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Target Canada Co.
	The mall entrance to the Target store at Shoppers World Brampton in Brampton, Ontario (store #3668), during its grand opening in 2013. Closed in 2015, and later expanded and became a Jysk, Staples, GoodLife Fitness, and a Giant Tiger in 2018.
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Retail
Predecessor	Zellers
Founded	January 2011; 13 years ago
Defunct	April 12, 2015; 9 years ago
Fate	Bankruptcy
Headquarters	Mississauga, Ontario
Number of locations	133 (2015)
Area served	Canada
Key people	Aaron Alt (CEO)
Products	Beauty and health products; bedding; clothing and accessories; electronics; food; furniture; housewares; jewelry; lawn and garden; pet supplies; shoes; small appliances; sporting goods; toys/games.
Number of employees	17,600 (2015)
Parent	Target Corporation
Website	Archived official website at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

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Target Canada Co. was the Canadian subsidiary of the Target Corporation, the eighth-largest retailer in the United States. Formerly headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, the subsidiary formed with the acquisition of Zellers store leases from the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in January 2011. Target Canada opened its first store in March 2013, and by January 2015 was operating 133 locations throughout Canada. Its main competition included Walmart Canada, Loblaws, Shoppers Drug Mart, and Canadian Tire.

Target Canada was ultimately unsuccessful, owing in part to an overly aggressive expansion initiative, in addition to higher prices and a limited selection of products compared to Target stores in the United States and its Canadian rivals, particularly Walmart.^[2] The retail chain racked up losses of $2.1 billion in its lifespan, and was widely viewed as a failure, termed a "spectacular failure" by Amanda Lang of CBC News,^[3] "an unmitigated disaster" by Maclean's magazine^[4] and "a gold standard case study in what retailers should not do when they enter a new market" by the Financial Post.^[5] Target Canada commenced Court-supervised restructuring proceedings in January 2015, and finally shut down all of their stores by April 12, 2015, amid the retail apocalypse.^[6]

History

A Target Store in Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill, Ontario (store #3666). This store was replaced with Marshalls and HomeSense in Fall 2018.

Trademark issues before 2010

In the absence of the Target Corporation chain in Canada, several retail companies, without any affiliation to the American company, made use of the "Target" name for various purposes. A regional variety store chain in Newfoundland and Labrador operated under the Target banner during the 1980s and early 1990s. There has also been a liquor store named Target Liquor in Edmonton,^[7] and a Target convenience store chain based in Toronto.^[8]

Before it entered Canada, Target Corporation attempted to solidify its rights to the "Target" brand name in Canada by buying the Canadian trademark rights of some of these existing users,^[7]^[8] in addition to filing new applications of its own.

Target Apparel trademark agreement

Target's expansion into Canada was threatened by one other party that claimed the Canadian rights to "Target" with respect to clothing. The Canadian trademark "Target Apparel" was registered in 1981 by Dylex Ltd., a Canadian retailer defunct since the early 2000s, covering "men's clothing, namely suits, pants, jackets, and coats". The rights to the mark were acquired in 2001 by Fairweather Ltd., part of the INC Group of Companies owned by Isaac Benitah.^[9] Target Apparel originally served as a private-label clothing brand, and not as the name of a retail store, and Fairweather would not apply to extend its trademark to cover retail services until April 2011.^[10]

INC Group opened a small Target Apparel retail store adjacent to the company's head office in December 2003.^[10]^[11] In late 2010, soon after Target's announcement that it planned to expand into Canada (but before the Zellers announcement), INC began expanding the banner to other higher-profile locations, including conversions of some of its existing Labels stores.^[11]^[12] Target challenged INC's rights to the Target Apparel trade name on numerous occasions; INC had succeeded in retaining those rights, but faced a further court challenge with a trial set to start in 2012.^[11]^[13]

On February 1, 2012, it was announced that Fairweather Ltd. and Target reached an agreement concerning the use of the Target name in Canada. Under this agreement, Fairweather would cease use of the Target Apparel name by 2013, giving Target Canada complete ownership of the Target brand in Canada.^[14]

2010: Consideration of Canadian operations

Regular rumours surfaced since at least 2004 that Target was interested in expanding into Canada by acquiring Zellers outright.^[15] In January 2010, Target publicly indicated long-term plans to expand internationally, likely including Canada, but that those plans would not take effect until 2013 at the earliest.^[16]

2011–2013: Leaseholds acquisition and partnership

On January 13, 2011, Target announced that it would purchase the lease agreements of up to 220 Zellers stores for C$1.825 billion.^[17] Under the agreement, Zellers would sublease the properties, and continue to operate them as Zellers locations until at the earliest January 2012 and, at the latest, the end of March 2013.^[18]

Target did not buy the Zellers chain, which was left with 64 stores in less desirable locations. HBC failed to find a buyer for the remaining stores and planned to continue operating Zellers as a smaller chain. However, the geographical constraints of serving these far-flung Zellers outlets meant that operating them was no longer economically viable, so HBC announced on July 26, 2012, that it would close almost all of these stores.^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]

In May 2011, Target revealed its first 105 selections and stated that the vast majority of those in this first group would be converted to Target outlets.^[24] In September 2011, Target unveiled 84 additional selections, bringing the number of Zellers leases acquired to 189^[25] below the prospective upper number of 220 announced in January.^[26] The first store opening cycle would be in March/April 2013, followed by four additional cycles later that year.^[27] Zellers locations to be converted were typically closed for six to nine months for significant remodelling and renovation.^[28] Target announced plans to hire 27,000 new employees to support its expansion into Canada,^[29] including 5,000 in Quebec,^[30] and that its food and grocery items in Canada would be supplied by Sobeys.^[31]

After the Zellers stores at the selected locations closed, Target planned to renovate between 125 and 135 of them, and reopen them under the Target banner.^[28] Target would sell the remaining 64 to 74 acquired locations to other retailers, including 39 already resold to Walmart Canada.^[32]

Unlike Walmart's entry to Canada with the acquisition of the Woolco stores in 1994, Zellers employees were not retained by Target nor Walmart, and they had to re-apply for their position to continue working in their same locations.^[33] Target Canada stated that former Zellers workers were guaranteed an interview though not a job; however, the United Food and Commercial Workers of Canada complained that many Zellers employees were not hired, including those with long years of service.^[34]

Target confirmed the list of its locations in July 2012.^[27] The chain finalized its 127 stores to open in 2013.^[27] Of this total, 125 were converted former Zellers stores.^[27] The other two locations in Niagara Falls and Centre Laval were sites that had been occupied by Walmart stores.^[27]^[35]^[36] The first Target stores in Canada were opened on March 5, 2013, in the Ontario communities of Guelph, Fergus, and Milton,^[37] being close to one of Target Canada's three distribution centres.^[38]

Target Canada has its head offices in Mississauga's Airport Corporate Centre in the same building as Pepsico Canada's offices during Target Canada's years of operation.

2013–2015: Years of operation

Target Canada had supply chain problems, but its parent company did not want the planned opening date to be delayed, since they did not want to continue paying rent on unopened stores.^[39]

On March 5, 2013, three Target stores in Milton, Fergus and Guelph, Ontario, were opened to the public and operating as test stores, and a further 17 stores in Ontario opened on March 19, 2013. Four additional stores in Ontario were opened on March 28, 2013, followed by a number of openings in three western provinces on May 6, 2013.^[40]^[41] On July 16, 2013, Target opened more stores in four provinces, including in the cities of Regina and Saskatoon.^[42] Target opened more stores between September 17 and October 18, including in the provinces of Quebec and Nova Scotia.^[43] It opened 33 locations between November 13 and 22, including in the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.^[44] On March 14, 2014, Target opened three stores in the cities of Toronto, Edmonton and Victoria.^[45] On August 1, 2014, it opened three stores in the cities of Barrie, Mississauga and Candiac, Quebec.^[46]

Target Canada included smaller Starbucks stores in the majority of its locations.^[47] A notable Canadian clothing brand, Roots, was "temporarily" sold in Target Canada.^[48]

Early results

Target Canada president Tony Fisher expected that some Canadian consumers would continue to cross the border and shop at Target stores in the United States. Fisher acknowledged that the Canadian stores would not have price parity with their U.S. counterparts, saying "Transportation costs are higher, distribution costs are higher, fuel costs are higher, wage rates vary across the country, the tax rates are different, cost of goods are different, the duties — I think the scale we have here in Canada is quite different from the incredibly different, densely populated U.S. marketplace." Because of complexities and other legal requirements, Target's existing distribution network could not be used to service Target's Canadian locations.^[49] In addition, Canadian Target stores did not have local authority to order their own merchandise; this resulted in the Windsor, Ontario, stores stocking Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Blue Jays apparel, instead of that of the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers, which were more popular in Windsor, given its proximity to Detroit across the Detroit River.^[50] Supply chain and demand issues also led to situations where some of the early locations were not adequately stocked in certain product categories, resulting in empty shelves.^[51] The supply chain problems were blamed on using a brand new SAP inventory software and not giving sufficient time for staff to work out the system's problems, as the parent company refused to push back the planned launch date as they did not want to keep paying rent on unopened stores.^[39]

Target Corporation's expansion into Canada hoped to capitalize on Canadian shoppers who frequently crossed the border for its U.S. stores. However, this may have backfired as Canadian shoppers felt that Target Canada stores failed to meet the high expectations set by their U.S. counterparts.^[52] Target Canada enjoyed a strong opening, but subsequent results were disappointing, dragging down its parent company's second-quarter results. Despite the initial high traffic at Target's new stores, customers were not returning frequently enough to these stores to buy the basic household items, as that market was dominated by entrenched Canadian grocery and drug retail chains such as Loblaws, Shoppers Drug Mart, and Walmart Canada.^[53]^[54] In addition, while Target Canada aimed to have its customers do "one-stop shopping", Canadian consumers generally pick and choose between different retailers' strengths, often going to different retailers whenever certain items go on sale as evidenced by Canadians sometimes carrying shopping bags from competing businesses. While Target Canada stores were said to be an improvement over the untidy Zellers stores, some Canadians lamented that they missed the deals found at Zellers.^[49]

