Today's post will be a look back on Lowe's Canadian operations from their 2007 launch till the sale of their stores in 2023. Early stores Lowe's held grand openings for their first three Canadian stores between December 14th -16th, 2007. Thanks to the Wayback Machine, I was able to find a list of the first three Lowe’s stores to open in Canada from a December 2007 archive of the Lowe's website. All of these stores are still operating as Rona+ at the time of writing. Hamilton - 1945 Barton St E, Hamilton, ON L8H 2Y7 - First location to open in Canada. Brantford - 215 Henry St, Brantford, ON N3S 7R4 South Brampton - 370 Kennedy Rd S, Brampton, ON L6W 4V2 Rona acquisition and rise Lowe's would end up acquiring Quebec-based home improvement chain Rona in 2016 after a rejected attempt in 2012. Following the Rona acquisition, Lowe's opened a few more locations under both brands and converted some lRona Home and Garden stores to the Lowe's brand as they wanted ...