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Ranking of the provinces and territories of Canada by hardware, DIY and home stores per inhabitant

How many hardware, DIY and home stores there are per 100,000 inhabitants in every province of Canada and in the cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. On average, 75.1 per 100,000 inhabitants, one for every 1,331 inhabitants.

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75.1
hardware, DIY and home stores per 100,000 inhabitants — Canada
one for every 1,331 inhabitants
92.1
the most — British Columbia
one for every 1,086 inhabitants
21.7
the fewest — Nunavut
one for every 4,607 inhabitants
37.1M
inhabitants
GeoNames (administrative divisions)
How we count. Stores — the open hardware, DIY and home stores of our base on the date of the update. Population — GeoNames (administrative divisions). Tourist areas and shopping centres of a region rise in the ranking: many stores for the resident population.

Ranking of the provinces and territories: hardware, DIY and home stores per 100,000 inhabitants

Hardware, DIY and home stores per 100,000 inhabitants and inhabitants per store. Click a column to sort.

No. ↕Province ↕Population ↕Hardware ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per store ↕
01 British Columbia 5,000,879 4,604
92.1
 1,086
02 New Brunswick 775,610 656
84.6
 1,182
03 Prince Edward Island 154,331 128
82.9
 1,206
04 Saskatchewan 1,132,505 861
76.0
 1,315
05 Ontario 14,223,942 10,792
75.9
 1,318
06 Alberta 4,368,370 3,301
75.6
 1,323
07 Nova Scotia 969,383 729
75.2
 1,330
08 Yukon 40,232 30
74.6
 1,341
09 Newfoundland and Labrador 510,550 366
71.7
 1,395
10 Northwest Territories 41,070 27
65.7
 1,521
11 Quebec 8,501,840 5,554
65.3
 1,531
12 Manitoba 1,342,153 819
61.0
 1,639
13 Nunavut 36,858 8
21.7
 4,607
Average of Canada — 75.1 per 100,000 inhabitants27,875 hardware, DIY and home stores · 37,097,723 inhabitants

Cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Hardware, DIY and home stores per 100,000 inhabitants in the large cities. Population of the cities — GeoNames.

No. ↕City ↕Population ↕Hardware ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per store ↕
01 DartmouthNova Scotia 101,343 143
141.1
 709
02 KelownaBritish Columbia 144,576 193
133.5
 749
03 AbbotsfordBritish Columbia 141,397 186
131.5
 760
04 BarrieOntario 147,829 186
125.8
 795
05 RichmondBritish Columbia 209,937 260
123.8
 807
06 MarkhamOntario 338,503 401
118.5
 844
07 CambridgeOntario 129,920 144
110.8
 902
08 ChilliwackBritish Columbia 101,491 110
108.4
 923
09 Red DeerAlberta 100,844 108
107.1
 934
10 SherbrookeQuebec 129,447 135
104.3
 959
11 LethbridgeAlberta 103,197 101
97.9
 1,022
12 BrantfordOntario 104,688 102
97.4
 1,026
13 MississaugaOntario 717,961 690
96.1
 1,041
14 KingstonOntario 132,485 127
95.9
 1,043
15 SaskatoonSaskatchewan 266,141 249
93.6
 1,069
16 BurnabyBritish Columbia 249,125 229
91.9
 1,088
17 DeltaBritish Columbia 101,668 90
88.5
 1,130
18 St. CatharinesOntario 136,803 120
87.7
 1,140
19 WindsorOntario 229,660 198
86.2
 1,160
20 BurlingtonOntario 186,948 160
85.6
 1,168
21 ReginaSaskatchewan 226,404 193
85.2
 1,173
22 VictoriaBritish Columbia 289,625 240
82.9
 1,207
23 SurreyBritish Columbia 568,322 468
82.3
 1,214
24 KamloopsBritish Columbia 104,460 86
82.3
 1,215
25 WaterlooOntario 104,986 84
80.0
 1,250
26 EdmontonAlberta 1,010,899 789
78.0
 1,281
27 CoquitlamBritish Columbia 148,625 110
74.0
 1,351
28 LangleyBritish Columbia 132,603 97
73.2
 1,367
29 CalgaryAlberta 1,306,784 934
71.5
 1,399
30 Thunder BayOntario 108,843 77
70.7
 1,414
31 GuelphOntario 143,740 100
69.6
 1,437
32 Trois-RivièresQuebec 144,472 98
67.8
 1,474
33 LondonOntario 422,324 284
67.2
 1,487
34 KitchenerOntario 256,885 170
66.2
 1,511
35 OakvilleOntario 213,759 137
64.1
 1,560
36 LavalQuebec 438,366 277
63.2
 1,583
37 TerrebonneQuebec 111,575 70
62.7
 1,594
38 ThornhillOntario 115,292 71
61.6
 1,624
39 St. John'sNewfoundland and Labrador 110,525 65
58.8
 1,700
40 Richmond HillOntario 202,022 114
56.4
 1,772
41 WinnipegManitoba 749,607 414
55.2
 1,811
42 MiltonOntario 132,979 73
54.9
 1,822
43 VancouverBritish Columbia 662,248 356
53.8
 1,860
44 Greater SudburyOntario 166,004 87
52.4
 1,908
45 NepeanOntario 180,000 91
50.6
 1,978
46 WhitbyOntario 138,501 69
49.8
 2,007
47 OshawaOntario 175,383 86
49.0
 2,039
48 AjaxOntario 119,677 55
46.0
 2,176
49 GatineauQuebec 300,045 135
45.0
 2,223
50 LevisQuebec 143,414 63
43.9
 2,276
51 HamiltonOntario 569,353 237
41.6
 2,402
52 VaughanOntario 323,103 133
41.2
 2,429
53 BramptonOntario 656,480 260
39.6
 2,525
54 LongueuilQuebec 229,330 85
37.1
 2,698
55 SydneyNova Scotia 105,968 34
32.1
 3,117
56 GloucesterOntario 150,012 43
28.7
 3,489
57 OttawaOntario 1,017,449 278
27.3
 3,660
58 MontrealQuebec 1,762,949 462
26.2
 3,816
59 OrléansOntario 125,937 25
19.9
 5,037
60 TorontoOntario 2,794,356 456
16.3
 6,128
61 HalifaxNova Scotia 471,559 72
15.3
 6,549
62 SaguenayQuebec 148,886 8
5.4
 18,611
63 Guelph/EramosaOntario 143,740 5
3.5
 28,748
64 Ville-MarieQuebec 104,944 3
2.9
 34,981
65 SaanichBritish Columbia 117,735 1
0.8
 117,735
66 QuébecQuebec 531,902 3
0.6
 177,301
67 Sainte-Brigitte-de-LavalQuebec 438,366 1
0.2
 438,366

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