Paul Trussell, retailing analyst at Deutsche Bank, suggested that "traffic has slowed below expectations in recent weeks, driven partly by Canadians’ perception that prices are too high, both relative to Walmart Canada and Target's U.S. locations. While shoppers appreciate the higher quality assortment, especially in discretionary categories, the complaints on pricing were alarming." Target failed to anticipate that Canadian consumers would expect the retailer to match the lower prices in its U.S. stores,^[55] leading to some alienation and confusion, although Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel defended this practice saying "trying to compare prices at Target Canada with that of certain Target stores in the U.S. would be like comparing prices in Boston to prices in rural Iowa". Deutsche Bank's pricing survey on 31 health, beauty and food items at Canadian Target and Walmart stores found that while Target had a cheaper basket of goods by 19 cents, Walmart had a pricing advantage of 65 percent of the popular items in the basket thanks to its own "Rollback" prices, likely furthering consumers’ current price perceptions. Other American chains operating in Canada did not suffer a backlash from Canada–U.S. pricing disparities as much, likely as Target had hyped its Canadian stores to provide the same experience as their U.S. counterparts.^[53]^[54]

Target projected for its Canadian operations to bring in ten percent of its profits by 2017. However, experts suggested that it wanted too much and too quickly from Canadians, while underestimating the domestic competition.^[55] The disappointing results from Canadian stores were said to be a major reason, along with the January 2014 major security breach, for the resignation of parent company CEO Gregg Steinhafel, though Target reiterated its commitment to the Canadian market.^[56] Two weeks after Steinhafel's abrupt departure, Target Canada president Anthony S. "Tony" Fisher was dismissed and replaced by Mark Schindele, who had been serving as Target's senior vice-president of merchandising operations.^[49]^[57] Subsequent commentators did not blame Fisher, "the odds were stacked against him from the start, given the extremely tight timeline and the thin margin for error."^[39]

Around the time that Mark Schindele took over, Target Canada had largely sorted out its inventory issues. However, Brian Cornell, who replaced Steinhafel as CEO of the parent company, was a company outsider who had reportedly pushed for Target Canada to be shut down if its financial performance did not improve.^[39]

2015: Closure

Long checkout lineup at former Target in Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill, Ontario (store #3666) during its liquidation sale in February 2015.

On January 15, 2015, Target Canada announced that it had commenced Court-supervised restructuring proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and that it would close all 133 of its Canadian stores. Two planned new store openings, one at the Harbour Plaza condo project in the South Core of Downtown Toronto, and the Bayshore Shopping Centre in the west end of Ottawa, were cancelled due to the closure.^[58] Likewise, plans to open a smaller Target store in the former Zellers location in Lawrence Square Shopping Centre (later renamed Lawrence Allen Centre in late 2019) in Toronto similar to the CityTarget format were also cancelled and were replaced with two additional public mall entrances, Marshalls, HomeSense and PetSmart by early 2016 (and Structube a few years later but before the mall's renaming).

By 2015, the subsidiary had lost $2.1 billion and was not projected to make a profit until at least 2021.^[59]^[60] Target Canada would have been unable to meet its employees' payroll for the week of January 16, 2015, if it had not filed for Court protection from creditors.^[61]

Liquidation sales began at the stores the following day;^[62] Target began to close stores on March 18, 2015, with 58 locations scheduled to close that week, and 58 in total closed by April 5, 2015.^[63] The remaining 58 stores closed on April 12, 2015.^[64]

In May 2015, the company returned some of its leases back to their landlords, and began the process of auctioning off leases and properties to other new owners.^[65] Canadian Tire announced plans to acquire 12 locations, Walmart Canada reached a deal to acquire 13 locations (including the aborted Bayshore Shopping Centre location) and one of its distribution centres, and Lowe's also reached a deal to acquire 13 locations and a distribution centre.^[66]^[67] Giant Tiger also acquired a part of a Target location. Metro's discount supermarket chain Super C would open stores in two former Target stores in Quebec.^[68]^[69]

Target International Shopping

In October 2015, Target began offering international shipping on goods sold on their online site, which includes Canada.^[70] Prices for Canadian shoppers are converted to Canadian dollars, excluding duties and taxes. As of February 2020, Target has discontinued shipping to Canada and other international locations.

Timeline

2011

12 January: Agreement signed.^[18]
13 January: Announcement of sale.^[17]
26 May: Announcement of first 105 site selections.^[24]
23 September: Announcement of final 84 site selections and partnership with Sobeys.^[28]
23 September: Walmart Canada announces completion of acquisition from Target Canada of leases for 39 locations occupied by Zellers.^[71]

2012

31 January: An earliest possible date that Target might require some acquired locations to be vacated by Zellers.^[18]

2013

5 March: First Target Canada locations opened in Guelph, Fergus, and Milton, all of which are in the Ontario Peninsula.
19 March: More Target Canada locations opened in Ontario, including East York Town Centre, Aurora Shopping Centre, Cloverdale Mall, Cambridge Centre, Centre Mall (in Hamilton), Shoppers World Brampton, Centerpoint Mall, Taunton Road Power Centre, Masonville Place, Upper Canada Mall, Devonshire Mall, and Durham Centre.^[72]
28 March: Burlington Mall (since renamed Burlington Centre), Shoppers World Danforth, Square One Shopping Centre and Trinity Common Mall locations opened.
31 March: All acquired locations must be vacated by Zellers by this date.^[18]
7 May: More Target Canada stores opened in 9 British Columbia locations, 10 Alberta locations and 3 Manitoba locations.^[41]
14 May: Target Canada stores opened in Pine Centre Mall in Prince George and The Shoppes at Shawnessy in Calgary.^[41]
16 July: Target Canada stores opened in two British Columbia locations, two Alberta locations, three Saskatchewan locations and 11 Ontario locations including Intercity Shopping Centre in Thunder Bay.^[42]
23 July: The Cataraqui Centre location opened in Kingston, Ontario.^[42]
30 July: The Bramalea City Centre location opened in Brampton, Ontario.^[42]
17 September: Target Canada stores opened in four locations in Eastern Ontario, seven Quebec locations and three Nova Scotia locations.^[43]
18 October: Target Canada stores opened 9 locations all in the province of Quebec.^[43]
13 November: Target Canada opened 31 more locations in nine provinces including New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.^[44]
22 November: Target Canada opened two more locations in the Pen Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario and Carrefour de l'Estrie in Sherbrooke, Quebec.^[44]

2014

14 March: Target Canada opened three locations in The Stockyards in Toronto, Ontario, Kingsway Mall in Edmonton, Alberta and Hillside Shopping Centre in Victoria, British Columbia.^[45]
1 August: Target Canada opened three locations in Park Place in Barrie, Ontario, Erin Mills Town Centre in Mississauga, Ontario and Carrefour Candiac in Candiac, Quebec.^[46]
17 October: Target Canada opened one location in Polo Park in Winnipeg.

2015

15 January: Target announces it was ceasing all Canadian retail operations and would proceed to close 133 outlets.^[73]^[74]
23 January: Target Canada closed all Starbucks outlets in their stores.^[75]
4 February: Target Canada received court approval to begin the liquidation process.
5 February: All Target Canada stores started liquidation process.^[76]
6 March: Ivanhoé Cambridge and Oxford Landlords purchased back 11 coveted Target store leases at premier mall locations for an estimated $138 million.^[77]^[78]
18 March: Stratford, Ontario; Longueuil and Edmonton (Bonnie Doon Centre) locations closed.^[79]
22 March: 13 more locations closed.^[79]
27 March–2 April: 62 more locations closed.
4 April: Bramalea City Centre store in Brampton closed with most other stores left opened.
12 April: All Target Canada stores were closed by this date.
6 May: Canadian Tire acquired leases for 12 stores for $17.7 million.^[80]
8 May: Walmart Canada acquired leases for 13 stores and distribution centre in Cornwall, Ontario for $165 million.^[81] The new stores would create about 3,400 jobs.
11 May: Lowe's Canadian unit acquired 13 store leases and distribution centre in Milton, Ontario for $151 million.^[82] The stores created about 2,000 jobs.
15 May: Target US had set up an employee trust fund to guarantee Target Canada team members get paid till May 15 whether the store closed earlier or not.
15 May: Rona bought the lease for one store in Chilliwack, BC, but on February 3, 2016, an agreement could not be reached.^[83]
30 June: The court-approved real-estate process was completed.
24 July: Lowe's bought 12 stores and distribution centres in Milton, Ontario for $147.75 million.

