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UTEC (University of Toronto Electronic Computer Mark I) [1] was a computer built at the University of Toronto (UofT) in the early 1950s. It was the first computer in Canada, one of the first working computers in the world, although only built in a prototype form while awaiting funding for expansion into a full-scale version.
Stores opened included Victoria in 1945, Port Alberni in 1948, Park Royal Shopping Centre in West Vancouver in 1950, New Westminster in 1954, Westmount Shopper's Park in Edmonton in 1955, Oakridge Centre (where Woodward's was the owner and anchor tenant) in 1959, Chinook Centre in Calgary in 1960, Victoria in 1963, Northgate Centre in Edmonton ...
Sam The Record Man – record/entertainment media stores; Sam's Club Canada – warehouse store chain and the subsidiary of Walmart Canada; closed in 2009; Sears Canada – department store chain and the Canadian subsidiary of the American-based Sears, all stores closed in January 2018; Shoprite Catalogue order store, went bankrupt in 1970s.
Payless ShoeSource Canada — Shoe store; Kmart Canada — Canadian division of US-based parent; Canadian stores sold to Zellers; Knob Hill Farms — grocery store chain in Southern Ontario; Krazy Krazy; Les Ailes de la Mode — department store; Lowe's Canada — Hardware store, now RONA+; Lastman's Bad Boy — Furniture Store
Apple opened a second store in Edmonton at Southgate Centre on May 28, 2010. [14] On August 12, 2010, the mall celebrated the 40th anniversary of its opening. [ 6 ] On November 15, 2010, Edmonton's first Restoration Hardware location opened in the mall's former food court area near the Apple store. [ 15 ]
In May 2024, Westmount Centre gave 30-day end of tendency notices to stores located on one side of the hallway between Safeway and Smitty’s in the southeast portion of the mall. No official explanation was given but several tenants believed that recent leaks from the roof above the abandoned theatre complex on the second floor was the cause.
The MITS Altair, the first commercially successful microprocessor kit, was featured on the cover of Popular Electronics magazine in January 1975. It was the world's first mass-produced personal computer kit, as well as the first computer to use an Intel 8080 processor. It was a commercial success with 10,000 Altairs being shipped.
By 1990, Future Shop became the largest retailer of computers and consumer electronics in Canada and was operating 38 stores across the country and some areas of the United States. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In August 1993, Future Shop went public on the Toronto Stock Exchange , making $30 million to be used for expansion and to pay off debt.