Shopping Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. 1 August: Target Canada opened three locations in Park Place in Barrie, Ontario, Erin Mills Town Centre in Mississauga, Ontario and Carrefour Candiac in Candiac, Quebec. 17 October: Target Canada opened one location in Polo Park in Winnipeg. 2015 15 January: Target announces it was ceasing all Canadian retail operations and would proceed to close 133 outlets. 23 January: Target Canada closed all Starbucks outlets in their stores. 4 February: Target Canada received court approval to begin the liquidation process. 5 February: All Target Canada stores started liquidation process. 6 March: Ivanhoé Cambridge and Oxford Landlords purchased back 11 coveted Target store leases at premier mall locations for an estimated $138 million. 18 March: Stratford, Ontario; Longueuil and Edmonton (Bonnie Doon Centre) locations closed. 22 March: 13 more locations closed. 27 March–2 April: 62 more locations closed. 4 April: Bramalea City Centre store in Brampton closed with most other stores left opened. 12 April: All Target Canada stores were closed by this date. 6 May: Canadian Tire acquired leases for 12 stores at a cost of $17.7 million. 8 May: Walmart Canada acquired leases for 13 stores and distribution centre in Cornwall, Ontario for $165 million. The new stores would create about 3,400 jobs. 11 May: Lowe's Canadian unit acquired 13 store leases and distribution centre in Milton, Ontario for $151 million. The stores created about 2,000 jobs. 15 May: Target US had set up an employee trust fund to guarantee Target Canada team members get paid till May 15 whether the store closed earlier or not. 15 May: Rona bought the lease for one store in Chilliwack, BC, but on February 3, 2016, an agreement could not be reached. 30 June: The court-approved real-estate process was completed. 24 July: Lowe's bought 12 stores and distribution centres in Milton, Ontario for $147.75 million. Post-closure replacements timeline Source 2016 25 February: Walmart replaced the Central City Target location in Surrey, British Columbia. 3 March: Fit4Less opened a portion of the former Bedford Place Mall Target store in Bedford, Nova Scotia. 1 April: Canadian Tire opened two location in the former Target locations In Mountain Road in Moncton, NB and Bayers Lake Business Park In Halifax NS. 22 April: Lee Valley Tools opened a location in former Orchard Plaza location in Kelowna, BC. 14 May: Giant Tiger opened a location to replace the Target location in