Post-closure replacements timeline

Source^[84]

2016

25 February: Walmart replaced the Central City Target location in Surrey, British Columbia.
3 March: Fit4Less opened a portion of the former Bedford Place Mall Target store in Bedford, Nova Scotia.^[85]
1 April: Canadian Tire opened two locations in the former Target locations In Mountain Road in Moncton, NB and Bayers Lake Business Park In Halifax NS.
22 April: Lee Valley Tools opened a location in former Orchard Plaza location in Kelowna, BC.^[86]
14 May: Giant Tiger opened a location to replace the Target location in Fergus, Ontario.^[87]^[88]
9 June: Lowe's opened a location to replace the Target location at the Notthgate Mall in Regina, Saskatchewan.^[89]
28 June: Toys "R" Us and Sport Chek moved into the former Willowbrook Shopping Centre location in Langley, BC as part of the mall's expansion. They opened in the spring and summer of 2017, respectively.
17 July: Stitches Factory Outlet opened a location in former Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre Target location in Edmonton, AB.
4 August: Demolition of a portion of the location at Devonshire Mall in Windsor, Ontario began and was replaced with a Metro supermarket on August 24, 2017 and a relocated food court on June 27, 2018.^[90]^[91]
12 August: Michaels, Value Village and World Gym replaced the Stratford, Ontario Target store altogether.
29 September: Farm Boy replaced the Pickering Town Centre location.^[92]
10 November: Sports Experts/Atmosphere opened at Place Vertu in Montreal.^[93]
8 December: Walmart replaced Erin Mills Town Centre Target location in Mississauga.^[94]

2017

5 January: The Rec Room (upper level), Marshalls and HomeSense (lower level) replaced Masonville Place Target in London, Ontario.
Later in 2017, Winners/HomeSense would take over the bottom floor of the West Edmonton Mall space formerly leased to Target, half of the second floor would have a Buy Buy Baby location, the other half will be an International Clothiers store.
16 January: The Target store at Cataraqui Centre was replaced with several stores including Marshalls and Indigo Books and Music.
9 March: Saks Off 5th replaced part of Bramalea City Centre Target store. It closed again in 2021.^[95]
9 March: Saks Off 5th replaced Pickering Town Centre Target location.^[95]
17 March: Marshalls and HomeSense replaced the old Target in Kingsway Mall, Edmonton, Alberta.
28 April: Safeway and Indigo Books and Music opened a store in a portion of the Target location in Sherwood Park Mall, Sherwood Park, Alberta, which replaced the old location on the north side of the mall.^[96]
13 May: PetSmart and Great Canadian Dollar Store splitted the former Target in the Sydney Shopping Centre located in Sydney,Nova Scotia.
16 June: London Drugs opened a new store in the former Target's St. Albert Centre location in St. Albert, Alberta.^[97]
14 July: Sobeys Extra replaced the Target store at Shoppers Mall in Brandon, Manitoba. It is currently the largest Sobeys supermarket in Canada.^[98]
21 October: Giant Tiger opened a back portion of the former Bedford Place Mall Target location in Bedford, NS.^[99]
3 November: Indigo Books and Music opened a store in a portion of Sherwood Park Mall's former Target space.
16 November: Nations Fresh Foods opened Nations Experience, a grocery store and entertainment centre in the former Target location in Stock Yards Village mall in the Stockyards within the northern part of The Junction neighbourhood in Toronto.^[100]
The previous Target Canada location located in Park Place within Barrie, Ontario, has slowly been divided into several new businesses such as X-Play Amusements, Ashley HomeStore and Toys "R" Us.

2018

22 February: Saks Fifth Avenue opened at the former Target location at CF Chinook Centre in Calgary.^[101]
3 May: Urban Planet opened at the former Target's Sherwood Park Mall location in Sherwood Park, Alberta.^[102]
26 May: Treasure Hunt opened a new location in the former Target store in Waterdown, Ontario.
12 June: Boston Pizza opened in a portion of the former Target store in the Corner Brook Plaza in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
July 2018: Indigo Books and Music, Winners, East Side Mario's, Denningers's Food's of The World replaced the Target location in Burlington Centre in Burlington, Ontario.
16 August: T&T Supermarket opened a store in the first floor portion of the Target location at Lansdowne Centre in Richmond, British Columbia.^[103]
20 August: Target store in the Mic Mac Mall Dartmouth was demolished to open Urban Planet and separate Winners from HomeSense.^{[citation needed]}
24 August: Hudson's Bay opened at the Carrefour Angrignon in LaSalle, Quebec.^[104]
7 September: Market & Co. opened at the former Target location at the Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket, Ontario.^[105]
11 October: Walmart replaced the former Metropolis at Metrotown Target store in Burnaby, British Columbia.^[106]
13 October: Giant Tiger and Fit4Less opened in a portion of the Centre Mall in Hamilton, Ontario.
Fall 2018: Marshalls/HomeSense and Old Navy replaced the Hillcrest Mall Target store in Richmond Hill, Ontario.^[107]
Fall 2018: Dollarama opened in a portion of the former Target store in the Corner Brook Plaza in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
Late Fall 2018: Indigo Books and Music, Uniqlo, The Rec Room, and the Food District (upscale food court) replaced the Target location at Square One Shopping Centre in Mississauga. All stores and restaurants were opened by Spring 2019.

2019

January: Lowe's closes its location in Centerpoint Mall in Toronto's north end.
February: Sobeys Extra replaced the former Target location in Uptown Centre Fredericton, New Brunswick.
27 April: Decathlon opens a new store in the Former Fauborg Boisbriand Target Store in Boisbriand, Quebec.
22 August: Walmart Supercentre replaced the former Pen Centre Target location in St. Catharines.^[108]
21 November: Marché Adonis replaced the former St. Laurent Boulevard Target location in Ottawa.^[109]
November 2019: Planet Fitness opened in a portion of the former Target store in Thames Lea Plaza in Chatham-Kent, Ontario.
14 December: Canada Computers & Electronics replaced the former Target store at Centerpoint Mall; the second floor of the former store is closed off from the public.^[110]

2020

12 February: Mercato Fresh opened in the other portion of the old Target store in the Thames Lea Plaza in Chatham-Kent, Ontario.
19 February : Lowe's, which took over the former Target location at Northgate Mall in Regina permanently closes.^[111]
13 April: St. Michael's Kidney Care opens at former Target location at East York Town Centre in Toronto.^[112]
22 September: American-owned Canadian department store Winners opened a new store in Barrie, Ontario, completing the transformation of the former Target Canada location.^[113]
Early December: Black & McDonald opens a nuclear training facility at the former Target store in Bowmanville, Ontario to support the ongoing refurbishment project at the nearby Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.^[114]

2021

4 March: Save-On-Foods opened a portion of the former Cottonwood Mall Target store in Chilliwack, BC.^[115]
May 2021: Old Navy and Club 16 Trevor Linden Fitness opened a back portion of the former Cottonwood Mall Target store.^[116]
26 November: Decathlon and Activate (lower level) Designer Depot (Upper Level) opened in the former Target store in Bramalea City Centre.
14 December: Goodlife Fitness opened the largest fitness club in Canada, in the former Hazeldean Mall Target store in Kanata, Ontario.^[117]

2022

6 June: The former Seaway Mall Target Store in Welland, Ontario was demolished for the building of the Warbler Place Residential Development.

2023

1 July: The Brick has relocated into a portion of the former Target building in the Thames Lea Plaza in Chatham-Kent, Ontario.

30 July: Buy Buy Baby closed its location at West Edmonton Mall as a result of its liquidation sale.

25 September: Sephora and Benefit Cosmetics Brow Bar have opened up in a portion of the former Target building in the Thames Lea Plaza.

17 November: Ardene has relocated into a portion of the Target building in the Thames Lea Plaza.

2024

16 June: PetSmart and Dollarama relocated into the rest of the former Target store in the Centre Mall in Hamilton, Ontario. ^[118]

Gallery

The mall entrance to the Target store in Centerpoint Mall in North York, Toronto, Ontario (store #3609) in 2014. This store closed in 2015 and became a Lowe's in 2016 or 2017. However, Lowe's closed in 2019. As of 2020, the first floor space is replaced with a Canada Computers & Electronics location.
A Target store in Nepean, Ottawa, Ontario (store #3628) in 2015 during its closing sale. Closed in 2015 and became a FreshCo in 2017.
The mall entrance to the Target store at Shoppers World Brampton in Brampton, Ontario (store #3668), during its grand opening in 2013. Closed in 2015, and later expanded and became a Jysk, Staples, GoodLife Fitness, and a Giant Tiger in 2017 or 2018.
The outside entrance of the Target store at Shoppers World Brampton (store #3668).
The abandoned Target store at Cambridge Centre in Cambridge, Ontario (store #3608) in 2017. The store sat abandoned for three and a half years until Marshalls, Sport Chek and Mark's took over the space in 2018.
The abandoned Target store at Cloverdale Mall in Etobicoke, Ontario (store #3715) in 2017. This location was replaced with a COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic in 2021. However, it closed down in 2023 due to most people being vaccinated from COVID-19.
The Target store at Carrefour Angrignon in LaSalle, Quebec (store #3595) during its closing sale in 2015. Closed that year and became a Hudson's Bay in 2018.
The mall entrance to the Target in Carrefour Angrignon during its liquidation sale (store #3595).

REDcard

The REDcard was offered in Canada as either a debit card or a credit card. Around 30,000 Canadians signed up for the REDcard prior to Target's opening in 2013.^[119] Like its American counterpart, the cards offered a five-percent discount on almost all Target purchases and the debit card allowed up to a $60 cash withdrawal. The Canadian version did not offer free online shipping (as online shopping was unavailable in Canada when Target's Canadian operations were active), a 30-day extended return period, a one-percent donation to K–12 schools on almost all purchases, a Visa credit card or a store-only credit card that are available in the United States. Target Canada stores did not accept U.S.-issued REDcards in its stores. Target Canada continued to honour the REDcard throughout its liquidation sales.^[120]

Target Canada: The Play

Robert Motum, a Toronto-based playwright, spent two years interviewing and gathering the stories of former Target Canada employees.^[121] The words of 60 employees have been compiled into A Community Target – a verbatim play that examines the human story of Canada's precarious retail climate and depicts Target's whirlwind venture north of the border.^[122] The piece, commissioned by Outside the March Theatre Company, was directed by Mitchell Cushman, and was staged in a site-specific setting inside an empty Target store.^[123]

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^ Harris, Sophia (February 4, 2015). "Target Canada liquidation sales begin Thursday". CBC News. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
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External links

Official website (Archive)
Off-Target: How a U.S. retail giant misread the Canadian market Chris Sorensen, January 21, 2015, Maclean's
Target International site (directs to Canadian page when user domain is identified as Canadian)

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[5] Hollie Shaw, Target Corp's spectacular Canada flop: A gold standard case study for what retailers shouldn't do, Financial Post (January 15, 2016).

