Canadian Tire | |
Company type | Public |
TSX: CTC (voting) TSX: CTC.A (non-voting) | |
Industry | Retail |
Founded | October 24, 1922 |
Founders | Alfred Jackson Billes John William Billes |
Headquarters | 2180 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] |
Products | Automotive, sports, leisure and home products |
Revenue | CA$17.810 billion (2022)[4] |
CA$1.182 billion (2022)[4] | |
Total assets | CA$22.102 billion (2022)[4] |
Number of employees | 58,000 |
Subsidiaries | Canadian Tire PartSource Sport Chek Canadian Tire Bank Mark's Canadian Tire Petroleum Helly Hansen Party City Canada Sher-Wood |
Website | corp.canadiantire.ca |
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]