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Towers Marts began as a New York -based chain. The first Canadian store was opened on November 15, 1960 in Scarborough, Ontario (at the corner of Lawrence Ave. East and Midland Ave). [2] In March 1962, a group of Towers concessionaires incorporated as Allied Towers Merchants Ltd. [3] After Towers Marts went bankrupt in 1963, Allied Towers ...
Habitat 67, as seen from street level. Habitat 67, or simply Habitat, is a housing complex at Cité du Havre, on the Saint Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, designed by Israeli - Canadian - American architect Moshe Safdie. It originated in his master's thesis at the School of Architecture at McGill University and then an amended version ...
Census families: "a married couple and the children, if any, of either and/or both spouses; a couple living common law and the children, if any, of either and/or both partners; or a lone parent of any marital status with at least one child living in the same dwelling and that child or those children (all members of a particular census family ...
The RST was increased one point to 8% on July 1, 2013. It reverted to 7% as of July 1, 2019 and although it was planned to drop to 6% as of July 1, 2020 [3] [4] due to the COVID-19 pandemic the province has deferred the reduction until further notice. [5] There is a 5% tax on lodging and 5% tax on hotel room fees. New Brunswick: HST: 10: 15
The following is a list of Canada's largest enclosed shopping malls, by reported total retail floor space, or gross leasable area (GLA) with 750,000 square feet (70,000 m 2) and over. In cases where malls have equal areas, they are further ranked by the number of stores.
In 2001, Rona acquired 51 Revy Home and Garden (based in British Columbia), Revelstoke Home Centres (located in Western Canada) and Lansing (based in Ontario) stores, thus owning many more stores in the Greater Toronto Area. [citation needed] In 2002, Rona closed a public offering consisting of a total offering of $150.1 million in common shares.
Between the end of World War II and 1971, both Montreal and Toronto grew enormously in size. Between 1941 and 1951, Montreal's population grew by 20% and Toronto's by 25%. [7] Between 1951 and 1961, Montreal grew by 35% and Toronto 45%. [8] And from 1961 to 1971, Montreal grew by a little less than 20% and Toronto 30%. [9]
Simpsons vanished from Greater Montreal in 1989 with its five stores either converted to The Bay or simply closed, leaving the chain with a presence only in the Toronto area. [12] HBC acknowledged at the time that Simpsons wasn't doing great in Toronto but was still performing well enough to continue there and even planned to add three more ...