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[tmapp-retail-10] Canadian Intellectual Property Office (June 21, 2011). "Canadian Trade-Mark Data: Application No. 1521944". Retrieved June 27, 2011.

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[Return_policy-20] "Return Policy". Zellers.

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[34] "CBC News-Target Windsor". CBC News. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

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[36] St-Armour, Stéphane (July 26, 2012). "La chaîne Target s'installera au Centre Laval". Courrier Laval. Retrieved October 24, 2012. ^{[permanent dead link]}

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[proximity-38] Strauss, Marina (March 4, 2013). "With tips from the toy aisle, Target ready to launch". Toronto: The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on March 7, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2013.

[The_Last_Days_of_Target-39] Castaldo, Joe. "The Last Days of Target". Canadian Business. Retrieved January 22, 2016.

[huffingtonpost-40] "Target Coquitlam, Langley, Victoria Stores Opening In May". huffingtonpost.ca. May 6, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2014.

[target-western-canada-41] "Target Announces Soft Opening of 24 Stores in Western Canada". Canada Newswire. May 6, 2013. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2013.

[target-summer-locations-42] "Target Target Announces Opening of 20 Additional Store Locations Across Canada". Canada Newswire. July 4, 2013. Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.

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[target-stockyards-toronto-45] "Target to Celebrate Grand Opening of Toronto Stockyards Store". Canada Newswire. March 13, 2014. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.

[target-barrie-mississauga-46] "Target Canada Opens Three New Stores". Canada Newswire. August 1, 2014. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2014.

[47] Shaw, Hollie (February 15, 2012). "Target Canada to feature Starbucks, not Tim Hortons". Financial Post. Retrieved March 11, 2012.

[48] "Target Canada announces collaboration with iconic Canadian brand Roots". Toronto Star. January 24, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.

[nytimes-49] Austen, Ian (February 24, 2014). "Target Push Into Canada Stumbles". The New York Times. Retrieved June 1, 2014.

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[cbc-57] "Tony Fisher fired as Target Canada president". CBC News. May 20, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2014.

[torstar-condoproject-58] Pigg, Susan (January 15, 2015). "Target pullout leaves condo project in the lurch". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 14, 2015.

[cbc-multifacetedfailure-59] Gollom, Mark (January 15, 2015). "Target's launch into Canada: 'A multifacted failure". CBC News. Retrieved March 14, 2015.

[CBC-2015-01-15-60] Lang, Amanda (January 15, 2015). "Target admits it missed the mark, but what does it mean for Canadian retail?". CBC News. Retrieved March 14, 2015.

[torstar-runningout-61] Flavelle, Dana (January 16, 2015). "Target Canada was running out of cash". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 14, 2015.

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[torstar-ontclosing-63] "Target Canada to permanently shut down 58 stores in next 9 days". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 14, 2015.

[cbc-aprilshutdown-64] "Target Canada closing 80 stores by Easter. April 12 target will be gone from Canada". CBC News. Retrieved March 25, 2015.

[cbc-targetauction-65] "Target returns, auctions off leases on most Canadian properties". CBC News. Retrieved May 8, 2015.

[cp-walmartbuy-66] "Walmart to buy 13 former Target Canada stores and a distribution centre". Canadian Press. Retrieved May 8, 2015.

[torstar-lowes-67] "Lowe's to buy 13 Target stores". Toronto Star. Retrieved May 12, 2015.

[eb-superccarrefour-68] "Les travaux pour le Super C s'amorcent au Carrefour Saint-Georges centre" (in French). EnBeauce.com. Retrieved November 7, 2015.

[lapresse-sherbrooke-69] "Super Cemménagera dans l'ancien Target". La Presse (in French). November 2015. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015.

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[72] "New Target locations open". The Star. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

[CTVnews-15-01-15-73] CTV News, Target leaving Canada: 'Losing money every day', Angela Mulholland, 15 January 2015

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[77] Landlords snap up coveted Target leases Marina Strauss, The Globe and Mail

[78] "Target Canada unable to find takers for 55 store leases". Global News.

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[81] "Walmart buying 13 former Target Canada stores". Toronto Star. May 8, 2015.

[82] Lowe's gets 13 Target Canada stores, one distribution centre, CTV News

[83] Former Target store in Chilliwack will become a Rona, Chilliwack Progress, May 15, 2015

[84] "What Are They Now: Three Years Later, Some Former Target Stores Remain Empty". November 24, 2018.

[85] Bedford Place Mall (March 3, 2016). "Fit 4 Less by GoodLife is now open!". Facebook.^{[user-generated source]}

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[90] "New Metro Set to Open Later This Month".

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[92] "Farm Boy Announces September 29th Grand Opening for their Farm Boy™ Pickering Store".

[93] Goldenberg, Joel (November 9, 2016). "Sports Experts to fill Place Vertu Target space tomorrow". The Suburban. Retrieved June 13, 2021.

[94] "New Walmart store set to open next week at Erin Mills Town Centre". November 30, 2016.

[Saks-95] "Saks OFF 5TH Celebrates the Grand Opening of Two New Stores in the GTA" (Press release). March 3, 2017.

[96] urun.com. "New Safeway mall location opens". Sherwood Park News. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017.

[97] "London Drugs celebrates grand opening". June 17, 2017.

[98] rocer.com. "Sobeys Extra arrives in Brandon". Canadian Grocer. Retrieved October 11, 2017.

[99] "Giant Tiger Roars into Bedford, Nova Scotia!". Newswire.ca. October 19, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2022.

[100] "Nations Fresh Foods opens "foodertainment" store in Toronto".

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[102] "New Store Opening: #729 Sherwood Park Mall - YM Inc. Fashion House". Ym-inc.com. May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2022.

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[105] "Newmarket's Upper Canada Mall to open food market Sept. 7". September 4, 2018.

