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56-530: The mall's main tenants are Walmart and No Frills . The mall has one major east-west walkway with the No Frills on the south-west corner and the Walmart on the east end. In the parking lot of the mall is a large drug store. The mall has north and south parking lots, which take up most of the property and the mall is set back from Sheppard Avenue and Kennedy Road. Agincourt Mall opened on Wednesday, November 23, 1966. It

112-552: A 35-year-old man was stabbed in front of the LCBO store of the mall, sustaining serious lower body injuries. Walmart Canada Walmart Canada is a Canadian retail corporation, discount retailer and the Canadian subsidiary of the U.S.-based multinational retail conglomerate Walmart . Headquartered in Mississauga , Ontario , it was founded on March 17, 1994, with the purchase of

168-744: A Walmart Discount Store does, but also include a full-service grocery, including meat and poultry , baked goods, delicatessen, frozen foods, dairy products, garden produce, and fresh seafood. Many Walmart Supercenters also feature a garden centre, pet shop, pharmacy, optical centre, one-hour photo processing lab, portrait studio, a clinic and numerous alcove shops, such as cellular phone stores, hair and nail salons, video rental stores (including Redbox rental kiosks), local bank branches, and fast food outlets, Walmart Canada Bank launched its application for banking license in 2008 to compete with similar stores in Canada such as Loblaw . On July 24, 2009, Walmart Canada Bank

224-448: A fan of Wal-Mart, and I've always been concerned about their labour practices, about getting goods from sweatshops". Like its American parent, Walmart Canada has been the subject of criticism that it has engaged in practices that discourage associates from exercising their right to join a union and negotiate a collective bargaining agreement . Walmart Canada has been accused of undermining internet rights and freedom of speech , as

280-1000: A late entrant. That same year, Walmart Canada confirmed that it was in discussions with American home improvement chain Lowe's to take over five of the six Sam's Club locations. Toronto is one of a few technology hubs opened by Walmart in 2022 and located at CBC Broadcast Centre (15 John Street). In 2024, Walmart announced the closure of the hub and relocation of staff to US locations including Bentonville; layoffs were pending for those not relocating. Walmart Canada has been criticized for using low prices to drive out rivals and local businesses. Within ten years of Walmart's entry into Canada, well-established retailer chains such as Zellers, The Bay , and Sears Canada have struggled, with Kmart Canada being sold to Zellers while Eaton's (whom Walmart Canada overtook to become Canada's largest retailer ) filed for bankruptcy. The continued difficulties of competing against Walmart Canada eventually led to HBC selling

336-627: A modernized electronics department, and a new centralized Walmart Health Hub within the store. With the success of both Walmart in Canada and Walmart Supercenters in the United States , it was announced in late 2005 that the Supercentre concept would be arriving in Canada. On November 8, 2006, Canada's first three Supercentres opened in Ancaster , London , and Stouffville , all in Ontario. Alberta became

392-543: A new, 140,000 square foot supercentre in Montreal, raising the total number of Walmart locations in Canada to 403 as of December 2023. Additionally, the company also announced that it has invested nearly $ 1 billion dollars in 2023 alone to modernize its stores, and launch its "Store of the Future" in Mississauga, Ontario , providing an enhanced customer experience within stores; with strong advancements in omnichannel retail innovation,

448-502: A payment option at all stores by the end of summer 2018. Customers will be able to pay with Visa , Mastercard , and American Express , following a successful pilot program. Many Dollarama stores were opened in place of former locations of the now defunct BiWay , which closed after a series of dubious financial transactions involving a new owner of the parent operation. Dollarama launched its online store on January 21, 2019 where it will sell many of its products in bulk. Only 1000 of

504-467: A real estate company founded by Mitchell Goldhar . At present, Smartcentres is the landlord for approximately 100 Walmarts in Canada. Beginning in the fall of 2006, Walmart opened new Supercentres in Canadian cities. Walmart Canada also operated Sam's Club stores in Ontario from 2003 to 2009. On February 26, 2009, they announced that it would close all six of its Canadian Sam's Club locations. This

560-586: A result of its June 2009 decision to seek an injunction against the Walmart Workers Canada campaign and its longstanding Walmart Workers Canada website in particular, a labour rights website sponsored by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW Canada) . In Saskatchewan , Walmart fought unionization drivers at stores in Weyburn and North Battleford . The company's tactics eventually resulted in

