Walmart Canada

2012-02-04T18:47:34Z

Robloxian56:

{{Refimprove|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox company
| company_name = Walmart Canada
| company_logo = [[File:Walmart Canada Logo.svg|225px]]
| company_type = [[Department store#Discount department store|Discount department store]]
| company_slogan =
| foundation = Mid-1960s (as [[Woolco|Woolco Canada]])<br>1994 (Wal-Mart Canada)<br>2009 (Walmart Canada)
| location = [[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]]
| locations = 329 (2011)<ref name="factsheet"/>
| key_people = Shelley Broader, President & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]
| industry = [[Retailing|Retail]]
| num_employees = 85,000 (2011)<ref name="factsheet"/>
| products = [[department store|Discount store]]s, [[hypermarket]]s, [[Optics|Optical]], [[Pharmacy]], Portrait Studio
| revenue =
| net_income =
| parent = [[Walmart]]
| homepage = {{URL|www.walmart.ca}}
}}
'''Walmart Canada Corp.''' ({{lang-fr|La Compagnie Walmart du Canada}}) is the [[Canada|Canadian]] unit of [[Walmart]] and was founded in [[1994]] in [[Mississauga|Mississauga, Ontario]] with the purchase of the Canadian [[Woolco]] stores from [[F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth Canada]].

Walmart typically competes with [[Zellers]], [[Canadian Tire]], [[Hart Stores]], [[Giant Tiger]], and [[Real Canadian Superstore]], [[Costco]], and increasingly grocery stores such as [[Loblaws]], [[Metro Inc.|Metro]], [[Sobeys]], [[Thrifty Foods]], [[Safeway Inc.|Safeway]], [[Save-On-Foods]], [[Country Grocer]], [[Fairway Markets]], Quality Foods, Mike Dean's Super Food Stores, and others.

Beginning in the fall of [[2006 in Canada|2006]], Walmart opened new [[Walmart supercenter#Walmart Supercenter|Supercentres]] in select Canadian cities with 14 new stores by the end of [[2007 in Canada|2007]]. Walmart locations already carry limited grocery items in [[Canada]].

==History==

[[File:Walmart logo 1980s 1990s.png|thumb|left|Walmart Logo used from 1994-2001]]
[[File:Wal-Mart logo.svg|thumb|right|Logo Used from 2001-2009]]

Headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Wal-Mart Canada was established in 1994 with the acquisition of the Woolco Canada chain of 122 stores. Walmart Canada has plans to open 15–20 stores each year. Almost all Canadian Walmart stores have [[McDonald's Canada|McDonald's]] locations. As of 2010, [[Nunavut]] is the only territory in Canada that does not have a Walmart location.

==Community involvement==
* Raised and donated $7.6 million to [[Children's Miracle Network]] (CMN) to support children's hospitals across Canada.<ref name="factsheet">[http://walmartstores.com/download/1998.pdf Wal-Mart Canada Fact Sheet]</ref>
* Contributed $2.9 million to more than 1,000 local non-profit organizations through Wal-Mart's Local Matching Grant program.
* Raised and contributed $2.8 million for the [[Breakfast for Learning]] Canada program, a school nutrition program and partnership with a goal to ensure all school children attend class well nourished and ready to learn.
* Became the top corporate sponsor of the [[Canadian Red Cross]], with $1 million in relief aid related to [[Hurricane Katrina]], the India earthquake and other projects.
* Donated $300,000 to Evergreen, a Canadian non-profit environmental organization to help community groups create and improve green space in urban areas across the country.<ref>[http://www.evergreen.ca/en/about/media-press39.html Wal-Mart Canada and Evergreen Continue Green Grants Partnership]</ref>
* Awarded $115,000 in scholarships to Canadian university and college students.
* Supported 150 Canadian schools through a number of programs including Wal-Mart Canada's Adopt-a School program.

==Wal-Mart Discount Stores in Canada==
A typical Wal-Mart discount department store. Wal-Mart Discount Stores are discount department stores with size varying from {{convert|51000|to|150000|sqft|m2|1}}, with an average store covering about {{convert|102000|sqft|m2|1}}. They carry general merchandise and a selection of food. Many of these stores also have a garden centre, a pharmacy, Tire & Lube Express, optical centre, one-hour photo processing lab, portrait studio, a bank branch, a cell phone store and a fast food outlet (usually McDonald's).

Walmart was established in Canada in 1994 with the acquisition of the 122-store Woolco division of Woolworth Canada.

As of November 2011, there were 173 Wal-Mart Discount Stores in Canada.<ref name="factsheet"/> In 2006, the busiest in the country was one in [[Square One Shopping Centre]], 100 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, Ontario (Store 3055).

==Wal-Mart Supercentres in Canada==
[[Image:Wal-Mart Supercenter in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, Jan 2008.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Vaughan Wal-Mart Supercenter in Vaughan, Ontario.]]
With the success of both Wal-Mart in [[Canada]] and [[Wal-Mart|Wal-Mart Supercenters]] in the [[United States]], it was announced in late [[2005 in Canada|2005]] that the Supercentre concept would be arriving in Canada. On [[November 8]], [[2006 in Canada|2006]], Canada's first three Supercenteres opened in Ancaster (Hamilton), London, and Aurora in Ontario.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2006/11/07/wawlmart-superstores.html Wal-Mart unveils plans to open up to 14 supercentres in 2010]</ref> [[Alberta]] became the second province with Supercentres the following year in September 2008.<ref>[http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/business/story.html?id=7db0ae07-1fc7-4190-9bae-11f05a96290c Wal-Mart shifts to Supercenters in Alberta]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/bc/Mart+cracks+Vancouver+market+with+Grandview+store/1197070/story.html Wal-Mart cracks Vancouver market with Grandview store]</ref>

These stock everything a Wal-Mart Discount Store does, and also include a full-service supermarket, including meat and poultry, baked goods, delicatessen, frozen foods, dairy products, garden produce, and fresh seafood. Many Wal-Mart Supercenters also have a garden centre, pet shop, pharmacy, Tire & Lube Express, optical center, one-hour photo processing lab, portrait studio, and numerous alcove shops, such as cellular phone stores, hair and nail salons, video rental stores, local bank branches, and fast food outlets (usually McDonald's).