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-{{Short description|Defunct Canadian discount department store chain}}
+{{Short description|Canadian discount department store chain}}
 {{about|the defunct Canadian retail chain|its American parent company|Target Corporation|other uses|Target (disambiguation)}}
-{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2015}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
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 | name = Target Canada Co.
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 | fate = [[Bankruptcy]]
 | predecessor = [[Zellers]]
-| founded = {{Start date and age|2011|01|df=y}}
+| founded = {{Start date and age|2011|01}}
-| defunct = {{End date and age|2015|04|12|df=y}}
+| defunct = {{End date and age|2015|04|12}}
 | hq_location = [[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]]
 | num_locations = 133<ref name=TargetCANshutterPR>{{cite web|title=Press Releases - Target Canada takes steps to ensure a fair and orderly exit...|url=http://investors.target.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=65828&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2007911|website=Target|access-date=January 15, 2015}}</ref>
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 Target's expansion into Canada was threatened by one other party that claimed the Canadian rights to "Target" with respect to clothing. The Canadian trademark "Target Apparel" was registered in 1981 by [[Dylex|Dylex Ltd.]], a Canadian retailer defunct since the early 2000s, covering "men's clothing, namely suits, pants, jackets, and coats". The rights to the mark were acquired in 2001 by Fairweather Ltd., part of the INC Group of Companies owned by Isaac Benitah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/trdmrks/srch/vwTrdmrk.do?lang=eng&status=&fileNumber=0460725&extension=0&startingDocumentIndexOnPage=1|title=Canadian Trade-Mark Data: Application No. 0460725 / Registration No. TMA261305|author=Canadian Intellectual Property Office|date=June 21, 2011|access-date=June 27, 2011|author-link=Canadian Intellectual Property Office}}</ref> Target Apparel originally served as a private-label clothing brand, and not as the name of a retail store, and Fairweather would not apply to extend its trademark to cover retail services until April 2011.<ref name="tmapp-retail">{{cite web|url=http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/trdmrks/srch/vwTrdmrk.do?lang=eng&status=&fileNumber=1521944&extension=0&startingDocumentIndexOnPage=1|title=Canadian Trade-Mark Data: Application No. 1521944|author=Canadian Intellectual Property Office|date=June 21, 2011|access-date=June 27, 2011|author-link=Canadian Intellectual Property Office}}</ref>
-INC Group opened a small Target Apparel retail store adjacent to the company's head office in December 2003.<ref name="tmapp-retail" /><ref name="globe-problem">{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Marina|date=October 14, 2010|title=Target has a problem. Its name is Target|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|location=Toronto|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/target-has-a-problem-its-name-is-target/article1757838/|url-status=dead|access-date=July 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017083808/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/target-has-a-problem-its-name-is-target/article1757838/|archive-date=October 17, 2010}}</ref> In late 2010, soon after Target's announcement that it planned to expand into Canada (but before the Zellers announcement), INC began expanding the banner to other higher-profile locations, including conversions of some of its existing Labels stores.<ref name="globe-problem" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Carmichael|first=Harold|date=2010-12-11|title=Target Apparel opens up|url=http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2886498|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917221558/http://www.thesudburystar.com/2010/12/11/target-apparel-opens-up|archive-date=September 17, 2012|access-date=July 1, 2011|work=[[The Sudbury Star]]}}</ref> Target challenged INC's rights to the Target Apparel trade name on numerous occasions; INC had succeeded in retaining those rights, but faced a further court challenge with a trial set to start in 2012.<ref name="globe-problem" /><ref name="cbc-block">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/06/24/target-name-fairweather-lawsuit.html|title=Target bid to block Target Apparel name rejected|author=The Canadian Press|work=[[CBC News]]|date=June 24, 2011|access-date=July 1, 2011|author-link=The Canadian Press}}</ref>
+INC Group opened a small Target Apparel retail store adjacent to the company's head office in December 2003.<ref name="tmapp-retail" /><ref name="globe-problem">{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Marina|date=October 14, 2010|title=Target has a problem. Its name is Target|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|location=Toronto|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/target-has-a-problem-its-name-is-target/article1757838/|url-status=dead|access-date=July 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017083808/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/target-has-a-problem-its-name-is-target/article1757838/|archive-date=October 17, 2010}}</ref> In late 2010, soon after Target's announcement that it planned to expand into Canada (but before the Zellers announcement), INC began expanding the banner to other higher-profile locations, including conversions of some of its existing Labels stores.<ref name="globe-problem" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Carmichael|first=Harold|date=2010-12-11|title=Target Apparel opens up|url=http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2886498|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917221558/http://www.thesudburystar.com/2010/12/11/target-apparel-opens-up|archive-date=September 17, 2012|access-date=July 1, 2011|work=[[The Sudbury Star]]}}</ref> Target challenged INC's rights to the Target Apparel trade name on numerous occasions; INC had succeeded in retaining those rights, but faced a further court challenge with a trial set to start in 2012.<ref name="globe-problem" /><ref name="cbc-block">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/target-bid-to-block-target-apparel-name-rejected-1.981129|title=Target bid to block Target Apparel name rejected|author=The Canadian Press|work=[[CBC News]]|date=June 24, 2011|access-date=July 1, 2011|author-link=The Canadian Press}}</ref>
 On February 1, 2012, it was announced that Fairweather Ltd. and Target reached an agreement concerning the use of the Target name in Canada. Under this agreement, Fairweather would cease use of the Target Apparel name by 2013, giving Target Canada complete ownership of the Target brand in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialpost.com/related/topics/Target+settles+name+game+dispute/6084836/story.html|title=Target settles name game dispute.|first=Hollie|last=Shaw|work=[[Financial Post]]|date=February 1, 2012|access-date=February 5, 2012}}</ref>
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 ===2011–2013: Leaseholds acquisition and partnership===
-On January 13, 2011, Target announced that it would purchase the lease agreements of up to 220 Zellers stores for C$1.825&nbsp;billion.<ref name="target-reuters">John Tilak, [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1326316220110113 "UPDATE 2-Target to enter Canada with Zellers deal, own plans: Target plans to open up to 150 stores in Canada"], [[Reuters]] January 13, 2011.</ref> Under the agreement, Zellers would sublease the properties, and continue to operate them as Zellers locations until at the earliest January 2012 and at latest the end of March 2013.<ref name="target-sec">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27419/000104746911002032/a2201861zex-2_a.htm|title=Transaction Agreement between Zellers Inc., Hudson's Bay Company, Target Corporation and Target Canada Co.|date=January 12, 2011|publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]|access-date=March 28, 2011}}</ref>
+On January 13, 2011, Target announced that it would purchase the lease agreements of up to 220 Zellers stores for C$1.825&nbsp;billion.<ref name="target-reuters">John Tilak, [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1326316220110113 "UPDATE 2-Target to enter Canada with Zellers deal, own plans: Target plans to open up to 150 stores in Canada"], [[Reuters]] January 13, 2011.</ref> Under the agreement, Zellers would sublease the properties, and continue to operate them as Zellers locations until at the earliest January 2012 and, at the latest, the end of March 2013.<ref name="target-sec">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27419/000104746911002032/a2201861zex-2_a.htm|title=Transaction Agreement between Zellers Inc., Hudson's Bay Company, Target Corporation and Target Canada Co.|date=January 12, 2011|publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]]|access-date=March 28, 2011}}</ref>
 Target did not buy the Zellers chain, which was left with 64 stores in less desirable locations. HBC failed to find a buyer for the remaining stores and planned to continue operating Zellers as a smaller chain. However, the geographical constraints of serving these far-flung Zellers outlets meant that operating them was no longer economically viable, so HBC announced on July 26, 2012, that it would close almost all of these stores.<ref name="thestar">{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/business/article/1232336--retailer-hudson-s-bay-co-to-close-most-of-its-remaining-64-zellers-stores | work=Toronto Star|title=Retailer Hudson's Bay Co. to close most of its remaining 64 Zellers stores | date=July 26, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Return policy">{{cite news| url=http://www.zellers.com/Content/EN/misc/return/returnPolicy.aspx|work=Zellers|title=Return Policy}}</ref><ref name="three Zellers stores">{{cite web|title=Zellers will stick around Canada's three biggest cities after Target arrives|url=http://o.canada.com/2013/01/08/zellers-will-stick-around-canadas-three-biggest-cities-after-target-arrives/|access-date=January 14, 2013|website=canada.com|archive-date=January 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114212716/http://o.canada.com/2013/01/08/zellers-will-stick-around-canadas-three-biggest-cities-after-target-arrives/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="HBC store locator">{{cite web| title = HBC store locator| url = http://www.hbc.com/storelocator/?langid=en&src=hbc| access-date = January 14, 2013| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140311201749/http://www.hbc.com/storelocator/?langid=en&src=hbc| archive-date = March 11, 2014| df = mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Surrey Now">{{cite web| title =Zellers store to stay open at Semiahmoo Shopping Centre| url =http://www.thenownewspaper.com/business/Zellers+store+stay+open+Semiahmoo+Shopping+Centre/7800250/story.html#ixzz2Hz7zrhhS| access-date =January 14, 2013| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130130013814/http://www.thenownewspaper.com/business/Zellers+store+stay+open+Semiahmoo+Shopping+Centre/7800250/story.html#ixzz2Hz7zrhhS| archive-date =January 30, 2013| df =mdy-all}}</ref>
