Lowe's Canada
Defunct Canadian home improvement retail chain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the defunct Canadian home improvement store chain. For the American home improvement store chain, see Lowe's. For the company that took over Lowe's Canada, see Rona+.
For other uses, see Lowe's (disambiguation).
Lowe's Canada, Inc. was the Canadian subsidiary of American home improvement chain Lowe's.[3]
Quick Facts Company type, Predecessor ...
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Predecessor | Mr. L.S. Lowe's North Wilkesboro Hardware |
Founded | December 10, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-12-10) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
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Defunct | December 7, 2023; 8 months ago (2023-12-07) (website) February 29, 2024; 5 months ago (2024-02-29) (stores) |
Fate | Converted into Rona+, some stores closed (mainly former RONA Home & Garden locations) |
Successor | Rona+ |
Headquarters | Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Number of locations | More than 470 with subsidiaries |
Areas served | |
Key people | Marvin R. Ellison (CEO)[1] |
Products | Home appliances, tools, hardware, builders hardware, lumber, building materials, paint, plumbing, flooring, garden supplies, plants, housewares, furniture, home decor, bedding, and curtains |
Revenue | CA$22445 (2023 02/03)[2] |
CA$1669 (2023 02/03)[2] | |
CA$955.9 (2023 02/03)[2] | |
Total assets | CA$43708 (2023 02/03)[2] |
Total equity | CA$-14254 (2023 02/03)[2] |
Number of employees | 26,000 employees |
Website | rona |
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The Lowe's chain began an expansion into Canada in 2007, beginning with locations in Ontario, and later expanding into other provinces. In 2016, the company acquired its Canadian rival Rona Inc. for CDN$3.2 billion, assuming control of its store banners and relocating its operations to Rona's headquarters in Boucherville, Quebec. Some of Rona's locations were converted to the Lowe's banner.
In November 2022, Lowe's announced that it would sell its Canadian operations to Sycamore Partners for $400 million. Following the completion of the sale in 2023, Sycamore began to phase out the Lowe's brand in Canada, replacing it with the new Rona banner Rona+.