Canadian Tire

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited
Canadian Tire
Company typePublic
TSXCTC (voting)
TSXCTC.A (non-voting)
IndustryRetail
FoundedOctober 24, 1922; 102 years ago (1922-10-24)
FoundersAlfred Jackson Billes
John William Billes
Headquarters2180 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
M4P 2V8
Number of locations
1,686 locations: 503 Canadian Tire stores, 91 PartSource stores, 409 FGL Sports stores (various banners), 386 Mark's stores, and 297 gas stations.[1]: 26 [2]
Area served
Canada
Key people
Greg Hicks (President and CEO)[3]
ProductsAutomotive, sports, leisure and home products
RevenueIncrease CA$17.810 billion (2022)[4]
Increase CA$1.182 billion (2022)[4]
Total assetsIncrease CA$22.102 billion (2022)[4]
Number of employees
58,000
SubsidiariesCanadian Tire
PartSource
Sport Chek
Canadian Tire Bank
Mark's
Canadian Tire Petroleum
Helly Hansen
Party City Canada
Sher-Wood
Websitecorp.canadiantire.ca
Logo used from 1967 to 2022

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (French: Société Canadian Tire Limitée) is a Canadian retail company which operates in the automotive, hardware, sports, leisure and housewares sectors. Its Canadian operations include: Canadian Tire (including Canadian Tire Petroleum gas stations and financial services subsidiary Canadian Tire Bank), Mark's, FGL Sports (including Sport Chek and Sports Experts), PartSource, and the Canadian operations of Party City. Canadian Tire acquired the Norwegian clothing and textile company Helly Hansen from the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in 2018.

Canadian Tire is known for its Canadian Tire money, a loyalty program first introduced in 1958 using paper coupons that resemble banknotes. The company's head office is located at the Canada Square Complex in Toronto, Ontario, and it is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It is a participant in the voluntary Scanner Price Accuracy Code managed by the Retail Council of Canada.[5]

  1. ^ "Management's Discussion and Analysis" (PDF). Canadian Tire. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 9, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "Number of stores operated by Canadian Tire Corporation in Canada in 2018, by brand". Archived from the original on November 9, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "Greg Hicks appointed CEO of Canadian Tire Corporation". March 12, 2020. Archived from the original on November 9, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Management's Discussion and Analysis: Selected Annual Consolidated Financial Trends 2019" (PDF). Canadian Tire Corporation. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  5. ^ Harris, Sophia (November 28, 2021). "Attention shoppers: Overcharged for an item at checkout? You might be able to get it for free". CBC News. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.