616-624: A selection of dried goods . Many of these stores also have a garden centre , pharmacy, medical clinic, Tire & Lube Express, optical centre, one-hour photo processing lab, cell phone store and fast food outlet, the usual restaurant being McDonald's . Walmart Discount Stores carry limited grocery items, which are limited mostly to dried goods. Walmart Canada operated Sam's Club warehouse clubs in Ontario from 2006 to 2009. On February 26, 2009, they announced that it would close all six of its Canadian Sam's Club locations. Sam's Club also rebranded two unopened locations as new Walmart Supercentres. This

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672-508: A similar chain founded in 1949 by another son of Salim Rassy ). That year, Larry Rossy opened the first Dollarama at the shopping center "Les Promenades du St-Laurent" in Matane . The Dollarama division rapidly became the primary source of revenue for the Rossy family. As such, the Rossy S chain was discontinued and all of its stores had either closed outright or been converted into Dollarama locations by

728-502: A store in Sainte-Foy , near Quebec City in the midst of an organizing drive. Walmart has responded, mostly by shutting down unionized stores or stalling labour contract negotiations. For instance they closed their Saguenay , Quebec store, in April 2005 after workers unionized and just days before contract settlement by binding arbitration, putting 190 employees out of work. Walmart argued that

784-402: Is the second largest retailer in Canada by revenue. As of October 31, 2022, Walmart Canada has 403 stores operating, including 344 supercentres and 59 discount stores in almost every province and territory except for Nunavut . Walmart Canada's principal developer and landlord is SmartCentres ; other significant landlords include Riocan and First Capital Realty . It is a participant in

840-526: The Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa . In September 2018, Walmart Canada began offering same-day delivery at some of its locations through a partnership with Instacart . Later, on March 15, 2021, Walmart 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. Following this, in the summer of 2023, Walmart opened

896-545: The Woolco Canada chain from the F. W. Woolworth Company . Originally consisting of discount stores , many of Walmart Canada's contemporaries and competitors include Giant Tiger , Home Hardware , Canadian Tire , Mark's , Sport Chek , GameStop , Dollarama , Winners , HomeSense , Rossy , Staples Canada , Michaels , Pet Valu, the Great Canadian Dollar Store , Dollar Tree , and Hart Stores . Based on

952-680: The Yukon Territory . Many items are priced at $ 1.00 or less, and initially almost all items were priced as such. In early 2009, Dollarama began to introduce items priced up to $ 2.00 (including $ 1.25 and $ 1.50 price points). Due to the positive response from consumers to the multi-price point strategy, the stores introduced items at $ 2.50 and $ 3.00 in August 2012. It again increased price points to include $ 3.50 and $ 4.00 items in August 2016. In 2022, Dollarama announced that its maximum price point would be increasing to $ 5.00. This price level increase allowed

1008-471: The 1994 deal in 2013, a Walmart Canada spokesman was quoted as saying "Even though Woolco had seen better days and was struggling, there was still an enormous amount of talent in that company. I think that is one of the reasons Walmart has succeeded in Canada, is because we started with a fantastic team that we re-motivated". Since 1994, many of the shopping centres in which Walmart is located have been developed by SmartCentres (originally known as First Pro),

1064-578: The Labour Relations Board imposing a fine and ordering them to hand over relevant documents, including the anti-union handbook for managers. A Walmart store in Windsor was unionized in 1997, but workers dissolved the union three years later after it failed to sign contract with management. The UFCW , which had long been unsuccessful in unionizing Walmarts in the United States and much of Canada,

1120-572: The Saint-Hyacinthe contract was seen largely as a Pyrrhic victory for the UFCW , as the arbitrator portrayed "Walmart as at least as good an employer-even a superior employer- compared with other retailers", noting that Walmart workers were paid more than their counterparts at Zellers. The union's calls for wage and benefit increases were all rejected, particularly their demand for an automatic-progression annual wage scales, as that would have conflicted with

1176-493: The Schedule 2 (foreign-owned or -controlled, deposit-taking) that it had been, which indicates that Stephen Smith, as a noted Canadian businessman, is in a controlling position. Walmart Discount Stores are discount department stores varying in size from 51,000 to 150,000 sq ft (4,738.1 to 13,935.5 m ), with the average store covering about 102,000 sq ft (9,476.1 m ). They carry general merchandise and

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1232-642: The Woolco stores that Walmart acquired were retained, retrained, and given a five percent raise. Mario Pilozzi, a senior vice-president at Woolco when the deal was signed, eventually became CEO of Walmart Canada. Pilozzi, who retired in 2008, has proclaimed that he and "his management team took a limping chain and turned it into the Walmart powerhouse that became a game-changer on the Canadian business scene. Retailers changed, Canadian manufacturers faced demands and volumes they had not seen before, real estate transitioned from enclosed malls to big-box plazas ". Reflecting on

