Who owns the supermarkets in each part of the country. Each colour stands for an area’s three biggest chains, whatever their shares; independents are left out.
- Store banners count toward their owner: Maxi, Provigo, No Frills and Superstore are Loblaw; IGA, Safeway, FreshCo and Foodland are Sobeys; Super C and Food Basics are Metro.
- Only full-size grocery stores count: chain supermarkets, Walmart Supercentres, and independents with at least 1,000 m² (about 10,000 sq ft) of building. Corner and neighbourhood grocers are left out, as is Costco. Each store counts once, whatever its size.
- Regions are Statistics Canada’s economic regions.
- Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors ( supermarkets); Statistics Canada 2021 economic regions; Natural Earth (coastlines). Built by build_grocery.py.