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 In May 2011, Target revealed its first 105 selections and stated that the vast majority of those in this first group would be converted to Target outlets.<ref name="target-tranche-1">{{cite web|author=Target Corporation|author-link=Target Corporation|date=May 26, 2011|title=Target Selects Initial Zellers Leases, Vast Majority to Become Target Stores|url=http://pressroom.target.com/pr/news/target-selects-initial-zellers-204201.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529123111/http://pressroom.target.com/pr/news/target-selects-initial-zellers-204201.aspx|archive-date=May 29, 2011|access-date=May 26, 2011|publisher=[[Target Corporation]]}}</ref> In September 2011, Target unveiled 84 additional selections, bringing the number of Zellers leases acquired to 189<ref>[https://corporate.target.com/press/releases/2011/09/target-finalizes-real-estate-transaction-215949 Target Finalizes Real Estate Transaction with Selection of 84 Additional Zellers Leases], Target Corp. (September 23, 2011).</ref> below the prospective upper number of 220 announced in January.<ref>Ian Austen, [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/business/global/14target.html?_r=0 Target Moves Into Canada By Buying Store Chain], The ''New York Times'' (January 13, 2011).</ref> The first store opening cycle would be in March/April 2013, followed by four additional cycles later that year.<ref name="Target locations">{{cite web|title=Target Confirms Store Locations Opening in 2013|url=http://pressroom.target.ca/pr/tgt-en/target-confirms-store-locations-236413.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715042833/http://pressroom.target.ca/pr/tgt-en/target-confirms-store-locations-236413.aspx|archive-date=July 15, 2012|access-date=October 24, 2012|work=[[Target Corporation]]}}</ref> Zellers locations to be converted were typically closed for six to nine months for significant remodelling and renovation.<ref name="target-count">{{cite web|date=September 23, 2011|title=Target Finalizes Real Estate Transaction with Selection of 84 Additional Zellers Leases|url=http://pressroom.target.com/pr/news/target-finalizes-real-estate-transaction-215949.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927021723/http://pressroom.target.com/pr/news/target-finalizes-real-estate-transaction-215949.aspx|archive-date=September 27, 2011|access-date=September 26, 2011|publisher=Target Pressroom}}</ref> Target announced plans to hire 27,000 new employees to support its expansion into Canada,<ref>{{cite web|last=Frank |first=Robert |url=http://robertfrankmedia.blogspot.ca/2013/05/target-starts-staffing-laval-locations.html |title=Target starts staffing Laval locations |publisher=Robertfrankmedia.blogspot.ca |date=May 8, 2013 |access-date=June 1, 2014}}</ref> including 5,000 in Quebec,<ref>{{cite web|last=Tencer|first=Daniel|title=Target Canada: Retailer Plans To Hire 'Thousands' Ahead Of Canadian Expansion|date=August 30, 2011|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/08/30/target-canada-retailer-pl_n_941725.html|publisher=Huffington Post|access-date=September 26, 2011}}</ref> and that its food and grocery items in Canada would be supplied by [[Sobeys]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sobeys to Supply Target Canada with Food and Grocery Products|url=http://pressroom.target.com/pr/news/sobeys-to-supply-target-canada-215951.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002003336/http://pressroom.target.com/pr/news/sobeys-to-supply-target-canada-215951.aspx|archive-date=October 2, 2011|access-date=September 26, 2011|publisher=Target Pressroom}}</ref>
-After the Zellers stores at the selected locations closed, Target planned to renovate between 125 and 135 of them, and reopen them under the Target banner.<ref name=target-count /> Target would sell the remaining 64 to 74 acquired locations to other retailers, including 39 already resold to [[Walmart Canada]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/06/24/walmart-zellers-leases-target.html|title=Walmart picks up 39 Zellers sites from Target|author=The Canadian Press|work=[[CBC.ca]]|date=June 24, 2011|access-date=June 24, 2011|author-link=The Canadian Press}}</ref>
+After the Zellers stores at the selected locations closed, Target planned to renovate between 125 and 135 of them, and reopen them under the Target banner.<ref name=target-count /> Target would sell the remaining 64 to 74 acquired locations to other retailers, including 39 already resold to [[Walmart Canada]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/walmart-picks-up-39-zellers-sites-from-target-1.1106469|title=Walmart picks up 39 Zellers sites from Target|author=The Canadian Press|work=[[CBC.ca]]|date=June 24, 2011|access-date=June 24, 2011|author-link=The Canadian Press}}</ref>
-Unlike Walmart's entry to Canada with the acquisition of the [[Woolco]] stores in 1994, Zellers employees were not retained by Target nor Walmart, and they had to re-apply for their position to continue working in their same locations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zellers employees walk away empty-handed in $1.825-billion deal|url=http://metronews.ca/news/canada/340753/zellers-employees-walk-away-empty-handed-in-1-825-billion-deal/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821042914/http://metronews.ca/news/canada/340753/zellers-employees-walk-away-empty-handed-in-1-825-billion-deal/|archive-date=August 21, 2012|access-date=October 24, 2012|publisher=Metro News}}</ref> Target Canada stated that former Zellers workers were guaranteed an interview though not a job; however, the [[United Food and Commercial Workers]] of Canada complained that many Zellers employees were not hired, including those with long years of service.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBC News-Target Windsor|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2013/03/18/wdr-target-cross-border-shopping-windsor.html|access-date=June 17, 2014|agency=CBC News}}</ref>
+Unlike Walmart's entry to Canada with the acquisition of the [[Woolco]] stores in 1994, Zellers employees were not retained by Target nor Walmart, and they had to re-apply for their position to continue working in their same locations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zellers employees walk away empty-handed in $1.825-billion deal|url=http://metronews.ca/news/canada/340753/zellers-employees-walk-away-empty-handed-in-1-825-billion-deal/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821042914/http://metronews.ca/news/canada/340753/zellers-employees-walk-away-empty-handed-in-1-825-billion-deal/|archive-date=August 21, 2012|access-date=October 24, 2012|publisher=Metro News}}</ref> Target Canada stated that former Zellers workers were guaranteed an interview though not a job; however, the [[United Food and Commercial Workers]] of Canada complained that many Zellers employees were not hired, including those with long years of service.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBC News-Target Windsor|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/target-won-t-entice-cross-border-shoppers-to-stay-home-1.1317162|access-date=June 17, 2014|agency=CBC News}}</ref>
-Target confirmed the list of its locations in July 2012.<ref name="Target locations"/> The chain finalized its 127 stores to open in 2013.<ref name="Target locations"/> Of this total, 125 were converted former Zellers stores.<ref name="Target locations"/> The other two locations in [[Niagara Falls, Ontario|Niagara Falls]] and [[Centre Laval]] were sites that had been occupied by Walmart stores.<ref name="Target locations"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moneyville.ca/article/1058457--target-plans-up-to-135-canadian-stores-by-2013/|title=Target plans up to 135 Canadian stores by 2013|first=Dana|last=Flavelle|work=Toronto Star|date=July 27, 2012|access-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courrierlaval.com/Economie/Affaires/2012-07-16/article-3032608/La-chaine-Target-s%26rsquoinstallera-au-Centre-Laval/1/|title=La chaîne Target s'installera au Centre Laval|first=Stéphane|last=St-Armour|work=Courrier Laval|date=July 26, 2012|access-date=October 24, 2012}} {{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The first Target stores in Canada were opened on March 5, 2013, in the Ontario communities of [[Guelph]], [[Fergus, Ontario|Fergus]], and [[Milton, Ontario|Milton]],<ref name="first">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2013/03/05/business-target-canada.html|title=Target opens first Canadian stores today|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=March 5, 2013|access-date=March 5, 2013}}</ref> being close to one of Target Canada's three distribution centres.<ref name="proximity">{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Marina|date=March 4, 2013|title=With tips from the toy aisle, Target ready to launch|publisher=[[The Globe and Mail]]|location=Toronto|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/your-sneak-peek-at-the-first-canadian-target-stores-set-to-open/article9256634/|url-status=dead|access-date=March 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307050104/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/your-sneak-peek-at-the-first-canadian-target-stores-set-to-open/article9256634/|archive-date=March 7, 2013}}</ref>
+Target confirmed the list of its locations in July 2012.<ref name="Target locations"/> The chain finalized its 127 stores to open in 2013.<ref name="Target locations"/> Of this total, 125 were converted former Zellers stores.<ref name="Target locations"/> The other two locations in [[Niagara Falls, Ontario|Niagara Falls]] and [[Centre Laval]] were sites that had been occupied by Walmart stores.<ref name="Target locations"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moneyville.ca/article/1058457--target-plans-up-to-135-canadian-stores-by-2013/|title=Target plans up to 135 Canadian stores by 2013|first=Dana|last=Flavelle|work=Toronto Star|date=July 27, 2012|access-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courrierlaval.com/Economie/Affaires/2012-07-16/article-3032608/La-chaine-Target-s%26rsquoinstallera-au-Centre-Laval/1/|title=La chaîne Target s'installera au Centre Laval|first=Stéphane|last=St-Armour|work=Courrier Laval|date=July 26, 2012|access-date=October 24, 2012}} {{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The first Target stores in Canada were opened on March 5, 2013, in the Ontario communities of [[Guelph]], [[Fergus, Ontario|Fergus]], and [[Milton, Ontario|Milton]],<ref name="first">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/target-opens-first-canadian-stores-today-1.1343238|title=Target opens first Canadian stores today|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=March 5, 2013|access-date=March 5, 2013}}</ref> being close to one of Target Canada's three distribution centres.<ref name="proximity">{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Marina|date=March 4, 2013|title=With tips from the toy aisle, Target ready to launch|publisher=[[The Globe and Mail]]|location=Toronto|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/your-sneak-peek-at-the-first-canadian-target-stores-set-to-open/article9256634/|url-status=dead|access-date=March 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307050104/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/your-sneak-peek-at-the-first-canadian-target-stores-set-to-open/article9256634/|archive-date=March 7, 2013}}</ref>
+Target Canada has its head offices in Mississauga's Airport Corporate Centre in the same building as Pepsico Canada's offices during Target Canada's years of operation.
 ===2013–2015: Years of operation===
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 Target Canada president Tony Fisher expected that some Canadian consumers would continue to cross the border and shop at Target stores in the United States. Fisher acknowledged that the Canadian stores would not have price parity with their U.S. counterparts, saying "Transportation costs are higher, distribution costs are higher, fuel costs are higher, wage rates vary across the country, the tax rates are different, cost of goods are different, the duties — I think the scale we have here in Canada is quite different from the incredibly different, densely populated U.S. marketplace." Because of complexities and other legal requirements, Target's existing distribution network could not be used to service Target's Canadian locations.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|first1=Ian|last1=Austen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/business/international/target-struggles-to-compete-in-canada.html?_r=0|title=Target Push Into Canada Stumbles|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 24, 2014|access-date=June 1, 2014}}</ref> In addition, Canadian Target stores did not have local authority to order their own merchandise; this resulted in the [[Windsor, Ontario]], stores stocking [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] and [[Toronto Blue Jays]] apparel, instead of that of the [[Detroit Red Wings]] and [[Detroit Tigers]], which were more popular in Windsor, given its proximity to [[Detroit]] across the [[Detroit River]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Target won't entice border shoppers to stay home|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/target-won-t-entice-cross-border-shoppers-to-stay-home-1.1317162|access-date=June 17, 2014|agency=CBC News}}</ref> [[Supply chain]] and demand issues also led to situations where some of the early locations were not adequately stocked in certain product categories, resulting in empty shelves.<ref name=gandm-emptyshelves>{{cite news|last1=Strauss|first1=Marina|title=Target's Canadian problem: Empty shelves|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/targets-canadian-problem-empty-shelves/article9936379/|access-date=February 14, 2015|work=The Globe and Mail|date=March 19, 2013}}</ref> The supply chain problems were blamed on using a brand new [[SAP]] inventory software and not giving sufficient time for staff to work out the system's problems, as the parent company refused to push back the planned launch date as they did not want to keep paying rent on unopened stores.<ref name="The Last Days of Target" />