1288-651: The chain to acquire products from a greater variety of sources, including closeout sales. Adjustments may eventually happen to all prices. Dollarama has always had a No Return and No Exchange Policy. Once an item is bought, it cannot be returned or exchanged. Payment in Dollarama stores was once by cash only, until Interac debit cards were added as a payment option beginning in 2008. Gift cards began to be offered in 2011. As of 2015, all Dollarama stores also support contact-less Interac Flash payments. In March 2017, Dollarama announced that credit cards would be offered as

1344-515: The closing of the previously announced acquisition of Wal-Mart Canada Bank and that it was to be renamed Duo Bank of Canada, to be styled simply as Duo Bank. Though exact ownership percentages were never revealed in either company announcement, it has also since been revealed that Duo Bank was reclassified as a Schedule 1 (domestic, deposit-taking) federally chartered bank of the Bank Act in Canada from

1400-544: The company as a "freebooting scofflaw". Walmart CEO H. Lee Scott Jr. argued that the Jonquière store was struggling, while polls in Canada showed that 9 of 10 Canadians believed that the store closure was mainly due to the unionization. A local newspaper columnist accused the UFCW leaders in Washington, D.C. , of using the Jonquière store workers (in a city with chronically high unemployment, and whose stores had been wiped out by

1456-443: The company did not approve of the new "business plan" a union would require, and this move was permitted by Quebec law as long as the closure was permanent. This labour dispute between Walmart and the UFCW made headlines worldwide; three of the other forty-six Walmarts in the province of Quebec were temporarily closed by bomb threats, while a TV broadcaster likened Wal-Mart to Nazi Germany, and Saguenay mayor Jean Tremblay denounced

1512-615: The company-wide annual performance evaluation, a key component of Walmart's business model. The arbitrator awarded existing workers (but not new hires) a small wage gain of 30¢ an hour to prevent them from being "impoverished" by dues paid to a union that failed to justify wages increases to the arbitrator. In 2011, the Saint-Hyacinthe Walmart employees voted (147 out of 250) to decertify United Food and Commercial Workers as their representative union; it has been suggested that employees were disappointed in their union whose 2009 contract

1568-470: The documentary Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price . The initial card check organizing efforts fell one vote short, and in April 2004 a secret ballot to join the union was defeated 53% to 47%. However, when a group of managers gathered just outside the front door to celebrate for the TV cameras and taunt union supporters as they left the store, this spectacle offended many of the workers that originally voted against

1624-526: The employees, though it offered no details. Union organizers suggested that Walmart was making an example of the Jonquière store to pressure workers at other locations not to unionize. At the Saint-Hyacinthe , Quebec Walmart, the 200 employees had organized successfully in January 2005 but contract negotiations stalled and an arbitrator was called in, finally reaching a two-year deal on April 9, 2009. However

1680-413: 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 Canada stores. Walmart Canada managed to convert and reopen some of the former Zellers stores before Target Canada's launch. Unlike Walmart's 1994 move into Canada, Walmart Canada this time did not guarantee the jobs of the employees whose stores it

1736-519: The leases of most Zellers stores to Target Canada, who also went out of business. In June 2005, Vancouver City Council voted 8–3 to reject Wal-Mart's proposal to build its first store in the city, a 143,000 sq ft (13,300 m ) store on Southeast Marine Drive. All eight Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) councillors against the project, while Mayor Larry Campbell and Non-Partisan Association (NPA) councillors, Sam Sullivan and Peter Ladner , were in favour. Wal-Mart's proposed store

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1792-433: The major public space proposed is a 2-acre central public park on the west end and a pedestrianized road that act as a gateway to the complex from Sheppard. Development for the site plans of thirteen towers widely spaced across seven blocks, with a mix of low-rise to high-rise building units. While most of the retail spaces are arranged for shops to face towards the street, two larger spaces located centrally are planned so that

1848-483: The mall due to a presence of smoke. According to Toronto police Staff Sgt. Karl Heilimo, a fire started shortly after 6 p.m. in a hydro transformer approximately 15 to 20 feet from the building and left the mall without power. No injuries were reported. The mall's location is now the subject of a redevelopment proposal. In June 2017, the City Planning Division received an Official Plan Amendment (OPA) to permit

