The Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) has begun the liquidation of the majority of its stores, leaving just six of its 80 locations operational.
Excluded from the liquidation sale are flagship stores in Toronto and Montreal as well as four popular locations in the Greater Toronto Area and southern Quebec.
Here’s a look at the last six HBC stores standing.
Hudson’s Bay Queen Street
Hudson’s Bay Queen Street is the company’s Ontario flagship store, located on the southwest corner of Yonge Street and Queen Street West in downtown Toronto.
The historic building began operating as the most prominent location of the Simpsons department store chain in 1895. It was known as the Simpson’s Department Store until 1991 when it became the flagship store of its successor, The Bay, which was rebranded to Hudson’s Bay in 2013….