2001, a store was opened at Promenades Saint-Bruno. The final new location in the burst of expansion was in 2002, when La Maison Simons opened a new store in Laval, Quebec. In 2012, Simons expanded to its seventh and largest location at West Edmonton Mall, its first outside of Quebec. It spent nearly $50 million on the store alone. The success of the location led other shopping malls to seek out La Maison Simons as an anchor tenant. On March 27, 2013, Simons announced it would open a new location in Ottawa, Ontario's Rideau Centre in 2015 (although the store did not actually open until August 2016). This was followed by an announcement on December 6, 2013, stating that a flagship store was to open at Square One Shopping Centre in Mississauga, in spring 2016. The new store, which opened in March 2016, occupies a large portion of the former Sears Canada store. A new store in Gatineau, Quebec, opened on August 13, 2015, investing $21 million in the location. Furthermore, in 2015, a location opened at Park Royal Shopping Centre in West Vancouver, British Columbia. A store in Calgary, Alberta, opened on March 16, 2017, in the Lancaster Building as part of The Core shopping mall. In August 2017, La Maison Simons opened a new store in Edmonton, Alberta, at Londonderry Mall. In May 2018, La Maison Simons received outside investment for the first time in its history as part of efforts to open a new distribution centre in Quebec City. Locations The chain includes 15 stores throughout Canada. It also has business offices in London, Paris, Florence and Hong Kong. Alberta The Core Shopping Centre, Calgary Londonderry Mall, Edmonton West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton Quebec Les Promenades Gatineau, Gatineau CF Carrefour Laval, Laval Downtown Montreal, Montreal Galeries d'Anjou, Montreal Fairview Pointe-Claire, Pointe-Claire Galeries de la Capitale, Quebec City Old Quebec, Quebec City Place Sainte-Foy, Quebec City Promenades Saint-Bruno, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville Carrefour de l'Estrie, Sherbrooke Ontario Square One Shopping Centre, Mississauga CF Rideau Centre, Ottawa British Columbia Park Royal Shopping Centre, West Vancouver Future locations 2022: Halifax Shopping Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia Cultural As a gift to the city of Quebec for its 400th anniversary (2008), La Maison Simons offered a restored fountain, the , imported from France. The fountain was originally positioned in Bordeaux's Allées de Tourny, named after Aubert Tourny, a French intendant remembered for his contribution to the