Overview
- The retailer plans 70 new locations in 2026, including 34 Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix pharmacies and care clinics and 31 No Frills and Maxi discount grocery stores.
- Loblaw will renovate 191 additional stores as part of the year’s capital program.
- Projects are expected to create about 9,700 retail and construction jobs, supported by a roughly 1.2 million square foot automated distribution centre under construction in Caledon, Ontario.
- Ontario leads with 27 new stores and about 3,775 jobs, followed by Western Canada (24 stores, ~3,400 jobs), Quebec (15 stores, ~1,985 jobs) and Eastern Canada (4 stores, ~600 jobs).
- The 2026 outlay is presented as the second installment of a through‑2030, $10 billion plan, with Ontario job totals including roles tied to two new automated distribution centres in southern Ontario.