-Target Corporation's expansion into Canada hoped to capitalize on Canadian shoppers who frequently crossed the border for its U.S. stores. However, this may have backfired as Canadian shoppers felt that Target Canada stores failed to meet the high expectations set by their U.S. counterparts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visioncritical.com/blog/target-canada|title=Why Target failed in Canada, and what other companies can learn from it|website=www.visioncritical.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> Target Canada enjoyed a strong opening, but subsequent results were disappointing, dragging down its parent company's second-quarter results. Despite the initial high traffic at Target's new stores, customers were not returning frequently enough to these stores to buy the basic household items, as that market was dominated by entrenched Canadian grocery and drug retail chains such as Loblaws, [[Shoppers Drug Mart]], and Walmart Canada.<ref name="business.financialpost.com">{{cite news|url=http://business.financialpost.com/2013/10/30/target-canada-still-plagued-by-price-perception-problems-as-sales-fail-to-meet-expectations/|title=Target Canada still plagued by price perception problems as sales fail to meet expectations &#124; Financial Post|newspaper=Financial Post|date=October 30, 2013|publisher=business.financialpost.com|access-date=June 1, 2014|last1=Shaw|first1=Hollie}}</ref><ref name="financialpost">{{cite news|url=http://business.financialpost.com/2013/04/16/target-canada-price-backlash/|title=Target Canada pricing backlash could hit retail chain: analysts &#124; Financial Post|newspaper=Financial Post|date=April 16, 2013|publisher=business.financialpost.com|access-date=June 1, 2014|last1=Shaw|first1=Hollie}}</ref> In addition, while Target Canada aimed to have its customers do "one-stop shopping", Canadian consumers generally pick and choose between different retailers' strengths, often going to different retailers whenever certain items go on sale. While Target Canada stores were said to be an improvement over the untidy Zellers stores, some Canadians lamented that they missed the deals found at Zellers.<ref name="nytimes"/>
+Target Corporation's expansion into Canada hoped to capitalize on Canadian shoppers who frequently crossed the border for its U.S. stores. However, this may have backfired as Canadian shoppers felt that Target Canada stores failed to meet the high expectations set by their U.S. counterparts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visioncritical.com/blog/target-canada|title=Why Target failed in Canada, and what other companies can learn from it|website=www.visioncritical.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> Target Canada enjoyed a strong opening, but subsequent results were disappointing, dragging down its parent company's second-quarter results. Despite the initial high traffic at Target's new stores, customers were not returning frequently enough to these stores to buy the basic household items, as that market was dominated by entrenched Canadian grocery and drug retail chains such as Loblaws, [[Shoppers Drug Mart]], and Walmart Canada.<ref name="business.financialpost.com">{{cite news|url=http://business.financialpost.com/2013/10/30/target-canada-still-plagued-by-price-perception-problems-as-sales-fail-to-meet-expectations/|title=Target Canada still plagued by price perception problems as sales fail to meet expectations &#124; Financial Post|newspaper=Financial Post|date=October 30, 2013|publisher=business.financialpost.com|access-date=June 1, 2014|last1=Shaw|first1=Hollie}}</ref><ref name="financialpost">{{cite news|url=http://business.financialpost.com/2013/04/16/target-canada-price-backlash/|title=Target Canada pricing backlash could hit retail chain: analysts &#124; Financial Post|newspaper=Financial Post|date=April 16, 2013|publisher=business.financialpost.com|access-date=June 1, 2014|last1=Shaw|first1=Hollie}}</ref> In addition, while Target Canada aimed to have its customers do "one-stop shopping", Canadian consumers generally pick and choose between different retailers' strengths, often going to different retailers whenever certain items go on sale as evidenced by Canadians sometimes carrying shopping bags from competing businesses. While Target Canada stores were said to be an improvement over the untidy Zellers stores, some Canadians lamented that they missed the deals found at Zellers.<ref name="nytimes"/>
-Paul Trussell, retailing analyst at [[Deutsche Bank]], suggested that "traffic has slowed below expectations in recent weeks, driven partly by Canadians’ perception that prices are too high, both relative to Walmart Canada and Target's U.S. locations. While shoppers appreciate the higher quality assortment, especially in discretionary categories, the complaints on pricing were alarming." Target failed to anticipate that Canadian consumers would expect the retailer to match the lower prices in its U.S. stores,<ref name="ca.reuters.com">{{cite news| url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCABRE9B218420131203?sp=true | work=Reuters | title=Analysis: Canada's cold shoulder to Target a cautionary tale | date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> leading to some alienation and confusion, although Target CEO [[Gregg Steinhafel]] defended this practice saying "trying to compare prices at Target Canada with that of certain Target stores in the U.S. would be like comparing prices in [[Boston]] to prices in rural [[Iowa]]". Deutsche Bank's pricing survey on 31 health, beauty and food items at Canadian Target and Walmart stores found that while Target had a cheaper basket of goods by 19 cents, Walmart had a pricing advantage of 65 percent of the popular items in the basket thanks to its own "Rollback" prices, likely furthering consumers’ current price perceptions. Other American chains operating in Canada did not suffer a backlash from Canada–U.S. pricing disparities as much, likely as Target had hyped its Canadian stores to provide the same experience as their U.S. counterparts.<ref name="business.financialpost.com"/><ref name="financialpost"/>
+Paul Trussell, retailing analyst at [[Deutsche Bank]], suggested that "traffic has slowed below expectations in recent weeks, driven partly by Canadians’ perception that prices are too high, both relative to Walmart Canada and Target's U.S. locations. While shoppers appreciate the higher quality assortment, especially in discretionary categories, the complaints on pricing were alarming." Target failed to anticipate that Canadian consumers would expect the retailer to match the lower prices in its U.S. stores,<ref name="ca.reuters.com">{{cite news| url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCABRE9B218420131203?sp=true | archive-url=https://archive.today/20131204170504/http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCABRE9B218420131203?sp=true | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 4, 2013 | work=Reuters | title=Analysis: Canada's cold shoulder to Target a cautionary tale | date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> leading to some alienation and confusion, although Target CEO [[Gregg Steinhafel]] defended this practice saying "trying to compare prices at Target Canada with that of certain Target stores in the U.S. would be like comparing prices in [[Boston]] to prices in rural [[Iowa]]". Deutsche Bank's pricing survey on 31 health, beauty and food items at Canadian Target and Walmart stores found that while Target had a cheaper basket of goods by 19 cents, Walmart had a pricing advantage of 65 percent of the popular items in the basket thanks to its own "Rollback" prices, likely furthering consumers’ current price perceptions. Other American chains operating in Canada did not suffer a backlash from Canada–U.S. pricing disparities as much, likely as Target had hyped its Canadian stores to provide the same experience as their U.S. counterparts.<ref name="business.financialpost.com"/><ref name="financialpost"/>
 Target projected for its Canadian operations to bring in ten percent of its profits by 2017. However, experts suggested that it wanted too much and too quickly from Canadians, while underestimating the domestic competition.<ref name="ca.reuters.com"/> The disappointing results from Canadian stores were said to be a major reason, along with the January 2014 major security breach, for the resignation of parent company CEO Gregg Steinhafel, though Target reiterated its commitment to the Canadian market.<ref name="thestar2">{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2014/05/09/target_says_it_has_no_intention_of_slowing_down_in_canada.html|title=Target says it has 'no intention of slowing down in Canada' &#124; Toronto Star|work=thestar.com|date=May 9, 2014|access-date=June 1, 2014}}</ref> Two weeks after Steinhafel's abrupt departure, Target Canada president Anthony S. "Tony" Fisher was dismissed and replaced by Mark Schindele, who had been serving as Target's senior vice-president of merchandising operations.<ref name="nytimes"/><ref name="cbc">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tony-fisher-fired-as-target-canada-president-1.2647934|title=Tony Fisher fired as Target Canada president|publisher=CBC News|date=May 20, 2014|access-date=June 1, 2014}}</ref> Subsequent commentators did not blame Fisher, "the odds were stacked against him from the start, given the extremely tight timeline and the thin margin for error."<ref name="The Last Days of Target" />
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 *3 March: [[GoodLife Fitness|Fit4Less]] opened a portion of the former Bedford Place Mall Target store in [[Bedford, Nova Scotia]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Bedford Place Mall |title=Fit 4 Less by GoodLife is now open! |url=https://www.facebook.com/BedfordPlaceMall/posts/fit-4-less-by-goodlife-is-now-open-a-beautiful-gym-with-an-attractive-membership/1255944221089653/ |website=Facebook |date=March 3, 2016}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>
 *1 April: [[Canadian Tire]] opened two locations in the former Target locations In Mountain Road in [[Moncton]], NB and [[Bayers Lake Business Park]] In [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]] NS.
-*22 April: [[Lee Valley Tools]] opened a location in former [[Orchard Plaza]] location in [[Kelowna]], BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/163651/MEC-Lee-Valley-opening|title=MEC, Lee Valley opening - Kelowna News|first1=Carmen Weld-|last1=Apr 19|first2=2016 / 2:02 pm |last2=Story: 163651|website=www.castanet.net}}</ref>
+*22 April: [[Lee Valley Tools]] opened a location in former [[Orchard Plaza]] location in [[Kelowna]], BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/163651/MEC-Lee-Valley-opening|title=MEC, Lee Valley opening - Kelowna News|first=Carmen |last=Weld |date=April 19, 2016 |website=www.castanet.net}}</ref>
