Whole Foods Market continues expansion in Western Canada

Bellevue, Wash. -- Whole Foods Market announced its plans for continued expansion in Western Canada with three new locations: Greater Victoria, British Columbia; Edmonton, Alberta; and Calgary, Alberta.



The company currently has four stores in British Columbia, with locations in development in North Burnaby (expected to open in August 2015) and North Vancouver (expected to open in summer 2017). The store serving Greater Victoria will be the sixth store in British Columbia. The stores serving Edmonton and Calgary are Whole Foods Market’s first locations in Alberta.



The 40,000-sq.-ft. store in Greater Victoria will be located at 3587 Blanshard Street in Saanich, part of the new Uptown mixed-use urban neighbourhood. The expected opening date is in fall 2016.



Whole Foods Market plans to open its first Alberta store in fall 2016. Edmonton’s 42,000-sq.-ft. store will be located in the South Park Centre.



The natural and organic grocer anticipates that details for the specific site in Calgary will be available in June 2015, with an expected opening date in Calgary in the summer of 2017.