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Target Canada Co.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Retail
Predecessor	Zellers
Founded	5 March 2013 (2013-03-05)
Defunct	12 April 2015 (2015-04-12)
Fate	Bankruptcy
Successors	Canadian Tire HomeSense Lowe's Metro Walmart Canada Winners
Headquarters	Mississauga, Ontario , Canada
Number of locations	133 (2015)
Area served	Canada
Key people	Aaron Alt (CEO)
Products	Beauty and health products bedding clothing and accessories electronics food furniture housewares jewelry gardening supplies pet supplies shoes sports equipment
Number of employees	17,600 (2015)
Parent	Target Corporation

Target Canada Co. was the Canadian subsidiary of the Target Corporation, the second-largest discount retailer in the United States. Speculation regarding Target's interest in purchasing the Zellers discount store chain from the Hudson's Bay Company first circulated in 2004. Rather than purchasing the entire company, Target ultimately acquired the leaseholds of several Zeller locations in January 2011.

Target Canada was headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, and opened its first stores on 5 March 2013 in Ontario. The subsidiary was notoriously unsuccessful; it suffered from its overly-aggressive expansion initiative, in addition to higher prices and lesser product selection than Target stores in the United States. Target Canada operated 133 locations by the time it filed for bankruptcy in January 2015; its final stores were closed on 12 April 2015.