Walmart Canada celebrates 30th anniversary

Walmart Canada celebrates 30 years of bringing every day low prices to Canadians

Every morning, Andrew Gugula wakes up thinking about snacks. That’s because a typical day in the life of a product developer at Walmart Canada includes tasting any number of delicious foods – from salty snacks, sweet and savory biscuits, cookies, crackers, and shelf-stable beverages.

“I guess I must’ve got to someone’s heart,” Walmart Canada associate, Sharon Richards said with tears in her eyes after reading a message left by a family she helped following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

After moving from Newfoundland to Ontario, Nicole Lockyer-Hillier didn’t know what her future held. Her weekly shopping trip to Woolco in April 1993 would change that.

It was one of the first stores to welcome customers on day one of Walmart’s expansion into Canada in 1994 and today, 30 years later, the Square One Walmart Supercentre in Mississauga is celebrating its grand re-opening as the retailer’s flagship location

I came from India to Canada alone, with all my basic needs packed in two luggage bags and a thousand dreams in my eyes, but no idea how I would get there. Luckily, with the support of my family, Walmart Canada and all of the helpful people I met along my journey, I was able to get to where I am today.

While Walmart Canada is celebrating its 30th birthday in 2024, Dave Wendt is celebrating his 47th year with the company. That’s because he started at Woolco Canada on June 15, 1977. And in 1994, Woolco was purchased by Walmart.