 *14 May: [[Giant Tiger]] opened a location to replace the Target location in [[Fergus, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Giant Tiger to occupy part of former Target store in Fergus|url = http://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/5819139-giant-tiger-to-occupy-part-of-former-target-store-in-fergus/|website = www.guelphmercury.com| date=August 28, 2015 |access-date = 2015-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/05/13/944859/0/en/Giant-Tiger-in-Fergus-Ontario-Celebrates-Grand-Opening-This-Saturday.html|title = Giant Tiger in Fergus, Ontario, Celebrates Grand Opening This Saturday|date = May 13, 2016}}</ref>
 *9 June: [[Lowe's]] opened a location to replace the Target location at the Notthgate Mall in [[Regina, Saskatchewan]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Lowe's opens second Regina store at Northgate Mall with official 'board cutting'|url = https://leaderpost.com/business/local-business/lowes-opens-second-regina-store-at-northgate-mall-with-official-board-cutting/|website = www.leaderpost.com| date=June 9, 2016 |access-date = 2023-12-08}}</ref>
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 ===2019===
-* January: Lowe's closes its location in [[Centerpoint Mall (Toronto)|Centerpoint Mall]].
+* January: Lowe's closes its location in [[Centerpoint Mall (Toronto)|Centerpoint Mall]] in [[North York|Toronto's north end]].
 * February: [[Sobeys|Sobeys Extra]] replaced the former Target location in Uptown Centre Fredericton, New Brunswick.
 *27 April: [[Decathlon (retailer)|Decathlon]] opens a new store in the Former [[Fauborg Boisbriand]] Target Store in [[Boisbriand|Boisbriand, Quebec]].
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 *21 November: [[Marché Adonis]] replaced the former St. Laurent Boulevard Target location in Ottawa.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ottawa |url=https://www.narcity.com/ottawa/ottawas-adonis-food-market-just-opened-and-its-already-super-busy |title=Ottawa's Adonis Food Market Just Opened & It's Already Super Busy |publisher=Narcity |date=2019-11-21 |accessdate=2022-05-05}}</ref>
 *November 2019: [[Planet Fitness]] opened in a portion of the former Target store in [[Thames Lea Plaza]] in [[Chatham-Kent|Chatham-Kent, Ontario]].
-*14 December: [[Canada Computers & Electronics]] replaced the former Target store at [[Centerpoint Mall (Toronto)|Centerpoint Mall]] in [[North York|Toronto's north end]]; the second floor of the former store is closed off from the public.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blogto.com/events/canada-computers-north-york-grand-opening-toronto/ |title=Canada Computers North York Grand Opening |publisher=Blogto.com |date=2019-12-14 |accessdate=2022-05-05}}</ref>
+*14 December: [[Canada Computers & Electronics]] replaced the former Target store at [[Centerpoint Mall (Toronto)|Centerpoint Mall]]; the second floor of the former store is closed off from the public.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blogto.com/events/canada-computers-north-york-grand-opening-toronto/ |title=Canada Computers North York Grand Opening |publisher=Blogto.com |date=2019-12-14 |accessdate=2022-05-05}}</ref>
 ===2020===
 *12 February: [[Mercato Fresh]] opened in the other portion of the old Target store in the Thames Lea Plaza in [[Chatham-Kent|Chatham-Kent, Ontario]].
-*19 February : [[Lowe’s]], which took over the former Target location at Northgate Mall in Regina permanently closes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Giesbrecht|first=Lynn|date=2019-11-20|title=Lowe's in Northgate Mall closing amid Canada-wide store closures|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/lowes-in-northgate-mall-closing-amid-canada-wide-store-closures/wcm/21d2f7b9-6a95-4d42-b2b7-028d18464ff1/amp/|access-date=2023-12-09|website=leaderpost.com|language=en-CA}}</ref>
+*19 February : [[Lowe's]], which took over the former Target location at Northgate Mall in Regina permanently closes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Giesbrecht|first=Lynn|date=2019-11-20|title=Lowe's in Northgate Mall closing amid Canada-wide store closures|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/lowes-in-northgate-mall-closing-amid-canada-wide-store-closures/wcm/21d2f7b9-6a95-4d42-b2b7-028d18464ff1/amp/|access-date=2023-12-09|website=leaderpost.com|language=en-CA}}</ref>
 *13 April: St. Michael's Kidney Care opens at former Target location at [[East York Town Centre]] in Toronto.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lavoie|first=Joanna|date=2020-04-21|title=St. Michael's Hospital opens dialysis centre in Thorncliffe Park|url=https://www.toronto.com/news-story/9957464-st-michael-s-hospital-opens-dialysis-centre-in-thorncliffe-park/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=Toronto.com|language=en-CA}}</ref>
 *22 September: American-owned Canadian department store [[Winners]] opened a new store in [[Barrie]], Ontario, completing the transformation of the former Target Canada location.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barrietoday.com/local-news/winners-set-to-open-new-location-at-park-place-2717125 |title=Winners set to open new location at Park Place - Barrie News |publisher=Barrietoday.com |date=2020-09-16 |accessdate=2022-05-05}}</ref>
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 ===2021===
 *4 March: [[Save-On-Foods]] opened a portion of the former Cottonwood Mall Target store in Chilliwack, BC.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theprogress.com/news/fourth-chilliwack-save-on-foods-100-ready-to-open-thursday-says-store-manager/ | title=Fourth Chilliwack Save-On-Foods 100% ready to open Thursday, says store manager | date=March 2, 2021 }}</ref>
-*May 2021: [[Old Navy]] and [[Trevor Linden|Club 16 Trevor Linden Fitness]] opened a back portion of the former Cottonwood Mall Target store in Chilliwack, BC.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cottonwood Mall |url=https://warringtonpci.com/leasing/cottonwood-mall/ |website=warringtonpci.com |access-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205856/https://warringtonpci.com/leasing/cottonwood-mall/ |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
+*May 2021: [[Old Navy]] and [[Trevor Linden|Club 16 Trevor Linden Fitness]] opened a back portion of the former Cottonwood Mall Target store.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cottonwood Mall |url=https://warringtonpci.com/leasing/cottonwood-mall/ |website=warringtonpci.com |access-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205856/https://warringtonpci.com/leasing/cottonwood-mall/ |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 *26 November: [[Decathlon (retailer)|Decathlon]] and Activate (lower level) [[Designer Depot]] (Upper Level) opened in the former Target store in [[Bramalea City Centre]].
 *14 December: [[GoodLife Fitness|Goodlife Fitness]] opened the largest fitness club in Canada, in the former [[Hazeldean Mall]] Target store in [[Kanata, Ontario]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hazeldean Mall to host Ottawa's largest GoodLife Fitness in former Target space |url=https://obj.ca/article/hazeldean-mall-host-ottawas-largest-goodlife-fitness-former-target-space |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Ottawa Business Journal |date=December 11, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
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 === 2023 ===
-*1 July: [[The Brick]] has relocated into a portion of the Target building in the Thames Lea Plaza in Chatham-Kent, Ontario.
+*1 July: [[The Brick]] has relocated into a portion of the former Target building in the Thames Lea Plaza in Chatham-Kent, Ontario.
 * 30 July: [[Buy Buy Baby]] closed its location at [[West Edmonton Mall]] as a result of its liquidation sale.
-*25 September: [[Sephora]] and [[Benefit Cosmetics|Benefit Cosmetics Brow Bar]] have opened up in a portion of the former Target building in the Thames Lea Plaza in Chatham-Kent, Ontario.
+*25 September: [[Sephora]] and [[Benefit Cosmetics|Benefit Cosmetics Brow Bar]] have opened up in a portion of the former Target building in the Thames Lea Plaza.
+*17 November: [[Ardene]] has relocated into a portion of the Target building in the Thames Lea Plaza.
+=== 2024 ===
+* 16 June: [[PetSmart]] and [[Dollarama]] relocated into the rest of the former Target store in the [[The Centre on Barton|Centre Mall]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Dollarama, PetSmart to move into former Target space in Centre on Barton |url=https://www.chch.com/dollarama-petsmart-to-move-into-former-target-space-in-centre-on-barton/ |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=www.chch.com}}</ref>
-*17 November: [[Ardene]] has relocated into a portion of the building in the Thames Lea Plaza in Chatham-Kent, Ontario.
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
-File:TargetCenterpointMall.JPG|The mall entrance to the Target store in [[Centerpoint Mall (Toronto)|Centerpoint Mall]] in [[North York]], [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] (store #3609) in 2014. This store closed in 2015 and became a [[Lowe's]] in 2016 or 2017. However, Lowe's closed in 2019. As of 2020, the space is replaced with a Canada Computers & Electronics location.
+File:TargetCenterpointMall.JPG|The mall entrance to the Target store in [[Centerpoint Mall (Toronto)|Centerpoint Mall]] in [[North York]], [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] (store #3609) in 2014. This store closed in 2015 and became a [[Lowe's]] in 2016 or 2017. However, Lowe's closed in 2019. As of 2020, the first floor space is replaced with a Canada Computers & Electronics location.
 File:Target Merivale Rd Nepean (Ottawa) ON 2 (16430277613).jpg|A Target store in [[Nepean, Ontario|Nepean]], [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] (store #3628) in 2015 during its closing sale. Closed in 2015 and became a [[FreshCo]] in 2017.
 File:Target Canada Shoppers World Brampton SAM 0720 23.JPG|The mall entrance to the Target store at [[Shoppers World Brampton]] in [[Brampton]], [[Ontario]] (store #3668), during its grand opening in 2013. Closed in 2015, and later expanded and became a [[Jysk]], [[Staples Inc.|Staples]], [[GoodLife Fitness]], and a [[Giant Tiger]] in 2017 or 2018.
 File:Target Canada Shoppers World Brampton SAM 0720 20.JPG|The outside entrance of the Target store at [[Shoppers World Brampton]] (store #3668).
 File:Target Cambridge Centre Cambridge, ON, Canada 3 (24718883568).jpg|The abandoned Target store at [[Cambridge Centre]] in [[Cambridge, Ontario|Cambridge]], [[Ontario]] (store #3608) in 2017. The store sat abandoned for three and a half years until [[Marshalls]], [[Sport Chek]] and [[Mark's]] took over the space in 2018.
-File:Target Cloverdale Mall Etobicoke, ON. Canada 2 (38558394542).jpg|The abandoned Target store at [[Cloverdale Mall]] in [[Etobicoke]], [[Ontario]] (store #3715) in 2017. This location was replaced with a [[COVID-19 vaccine|COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic]] in 2021. However, it closed down in 2023.
+File:Target Cloverdale Mall Etobicoke, ON. Canada 2 (38558394542).jpg|The abandoned Target store at [[Cloverdale Mall]] in [[Etobicoke]], [[Ontario]] (store #3715) in 2017. This location was replaced with a [[COVID-19 vaccine|COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic]] in 2021. However, it closed down in 2023 due to most people being vaccinated from COVID-19.
 File:Target Boulevard Newman, Lasalle, QC 3 (16759503571).jpg|The Target store at [[Carrefour Angrignon]] in [[LaSalle, Quebec]] (store #3595) during its closing sale in 2015. Closed that year and became a [[Hudson's Bay (department store)|Hudson's Bay]] in 2018.
-File:Target Boulevard Newman, Lasalle, QC 4 (16140731573).jpg|The mall entrance to the Target in [[Carrefour Angrignon]] (store #3595).
+File:Target Boulevard Newman, Lasalle, QC 4 (16140731573).jpg|The mall entrance to the Target in [[Carrefour Angrignon]] during its liquidation sale (store #3595).
 </gallery>

v t e Target Corporation
Key people	George Dayton John Geisse Douglas Dayton Bob Ulrich Gregg Steinhafel Brian Cornell
Store formats	Target SuperTarget Small-format Target Shipt
Brands	list former Cherokee Design For All Go International Mossimo
Former assets	B. Dalton Dayton's Diamond's Hudson's John A. Brown Lipman's Lechmere Marshall Field's Mervyn's Target Canada
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