Popularity ranking · Canada

The 100 most popular Department Stores in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest department stores in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 310 department stores tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Metro (department store), Holt Renfrew and Macy's lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 17M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 303k, and the largest, Metro (department store), reaches around 13M people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each department store, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Canada. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Canada, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Canada. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Metro (department store) 13M 46.6 57.2% Department store
2 Holt Renfrew 2.1M 43.8 68.3% Department store
3 Macy's 1.4M 36.7 69.1% Department store
4 Waterloo, Iowa 963k 39.7 58.1% Department store
5 Liberty 810k 42.0 41.6% Department store
6 Independence 720k 41.5 54.6% Department store
7 Palo Alto, California 680k 41.3 68.5% Department store
8 Napoleon, Ohio 560k 38.9 20.9% Department store
9 Cleveland 491k 41.0 42.7% Department store
10 White House, Tennessee 411k 40.4 84.9% Department store
11 Cambridge 374k 40.1 59.6% Department store
12 La Crosse, Wisconsin 360k 39.0 61.7% Department store
13 Washington, D.C. 350k 40.3 49.4% Department store
14 Auburn Hills, Michigan 316k 41.3 24.7% Department store
15 Minneapolis 299k 40.0 54.6% Department store
16 Carnation, Washington 274k Department store
17 Mulberry, Florida 247k 31.2 43.5% Department store
18 Mountain View, California 232k 36.9 53.0% Department store
19 Canyon 215k 40.4 50.9% Department store
20 Bishop, California 203k 45.0 45.3% Department store
21 Mesa 180k 48.8 50.0% Department store
22 Logan, Utah 178k 42.9 41.6% Department store
23 Hilo, Hawaii 173k 44.6 37.8% Department store
24 Montebello, California 152k 29.1 44.8% Department store
25 Whitefish, Montana 150k 44.9 64.8% Department store

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular department stores compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada and ranks each department store by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest department store in Canada?

Metro (department store) currently leads with an estimated audience of 13M people in Canada.

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