- Army & Navy Stores
- The Bargain! Shop - Discount stores (formerly the Canadian stores of F. W. Woolworth Company).
- Bowring Brothers - St. John's, NL. department store. Also national home decor store chain.
- Canadian Tire - Auto repair garage, hardware, home renovations, sports, garden centre, electronics, auto parts, furniture, food, housewares, towels. Franchised stores with independent owners.
- Costco - USA, warehouse superstore, food, electronics, furniture, clothing, car repair.
- Dollar Giant - Dollar store chain, founded in 2001, head office in Vancouver
- Dollarama - Canada's largest dollar store chain.
- Fields - Discount chain owned by Hudson's Bay Company.
- Giant Tiger / Tigre Géant - Discount stores.
- Hart Stores - Eastern Canada discount chain.[1]
- Holt Renfrew - A high-end department store.
- Korvette - Found in various regions in the province of Quebec.
- LALIBERTÉ - On St-Joseph Street in Quebec City.
- La Maison Ogilvy - High-end department store in Montreal.
- L'Aubainerie - Quebec mid-size discount store similar to Giant Tiger. Formerly known as Croteau, some selected locations continue to trade under the former name.
- La Maison Simons - Quebec, Montreal, Gatineau, Sherbrooke, Laval
- Liquidation World - Furniture, hardware, home, grocery, health & beauty, clothing liquidation retailer with outlets across Canada.
- London Drugs - Western Canadian department store chain that sells personal care products, snacks, electronics, and computers.
- Mark's Work Wearhouse - Canadian clothing retailer that is now owned by Canadian Tire.
- Riff's - Newfoundland department store chain.
- Rossy - Discount store chain in Quebec and New Brunswick.
- S&R Department Store - Discount store in Kingston. (closed)
- Sears Canada - Formerly Simpsons-Sears.
- Stedmans V&S - Discount stores.
- Taylor's - Quebec department store chain.
- The Bay/La Baie - Department store owned by Hudson's Bay Company.
- The North West Company - Retail, primarily northern and smaller towns.
- Walmart Canada - US-based international discount store.
- Winners - Part of U.S giant TJX Companies
- XS Cargo - Discount retailer chain dealing in clearance items.
- Zellers - Discount department store owned by Hudson's Bay Company.