Canada — Regional Market index
The Canada regional market index lists the 56 markets in Canada that meet the co-location system's composition gates, drawn from a qualifying pool of 112. This page is a filtered, country-specific view of the continental table — not a separate dataset. No market is ranked; every market listed has qualified against the same composition gates.
Coverage
No rank or score is published for any market in this table. Every market below qualifies under the framework's Regional Market composition gate — a hypermarket anchor paired with at least two of {hardware, price club, lifestyle, electronics, sport} across the market's co-location clusters. Full methodology: Regional Markets Intelligence System.
The metropolitan reference point recorded for each market is the nearest major metropolitan centre in the framework's continental reference set — a straight-line (crow-flies) distance measurement, not a drive-time or commuting estimate. It is not a claim that the market functions as a commuter suburb of that centre. Canada's 56 markets reference 13 distinct centres — the narrowest reference set in the North American table. Vancouver and Toronto carry 12 entries each, Montreal seven, and Edmonton six. Three markets reference a centre in the United States: Belleville and Kingston, Ontario to Syracuse, New York, and Thunder Bay to Green Bay, Wisconsin. Canada's median reference distance is 90 kilometres, with 24 of its 56 markets within 80 kilometres of their reference point and 18 beyond 150. The longest is Timmins, Ontario at 549 kilometres from Ottawa, a consequence of how sparsely major centres are spaced across northern Canada.
Catchment population and consumer-spend figures are recorded for all 56 Canadian markets, with no gaps. They are descriptive context only and take no part in selection.
Cluster composition
The 56 markets carry 107 co-location clusters between them — 77 Tier 1, 13 Tier 2, and 17 Tier 3, an average of 1.91 clusters per market. That is above both the North American average of 1.77 and the European average of 1.36. Every Canadian market carries at least one Tier 1 cluster, and none qualifies on Tier 3 clusters alone.
Markets
This table is a country-specific view of the continental Top 400 Regional Markets — North America set.
| Market | Metropolitan reference | km | T1 | T2 | T3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington | Hamilton | 12.9 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sherwood Park | Edmonton | 13.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC | Montreal | 14.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Albert, AB | Edmonton | 14.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Laval | Montreal | 15.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pointe-Claire | Montreal | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brantford, ON | Kitchener | 20.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Guelph, Ontario | Kitchener | 21.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Vaughan, Ontario | Toronto | 21.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Coquitlam, BC | Vancouver | 21.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Waterloo, ON | Kitchener | 22.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Markham | Toronto | 23.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mississauga, ON | Toronto | 24.4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Boisbriand, QC | Montreal | 25.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Surrey | Vancouver | 25.9 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Ajax, ON | Toronto | 37.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Langley District Municipality | Vancouver | 37.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Okotoks | Calgary | 38.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion, Québec | Montreal | 38.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Newmarket, ON | Toronto | 46.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oshawa, ON | Toronto | 50.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Orangeville | Toronto | 65.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Abbotsford, BC | Vancouver | 65.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nanaimo, British Columbia | Vancouver | 67.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Barrie, ON | Toronto | 83.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chilliwack, BC | Vancouver | 85.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornwall, Ontario | Ottawa | 85.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| London | Kitchener | 86.6 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Drummondville, Québec | Montreal | 92.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Langford | Vancouver | 96.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Orillia, ON | Toronto | 107.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peterborough, ON | Toronto | 110.7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sherbrooke, Québec | Montreal | 125.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint John | Moncton | 134.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Red Deer, AB | Calgary | 136.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kingston, ON | Syracuse (United States) | 138.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Courtenay | Vancouver | 141.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fredericton | Moncton | 145.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belleville, ON | Syracuse (United States) | 162.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lethbridge, AB | Calgary | 176.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chicoutimi, Québec | Quebec City | 176.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon, MB | Winnipeg | 202.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lloydminster | Edmonton | 231.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kamloops, BC | Vancouver | 248.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Medicine Hat, AB | Calgary | 268.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelowna, BC | Vancouver | 274.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| North Bay | Toronto | 296.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vernon | Vancouver | 298.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greater Sudbury, ON | Toronto | 338.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Grande Prairie, AB | Edmonton | 389.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Thunder Bay | Green Bay (United States) | 442.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Saskatoon | Edmonton | 485.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Prince George, BC | Vancouver | 511.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Prince Albert, SK | Edmonton | 515.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Regina, SK | Winnipeg | 534.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Timmins, Ontario | Ottawa | 549.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Co-location anchor network
This index identifies high-value commercial nodes within the Canadian market, evaluated according to the Retail co-location methodology and operationalised by the deterministic ranking system. The list represents the Canadian subset of the co-location tier system.
Sites are evaluated based on the proximity of Secondary anchors (Costco, Home Depot) and Tertiary institutional infrastructure (Healthcare, Higher Education) to the Primary Target anchor (Walmart Supercentre).
Regional tier — illustrative convergence sites
The following municipalities illustrate Regional-tier composition: a Walmart Supercentre primary anchor paired with secondary and tertiary anchors within the required catchment radii. Tier assignment is dynamic; current status for any specific site is verified on the live GIS platform, not restated here.
| Municipality | Province | Primary Anchor | Secondary Coverage (≤3km) | Institutional (≤5km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grande Prairie | AB | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Hospital, Regional College |
| Milton | ON | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Hospital, College Campus |
| Dartmouth | NS | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | General Hospital, College |
| South Edmonton | AB | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Medical Centre, University |
| Saskatoon | SK | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Hospital, University |
| Kitchener | ON | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Hospital, College |
| Calgary (South) | AB | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Health Centre, University |
| Moncton | NB | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | City Hospital, College |
| Abbotsford | BC | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Regional Hospital, University |
| Guelph | ON | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | General Hospital, University |
| Red Deer | AB | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Hospital, College |
| Oshawa | ON | Walmart Supercentre | Home Depot, Costco | Hospital, University |
Note: The complete Canadian index, classified under the current four-tier system (Regional, District, Local, Fringe), is published via the gis.woodfinegroup.com platform.
See also
- Top 400 Regional Markets — North America — the full North American market set this page filters
- Regional Markets intelligence system — the co-location methodology and market selection criteria
- Co-location tier system
- Retail co-location methodology
- Retail co-location ranking system
Regional Markets index reference data from the 2026-08-07 dataset build (56 of a 112-market qualifying pool; a September 2026 rebuild superseded an earlier, incomplete 23-entry selection). The co-location anchor-network illustration above was verified against GIS platform build results as of 2 May 2026.