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| foundation = March 17, 1994<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/walmart-celebrates-20-years-in-canada-1.1732204|title=Walmart celebrates 20 years in Canada|publisher=[[CTV Television Network|CTV.ca]]|accessdate=March 17, 2014|date=March 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023232744/http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/walmart-celebrates-20-years-in-canada-1.1732204|archive-date=October 23, 2016|dead-url=no}}</ref>

| location = [[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]]

| locations = 410 (331334 Supercentres, 7976 Discount stores)<ref name="Information for Walmart Investors: Unit Counts & Square Footage">{{cite web|url=http://stock.walmart.com/investors/financial-information/unit-counts-and-square-footage/default.aspx|title=Information for Walmart Investors: Unit Counts & Square Footage|publisher=|accessdate=February 2120, 20172018}}</ref>

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Originally consisting of [[discount store]]s, Walmart Canada's contemporaries include [[Hart Stores]], and [[Giant Tiger]]. It also competes in many areas with [[Home Hardware]], [[Canadian Tire]] and [[Dollarama]]. Walmart Canada's six [[Sam's Club]] stores (2006-2009, only in Ontario) competed with [[warehouse club]] [[Costco]] and [[hypermarket]] [[Real Canadian Superstore]]. Based on the success of the US format, Walmart Canada has focused on expanding Supercentres from new or converted locations, offering groceries which puts them in the same market as supermarket chains such as [[Loblaws]], Real Canadian Superstore, [[Metro Inc.|Metro]], [[Sobeys]], [[Thrifty Foods]], [[Safeway Inc.|Safeway]], [[Save-On-Foods]], Country Grocer, [[Fairway Markets]], Quality Foods, [[Federated Co-operatives|Co-op]] and [[List of supermarket chains in Canada|others]].

Walmart Canada held grand openings of 15 supercentres in January 2016, completing its expansion plan for the company's fiscal year, ending January 31, 2016. As of OctoberJanuary 31, 20172018, Walmart Canada's total count is 410 stores, including 331334 supercentres and 7976 discount stores in every [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province and territory]] except for [[Nunavut]].<ref name="Information for Walmart Investors: Unit Counts & Square Footage"/><ref>][https://www.walmart.ca/en/store-finder Walmart Store Finder]</ref> Walmart Canada's principal developer and landlord is [[SmartCentres]];<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/once-ignored-reit-now-a-major-player/article18278893/|title=Once ignored, REIT now a major player|last=|first=|date=2004-12-07|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2018-01-18|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref> other significant landlords include [[RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust|Riocan]] and [[First Capital Realty]].

==History==