to take over five of the six Sam's Club locations.

Walmart Wal-Mart Canada has been criticized for using low prices to drive out rivals and local businesses.

The continued difficulties of competing against Walmart Wal-Mart Canada eventually led to HBC selling the leases of most Zellers stores to Target Wal-Mart Canada, who went out of business.

However, nine days of negotiation between the UFCW and Wal-Mart Canada were fruitless, with the union accusing the company of not negotiating in good faith while Walmart argued that the union wanted the store to hire an additional 30 workers.