This is a list of all major grocery chains’ locations in Canada
Locations were gathered between July 24 and Aug. 1, 2026. Included are: Walmart, Costco, NorthMart, Giant Tiger, Co-Op, Arctic Co-Op & all the sub-brands of Empire Co. Ltd, Loblaws and Pattison Food Group.
Get the CSV file with the addresses:
Or see them on a map (full-screen map here):
Notes
Locations were collected from the grocery retailers’ own sites: either from the “find a store” tool on their site (majority), by enumerating all store IDs to discover active locations (Walmart – the 1000-2000, 3000-4000 and 5000-6000 ranges only), or through the XML sitemap on the site. These methods could be out of date or not updated to reflect openings/closures.
If you analyze this data and discover – for example – that there is a food desert in a certain Halifax neighbourhood, then go to Google maps and verify that that’s indeed the case. Double-check your work with that second source.
These are only the largest grocers – communities are additionally served by smaller grocery stores (sometimes as large as Galleria/C&C/Tone Tai here in Toronto, sometimes as small as a corner store).
I don’t think that all Giant Tigers and Walmarts sell food – the map makes the rough assumption that they all do.
An interesting article that I found as part of this research about the two towns with the highest food prices in Nunavut. It helps think through factors like the presence of grocer competition / complementary businesses when it comes to affordability.
By request, I’ve added latitude and longitude coordinates for each address using the free Natural Resources Canada geolocation service. But it isn’t super accurate, so I recommend double-checking and re-running geocoding using a paid service if necessary. The linked Google Map above had the addresses geocoded by Google so I’d trust it more.
A similar resource – all grocery stores in LA, from Food Base LA.
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