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- Beaver_Lumber abstract "Beaver Lumber was a Canadian building supply chain owned by Molson. It was once Canada's fourth largest building supply chain with 138 stores. In 2000 it was purchased by Home Hardware, a cooperative of over 1000 independent Canadian hardware stores. Beaver Lumber stores were rebranded as Home Building Centres.Beaver Lumber, once Canada’s leading supplier of lumber, building materials and related products and services, began in 1883 as the Banbury Bros. Lumber Company in Wolseley, Saskatchewan. Banbury Bros. Lumber Company bought its local rival, Gibson Lumber, in 1904 and two years later joined with the Regina Lumber and Supply Co., creating a business with twelve lumber yards. A thirst for expansion resulted in the Banbury brothers striking a deal with some Winnipeg lumber yards. A new name was needed that was in some way connected to wood, so when Edwin Banbury suggested "Beaver", the company identity was created in 1906 and would become an institution in parts of Canada for another 90 years.Beaver Lumber was a community-based business and focused on building relationships with its customers. The company eventually operated 130 stores across the country.Molson, the Montreal-based brewing giant, bought Beaver Lumber for $40 million in 1972. In 1987, Groupe Val Royal entered into a strategic agreement with the Molson Companies and acquired the Castor Bricoleur stores, located in Québec. Molson sold the retail chain to Home Hardware for $68 million in 1999.The first store opened by Edwin and his brother, Robert, was sold to the Wolseley Museum Association in 1980 and continues to be open to the public (now as Home Building Centre).Beaver Lumber's last Head Office at 7303 Warden Avenue in Markham is now home to Lyreco, Brookfield Properties and TTI.".
- Beaver_Lumber extinctionYear "2000".
- Beaver_Lumber fate "Acquired byHome Hardware".
- Beaver_Lumber foundationPlace 1906_in_Canada.
- Beaver_Lumber foundingYear "1906".
- Beaver_Lumber industry Retail.
- Beaver_Lumber locationCity Markham,_Ontario.
- Beaver_Lumber locationCountry Canada.
- Beaver_Lumber numberOfLocations "138".
- Beaver_Lumber parentCompany Molson_Brewery.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageExternalLink www.beaverlumber.ca.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageExternalLink www.homehardware.ca.
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- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageRevisionID "651668089".
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink 1906_in_Canada.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink 2000_in_Canada.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink Beaver.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink Category:Companies_based_in_Markham,_Ontario.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink Category:Companies_established_in_1906.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink Category:Defunct_retail_companies_of_Canada.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink Category:Hardware_stores_of_Canada.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink File:Beaver_Lumber_Logo.png.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink Home_Hardware.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink Markham,_Ontario.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink Molson.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink Molson_Brewery.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink Retail.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink Retailer.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink Réno-Dépôt.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLink Wolseley,_Saskatchewan.
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLinkText "Beaver Lumber".
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageWikiLinkText "Castor Bricoleur".
- Beaver_Lumber companySlogan "What Canada is Made of".
- Beaver_Lumber defunct "2000".
- Beaver_Lumber fate "Acquired by Home Hardware".
- Beaver_Lumber foundation "1906".
- Beaver_Lumber hasPhotoCollection Beaver_Lumber.
- Beaver_Lumber homepage "www.beaverlumber.ca ''".
- Beaver_Lumber industry Retail.
- Beaver_Lumber industry Retailer.
- Beaver_Lumber locationCity Markham,_Ontario.
- Beaver_Lumber locationCountry "Canada".
- Beaver_Lumber locations "138".
- Beaver_Lumber logo "200".
- Beaver_Lumber name "Beaver Lumber".
- Beaver_Lumber parent Molson.
- Beaver_Lumber parent Molson_Brewery.
- Beaver_Lumber products "Retail hardware supplies, Lumber and building materials".
- Beaver_Lumber type "Subsidiary".
- Beaver_Lumber wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Canada-company-stub.
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- Beaver_Lumber subject Category:Companies_based_in_Markham,_Ontario.
- Beaver_Lumber subject Category:Companies_established_in_1906.
- Beaver_Lumber subject Category:Defunct_retail_companies_of_Canada.
- Beaver_Lumber subject Category:Hardware_stores_of_Canada.
- Beaver_Lumber hypernym Chain.
- Beaver_Lumber type Agent.
- Beaver_Lumber type Company.
- Beaver_Lumber type Organisation.
- Beaver_Lumber type Company.
- Beaver_Lumber type Establishment.
- Beaver_Lumber type Store.
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- Beaver_Lumber comment "Beaver Lumber was a Canadian building supply chain owned by Molson. It was once Canada's fourth largest building supply chain with 138 stores. In 2000 it was purchased by Home Hardware, a cooperative of over 1000 independent Canadian hardware stores. Beaver Lumber stores were rebranded as Home Building Centres.Beaver Lumber, once Canada’s leading supplier of lumber, building materials and related products and services, began in 1883 as the Banbury Bros.".
- Beaver_Lumber label "Beaver Lumber".
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- Beaver_Lumber wasDerivedFrom Beaver_Lumber?oldid=651668089.
- Beaver_Lumber homepage www.beaverlumber.ca.
- Beaver_Lumber isPrimaryTopicOf Beaver_Lumber.
- Beaver_Lumber name "Beaver Lumber".