Founded in 1922, Canadian Tire Corporation is one of Canada's most-shopped general retailers, providing products and services for the jobs and joys of everyday life. With more than 1,200 retail and gasoline outlets across the country, our primary business categories - Automotive, Living, Fixing, Playing and Apparel - are supported by our Financial Services division.Our core retail and automotive operation is strengthened by PartSource, an automotive parts speciality chain; Canadian Tire Petroleum, one of the country's largest independent retailers of gasoline; Mark's, a leading retailer of men's, women's and work apparel; and Canadian Tire Financial Services, which has issued approximately four million Canadian Tire MasterCard credit cards.
The Shoe Club is an all Canadian company that is owned and operated by the Gil brothers, who have been in the footwear retail business since 1973. In 1992, the brothers began to create a chain of stores that would impress customers with their prices, fashionable merchandise, and customer oriented approach.Today, there are 18 locations under various banners across Southern Ontario to serve the public.