CANADIAN TIRE FACTS/HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!

·         Canada’s most recognized brand since 1992

·         1992 John W. and Alfred J. buy the Hamilton Tire and Garage Ltd. for $1,800

·         1923 they sold Hamilton Tire and Garage Ltd. and moved to a new location. It was located at the corner of Yong and Gould  and named the store Canadian Tire Corporation

·         In 1927 they incorporated the name Canadian Tire Limited

·         In 1993 they moved the main store into an empty supermarket. They had their clerks on roller skates that would race to fill the customer’s order.

·         First gas bar opened in 1958

·         1958 Canadian tire money was introduced as gas coupons

·          1963 the first distribution center opened

·         1993 new-format of the store

·         2006 Canadian tire got a partnership with NASCAR and TSN

·         2011 Canadian tire but The Forzani Group Ltd.

·         Stores are located all across Canada

If you want more history of Canadian Tire, click on the link below.

http://corp.canadiantire.ca/EN/AboutUs/Pages/History.aspx

Canadian Tire has a NASCAR Series

Is it any surprise that Canadian Tire has a NASCAR series or even two race cars. The first race car races at the Honda Indy race located in Toronto. There second car that Canadian Tire has is in the NASCAR races. Scott Steckly drives the race care number 22 and has won 7 races in the Canadian Tire car. Honda Indy is raced in July and is raced on exhibition grounds near the lakeshore.  Canadian tire entered into racing because automotive parts are in everything that they do. The dedication that is shown by the fans is huge and they are trying to make them part of the NASCAS experience. They are thinking about making NASCAR themed events for their fans and they will be at Canadian tire stores located across Canada.



#22 Canadian tire race car at honda indy



PART SOURCE AND CANADIAN TIRE ARE ONE

For those of you that didn’t know Canadian Tire owns PartSource. PartSource is an automotive store that sells car parts. All of their staff is well trained people who now what they are talking about.  Here are some random facts about PartSource:

·         Canadian Tire founded PartSource in 1999

·         PartSource sells high end automotive parts

·         They have a 86 stores in Canada: 13 in Alberta, 6 in Saskatchewan, 6 in Manitoba, 59 in Ontario, and 3 in Nova Scotia

·         Staff is focused on putting customers first

·         There future goal is to have stores located coast-to-coats

·         You can get different deals and discounts at the store

Now you can add another store to the list of things that Canadian Tire owns. When you really look at it you can see that Canadian tire really has a lot of different stores varying different things.