Fast Facts & Timeline
Fast Facts
- Farm Boy started as a small produce only store in Cornwall, Ontario in 1981.
- Today there are 35 Farm Boy stores located throughout Ontario with more stores coming.
- Farm Boy carries hundreds of products made in Ontario including fresh produce, butcher quality meats, artisan cheese, fresh dairy and baked goods, sustainable seafood and fresh prepared foods.
- All Farm Boy stores feature Farm Boy Kitchens with fresh salad bars and hot bars serving hot and cold breakfast, lunch and dinner options.
- Farm Boy stores carry many gluten-free, organic and natural food choices.
- Farm Boy makes many of their own products from scratch without preservatives or chemicals including fresh soups, hand made sausages, burgers and kebabs, ready to cook prepared meats.
- Farm Boy carries its own line of private label products with hundreds of SKUs.
- Local suppliers have been a key feature of Farm Boy stores since 1981 and there are hundreds of local supplier products in store.
Timeline
- Our first store opened in Cornwall, ON on December 2nd, 1981
- Nepean store, 1642 Merivale Road Ottawa, ON opened on February 25th, 1996
- Hillside store – 585 Montreal Road Ottawa, ON opened on May 4th,1997
- Kanata store – 457 Hazeldean Road Ottawa, ON opened on November 2nd, 1997
- Blossom Park store 2950 Bank Street Ottawa, ON opened on July 10th, 2003
- Tenth Line Road store, 2030 Tenth Line Road Ottawa, ON opened on December 9th, 2004
- Barrhaven store, 3033 Woodroffe Avenue Ottawa, ON opened on March 16th, 2006
- Blue Heron Mall store, 1500 Bank Street Ottawa, ON opened on November 16th, 2006
- Signature Centre store, 499 Terry Fox Drive Ottawa, ON opened on June 14th, 2007
- Britannia Plaza store, 1495 Richmond Road Ottawa, ON opened on June 15th, 2011
- Stittsville store, Crossing Bridge Square, 1250 Stittsville Main Street Ottawa, ON opened on December 2nd, 2011
- Place d’Orleans Shopping Centre store, 3035 St. Joseph Boulevard Ottawa, ON opened on July 16th, 2012
- Kingston store, 940 Futures Gate Kingston, ON opened on October 2nd, 2012
- Train Yards store, 665 Industrial Avenue Ottawa, ON opened on March 14th, 2013
- Wellington South store, 1045 Wellington Road London, ON opened on June 12th, 2014
- Masonville store, Fanshawe Park Place, 109 Fanshawe Park Road East London, ON opened on March 12th, 2015
- Beaverbrook store, 1415 Beaverbrook Avenue London, ON opened on May 7th, 2015
- Whitby store, Taunton Gardens, 360 Taunton Road East Whitby, ON opened on August 27th, 2015
- Farm Boy Fresh Zone, Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, ON opened on October 11th, 2015
- Fairway store, 385 Fairway Road South Kitchener ON opened on December 3rd, 2015
- Brantford store, 240 King George Rd. Brantford, ON opened on March 17th, 2016
- Westboro store, 317 McRae Avenue Ottawa, ON opened on June 23rd, 2016
- Cambridge, 350 Hespeler Road Cambridge ON opened on September 15th, 2016
- Pickering store, Pickering Town Centre 1355 Kingston Road Pickering, ON opened on September 29th, 2016
- Farm Boy celebrated 35 years of business in Cornwall, January 18th, 2017
- CF Rideau Centre store, 50 Rideau Street Ottawa, ON opened on December 9th, 2017
- Shoppes of Alderwood (Etobicoke) store, 841 Brown’s Line Toronto, ON opened on March 1st, 2018
- Harvard Square Plaza store, 801 Mohawk Road West Hamilton, ON opened on March 22nd, 2018
- Oakwoods Centre store, 1907 Iron Oak Way, located at the corner of Upper Middle Road West and Joshuas Creek Drive, Oakville, ON opened on December 13th, 2018
- Leslie & Lakeshore store, 1005 Lake Shore Blvd East Toronto, ON opened on January 31st, 2019
- Burlington store, 3061 Walkers Line, Burlington, ON opened on December 5th, 2019
- St. Catharines store, 295 Fourth Avenue West St. Catharines, ON opened on January 30th, 2020
- Fresh urban concept store, 193 Metcalfe Street Ottawa, ON opened on March 5th, 2020
- Newmarket store, 18075 Yonge Street Newmarket, ON opened on September 3rd, 2020
- Toronto – College & Bay, 777 Bay Street Toronto, ON opened on October 1st, 2020
- Toronto – Yonge & Soudan, 2131 Yonge Street Toronto, ON opened on October 29th, 2020
- Ottawa – Train Yards (relocation – new flagship store), 830 Belfast Rd Ottawa, ON opened on November 19th, 2020
- Waterloo – King St. N & Weber St. N , 417 King Street North Waterloo, ON opened on January 7th, 2021.
- Toronto – Front & Bathurst, 33 Bathurst Street Toronto, ON scheduled to open January 21st, 2021
- Toronto – Dundas West & Auckland, 5245 Dundas West Toronto, ON scheduled to open in 2021
- Toronto – Dupont & Christie, 740 Dupont Street Toronto, ON scheduled to open in 2021
- Toronto – Harbourfront, 207 Queens Quay West Toronto, ON scheduled to open in 2021
- Oakville – Bronte, 2441 Lakeshore Road West Oakville, ON scheduled to open in 2021
- Ottawa – Greenbank, 1581 Greenbank Road Ottawa, ON scheduled to open in 2021
- Richmond Hill – Yonge St. & Silver Maple Rd., 12276 Yonge Street Richmond Hill, ON scheduled to open in 2021