Canada Computers & Electronics
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded 📆 | |
| Founder 👔 | Gordon Chan[1] |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Richmond Hill, Ontario |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Gordon Chan (Founder) |
| Products 📟 | Consumer electronics |
| Brands | iCAN |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 1,000 |
| 🌐 Website | canadacomputers.com |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Canada Computers & Electronics, known by its trade names Canada Computers in English Canada and Ordinateurs Canada in Quebec, is a Canadian consumer electronics retailer,[2] headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario.[3][4] As of 2018[update], the company has over 1,000 employees and 35 locations in Southern Ontario, Greater Montreal and Greater Vancouver,[2][5] up from 28 locations in Ontario and Quebec in 2013.[6] It expanded to Nova Scotia with a Windsor location in 2019.[7]
Canada Computers was founded in 1991[2] by Gordon Chan, after a period of selling floppy disks at Queen's University as a student. He used the proceeds to relocate his business to his new home and started selling personal computers and components.[8] The first official retail store opened outside of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. The location at 366 College Street in Toronto suffered over $1 million in damages in a massive 2010 fire.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McLean, Jesse; White, Madeleine (6 September 2010). "Massive fire leaves students homeless". Toronto Star (published 7 September 2010). p. GT1. ProQuest 749701915. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
Gordon Chan, the building’s landlord and store owner, said the damage was “definitely over $1 million.”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "About Us - Canada Computers & Electronics". www.canadacomputers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ↑ "Contact Us - Canada Computers & Electronics". www.canadacomputers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ↑ "Canada Computers | Better Business Bureau® Profile". www.bbb.org. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ↑ "Store Locator - Canada Computers & Electronics". www.canadacomputers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ↑ Andrew, Seale (28 November 2013). "Get thee to the local mall for U.S.-style prices". Toronto Star. p. U4. Retrieved 27 October 2019 – via ProQuest.
Canada Computers – which has 28 retail stores across Ontario and Quebec
- ↑ Gaudreau, Arthur (22 July 2019). "The Hut Dog starts out small in Windsor". The Chronicle Herald. Halifax, Nova Scotia (published 23 July 2019). p. B3. ProQuest 2262705901. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
Ontario-based information technology store Canada Computers is opening a location at 201 Chain Lake Drive in Halifax.
- ↑ "ACCE Gordon Chan". Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs. Archived from the original on 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
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