1904-458: The most stores. The first all-dollar store was founded in Montreal in 1910 by Salim Rassy, a Lebanese immigrant, whose name became Rossy. His son George took over the retailer in 1937 and led the company until his death in 1973 when grandson Larry Rossy assumed leadership of it when it had 20 stores. The discount retailer grew to 44 stores by 1992 which until then operated under the name Rossy S Inc. (not to be confused with Rossy Michael ,

1960-597: The opening of the Place du Royaume shopping mall in Chicoutimi ) as " cannon fodder " to provoke a fight in order to incite public opinion against the Walmart, knowing that Walmart headquarters would not tolerate a unionized store. In September 2005, the Quebec Labour Board ruled that the closing of a Walmart store amounted to a reprisal against unionized workers and has ordered additional hearings on possible compensation for

2016-589: The redevelopment of the commercial property. The project, developed by the North American Development Group , is the second-largest active residential application in Toronto. Given the size and complexity of the project, the City of Toronto launched its own Planning Framework Review to inform recommendations on the application and manage future expansion for the mall and its surrounding area. Redevelopment across

2072-681: The second province with Supercentres in September 2007. The first Supercentre in Vancouver , British Columbia opened in January 2009 in a former Costco/ Price Club location, which moved to a new larger site nearby in Burnaby . Walmart Supercentres in Canada range from 67,000 to 225,000 sq ft (6,200 to 20,900 m ), with the largest Walmart in Canada being the flagship Canadian Walmart Supercentre located at Square One Shopping Centre in Mississauga, Ontario . Walmart Supercentres stock everything

2128-648: The site is projected to benefit from urban intensification initiatives with the vision for high quality, sustainable growth to the community. The master plan proposed by architects Giannone Petricone Associates calls for approximately 440,000 m of new spaces including the use for residential, retail, office, community space, and a public park. Within the mix of land uses would consists of 406,040 m of residential uses, 8,490 m of office uses, 23,685 m of commercial retail uses, and 1,940 m of community facility space, and 17,500 m of open space linking greenways to other public and private squares. Among

2184-572: The store was not profitable and the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed 6–3 on November 27, 2009, that the company had the legal right to close the store. Walmart also closed its automotive centre in Gatineau , Quebec, after employees unionized and an arbitrator imposed a 33% wage increase. There was the successful unionization by the UFCW of a Walmart store in Jonquière , Quebec in August 2004, as told in

2240-507: The success of the US format, Walmart Canada has focused on expanding Supercentres from new or converted locations, offering groceries which puts them in the same market as supermarket chains such as Loblaws , Real Canadian Superstore , Real Atlantic Superstore , Your Independent Grocer , No Frills , Metro , Sobeys , Foodland , Thrifty Foods , Safeway , Save-On-Foods , Country Grocer, Fairway Markets , Quality Foods, Co-op and others . Walmart

2296-467: The turn of the new millennium. After converting all the locations to the dollar store concept, Larry Rossy continued to open new stores eventually reaching 1,000 stores in 2015. In November 2004, 80 percent of the chain was sold for $ 850 million US, to a private equity fund , Bain Capital , of Boston , Massachusetts . Dollarama's initial public offering took place on October 9, 2009. In 2013, Dollarama

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2352-463: The two main anchor tenants, Nick’s No Frills and Walmart can reopen in the development. Area residents were briefed on the proposal in 2017. However, many are worried about the impact it has to the community such as local traffic congestions and the lack of light, wind, and shadow due to high-rise buildings units. Serial killer Bruce McArthur was a mall Santa at this mall "as recently as" 2016. No incidents are known to have occurred. In August 2018,

2408-418: The union and caused them to switch sides, leading to a second and successful card check that unionized the store in August 2004. However, nine days of negotiation between the UFCW and Wal-Mart 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. Walmart closed the store five months later because

2464-613: The voluntary Scanner Price Accuracy Code managed by the Retail Council of Canada . Walmart Canada was established on January 14, 1994 through the acquisition by Walmart of 122 Canadian leases of Woolco , a troubled subsidiary of Woolworth Canada . The same year, these Woolco stores were renovated and converted into the Walmart banner. Walmart did not acquire 22 other Woolco stores that were either unionized or had downtown locations. Some former Woolco stores were sold and re-opened as Zellers stores. All 16,000 former employees of

2520-573: The way for Walmart employees in Weyburn, Saskatchewan who voted 51–5 to decertify United Food and Commercial Workers as their representative union. This left no unionized Wal-Mart stores in the whole of Canada. On July 14, 2015 Walmart Canada disabled their online photo site, blaming a third party vendor, believed to be PNI Digital Media . Walmart's shutdown was followed shortly after by other companies suspending their photo site whilst an investigation took place. In common with other potential victims there