As of November 2011, there were 156 Wal-Mart Supercentres in Canada. The largest was one at the [[Uptown Victoria]] mall<ref name="factsheet"/>

{{wikinews|Three Walmart superstores open in select cities in Canada}}

==Wal-Mart Canada Bank==
Wal-Mart Canada launched its application for banking license in 2008 to compete with similar stores in Canada such as [[Loblaw Companies|Loblaw]].<ref> [http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=6f8b9feb-8d59-463e-bdd8-06985f4f5a9b Wal-Mart files for Canadian banking licence]</ref> On July 24, 2009, Wal-Mart Canada Bank was incorporated under the ''[[Canada Bank Act|Bank Act]]'' in Canada.<ref> [http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2009/2009-08-08/html/notice-avis-eng.html Canada Gazette – GOVERNMENT NOTICES]</ref>

On June 15, 2010, Wal-Mart officially launched into the banking sector under the name Wal-Mart Canada Bank ({{lang-fr|La Banque Wal-Mart du Canada}}).<ref> [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aVAFXXvF5vJQ&refer=canada Wal-Mart Canadian Unit Seeks to Offer Bank Services]</ref> As a Schedule II [[List of banks and credit unions in Canada|federal financial institution]], it is regulated by the [[Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada)|Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions]].<ref> [http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/wwwapps/lists/cid.asp?sCode=1&cid=FM Federally Regulated Financial Institutions]</ref> Currently, WMCB only offers a [[Mastercard]] product but could offer more banking services in the future.<ref> [http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/walmart/article/823669--wal-mart-canada-issues-rewards-based-mastercard Wal-Mart Canada issues rewards-based MasterCard]</ref>

==Controversy==
{{further|[[Criticism of Wal-Mart]]}}

Wal-Mart has been the subject of some criticism by certain groups who claim that they have lower labour standards than other similar retailers. Other criticisms centre around the claim that due to their low prices they drive out local businesses.

There are also accusations that Walmart Canada has engaged in some practices that discourage associates from exercising their right to join a [[labor union|union]] and negotiate a [[collective bargaining agreement]]. Wal-Mart 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. Wal-Mart argued that the store wasn’t 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.<ref>[http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091127/mtl_scoc_wal_mart091127/20091127/?hub=MontrealHome]</ref> Wal-Mart also closed its automotive centre in [[Gatineau]], [[Quebec]], after employees unionized and an arbitrator imposed a 33 per cent wage increase. At Saint-Hyacinthe Wal-Mart, 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.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/04/09/mtl-walmart-sthyacinthe-unionized-0409.html]</ref>

Walmart Canada has been accused of undermining internet rights and [[freedom of speech]], as a result of its June 2009 decision to seek an injunction against the [[Walmart Workers Canada]] campaign and its longstanding Walmart Workers Canada website<ref>[http://www.walmartworkerscanada.ca Walmart Workers Canada]</ref> in particular, a [[labour rights]] website sponsored by [[UFCW Canada]].

==Slogans==
*''Where Everyday Costs Less'' 1994-1995
*''Always Low Prices Always Wal-Mart'' 1995-Late 1990s
*''We Sell For Less Everyday'' Late 1990s-2009.
*''Save Money. Live Better.'' 2009–Present

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:WalmartMoncton.JPG|Moncton Wal-Mart in Moncton, New Brunswick with previous logo
Image:Ancaster_Wal-mart,_Hamilton.JPG|Ancaster Wal-Mart Supercentre in Hamilton, Ontario.
Image:Wal-Mart Supercenter in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, Jan 2008.jpg|Vaughan Wal-Mart Supercentre in Vaughan, Ontario.
Image:Walmart_burl_sc.jpg‎|Burlington New Wal-Mart Supercentre in Burlington, Ontario.
File:Walmart Centre Laval Mall Entrance.jpg|Mall entrance of a Walmart store (former Woolco) in [[Laval, Quebec]], [[Canada]]. It was the second Woolco store in [[Quebec]] before Walmart acquired Woolco, but retains Walmart Canada's original logo as of 2010.
File:'68 Chevrolet (Auto classique Bellepros Vaudreuil-Dorion '11).JPG|A [[Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC]] Walmart store with the previous logo. As of summer 2011, the Walmart logo was changed to the current.
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Supermarkets in Canada|List of Canadian supermarkets]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.walmart.ca/ Wal-Mart Canada]
* [http://walmartstores.com/GlobalWMStoresWeb/navigate.do?catg=374 Wal-Mart Canadian operations]

{{Canadian Supermarkets}}

[[Category:Canadian subsidiaries of foreign companies]]
[[Category:Companies based in Mississauga]]
[[Category:Department stores of Canada]]
[[Category:Retail companies established in 1994]]
[[Category:Supermarkets of Canada]]
[[Category:Walmart]]
[[Category:Woolworth]]

[[fr:Walmart Canada]]

Wikipedia - Benutzerbeiträge [de]

Walmart Canada