As of December 2023, there were 405 small hardware stores in Canada, each employing between one and four employees. In contrast, only two hardware stores employed between 100 and 199 employees.
Number of hardware stores in Canada as of December 2023, by employment size
Figures refer to all active Canadian locations with employees.
The following definition is provided by the source: Hardware stores are those that primarily engaged in retailing a general line of basic hardware items, such as tools and builders' hardware. These establishments may sell additional product lines, such as paint, houseware and garden supplies, that are not normally arranged in separate departments. Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, as of December 2023. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
* Figures not available for a specific reference period.
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