2576-932: Was 539 in Ontario, 379 in Québec, 134 in Alberta, 111 in British Columbia, 42 in New Brunswick, 41 in Manitoba, 40 in Nova Scotia, 40 in Saskatchewan, 25 in Newfoundland and Labrador, and 5 in Prince Edward Island. The company announced that it would open 700 new locations across Canada (including a few replacements for some of the Great Canadian Dollar Store locations) in the aforementioned provinces as well as their first store in

2632-538: Was able to use some of Quebec's union-friendly laws to its advantage. These laws permit card check organizing, which gives unions more power than secret ballot organizing used in the rest of Canada, and mandates arbitration if the two sides fail to reach a contract. The UFCW argued that union card-signing was more democratic than secret votes because "when there is a vote Walmart uses intimidation tactics". In addition, Quebec's labour relations board had ordered Walmart Canada to stop "intimidating and harassing" cashiers at

2688-477: Was acquiring. Walmart Canada launched the "Urban 90" format in 2012, a set of smaller Supercentres averaging 90,000 sq ft (8,400 m ). On May 8, 2015, following the bankruptcy of Target Canada, Walmart Canada announced its intent to acquire 13 former Target locations, along with its distribution centre in Cornwall , Ontario subject to court approval. These locations included an unopened location at

2744-445: Was designed by local architect Peter Busby for sustainable development, with windmills generating power and underground wells heating and cooling the building which would consume 1/3 the energy of a normal store, and it was endorsed by city planners and staffers. Councillor Anne Roberts stated that her opposition was due to potential traffic and congestion that the store would bring to south Vancouver, although she later remarked "I'm not

2800-410: Was incorporated under the Bank Act in Canada. On May 17, 2018, Wal-Mart Canada announced it had reached a definitive agreement to sell Wal-Mart Canada Bank to First National co-founder Stephen Smith and private equity firm Centerbridge Partners, L.P. , on undisclosed financial terms. On the purely coincidental date of April 1, 2019, Centerbridge Partners, L.P. and Stephen Smith jointly announced

2856-464: Was no confirmation or denial about whether hackers had stolen customer photographs as well as data and payment information. Dollarama Dollarama Inc. is a Canadian dollar store retail chain headquartered in Mount Royal, Quebec . Since 2009, it has been Canada's biggest retailer of items for five dollars or less. Dollarama has over 1400 stores and is active in all of Canada; Ontario has

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2912-616: Was part of Walmart Canada's decision to shift focus towards Supercenter stores, but some industry observers suggested that the operation was struggling to compete with Costco and the non-membership Real Canadian Superstore (known as Maxi & Cie in Quebec ). Sam's Club also rebranded two unopened locations as new Walmart Supercentres. From originally taking over much of the Woolco chain, Walmart Canada has expanded and opened new stores. It grew to 260 stores by 2005, making it Canada's second-largest retail chain. In 2011, Walmart Canada acquired

2968-570: Was part of Walmart Canada's decision to shift focus towards supercenter stores. 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 (known as Maxi & Cie in Quebec), as both chains that had a well-established history in Canada while Sam's Club was

3024-824: Was planning to expand its market to Latin America , and made an eight-year agreement to share its business expertise and offer sourcing services to Dollarcity , a Salvadoran chain of dollar stores in Central America and Colombia . In 2016, Dollarama established a partnership with the Marco G. R. Enterprise, resulting in the sponsorship of the first edition of the Formula Windsor Championship. In 2018, Dollarama recalled over 50,000 children's toys due to dangerous levels of phthalates . The number of stores in October 2021

3080-553: Was the first indoor shopping mall in Scarborough, with Woolco as the anchor retail store. Given the pre-Christmas date, Santa Claus attended, handing out candy canes . Scarborough Public Library operated a small branch (Agincourt Neighbourhood Library) in the mall since 1967, but it was relocated in 1991 to a new building at 155 Bonis Avenue (as Agincourt District) in behind the mall and run by Toronto Public Library since 1998. In March 2011, shoppers were forced to evacuate from

3136-510: Was tilted strongly in favour of their employer. Walmart employees in Gatineau, Quebec joined the UFCW in 2008. This was followed by two years of stalled negotiations before an arbitrator imposed a collective agreement. In November 2011, after one year with their first collective agreement, the 150 Wal-Mart employees voted to decertify. On August 15, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada cleared

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