About The North West

The North West Company Inc. operates as a retailer to rural and remote communities and urban neighbourhoods in various regions, including northern Canada, western Canada, rural Alaska, the South Pacific and the Caribbean. The company’s stores offer a range of products and services with an emphasis on food. Its value offer is to be the best local shopping choice for everyday household and lifestyle needs. The company delivers its products and services through the following retail, wholesale and complimentary businesses. Canadian Operations 119 Northern stores, offering a combination of food, financial services and general merchandise to remote northern Canadian communities. 6 NorthMart stores, targeted at larger northern markets with an emphasis on an expanded selection of fresh foods, apparel and health products and services. 16 Quickstop convenience stores, offering extended hours, ready-to-eat foods, fuel and related services in northern Canadian markets. 41 Giant Tiger (GT) junior discount stores, offering family fashion, household products and food to urban neighbourhoods and larger rural centers in western Canada. 1 Valu Lots discount center and direct-to-customer food distribution outlet for remote communities in Canada. 1 Solo Market store, targeted at less remote, rural markets. 1 Tim Hortons stand-alone franchise restaurant located in a northern market. 1 Wally's Drug Store, a stand-alone northern pharmacy and convenience store. 2 North West Company Fur Marketing outlets, trading in furs and offering Indigenous handicrafts and authentic Canadian heritage products. Crescent Multi Foods, a distributor of produce and fresh meats to independent grocery stores in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northwestern Ontario. North West Telepharmacy Solutions, the leading provider of contract tele-pharmacist services to rural hospitals and health centres across Canada. Transport Nanuk Inc. and North Star Air Ltd., water and air-based transportation businesses, respectively, serving northern Canada. International Operations 27 Alaska Commercial Company stores, similar to Northern and NorthMart, offering a combination of food and general merchandise to communities across remote and rural regions of Alaska. 5 Quickstop convenience stores within rural Alaska. Pacific Alaska Wholesale (PAW), a distributor to independent grocery stores, commercial accounts and individual households in rural Alaska. 12 Cost-U-Less mid-sized warehouse stores, offering discount food and general merchandise products to island communities in the South Pacific and the Caribbean. 1 Island Fresh IGA Supermarket neighborhood food store in Guam, offering convenience with an emphasis on fresh and prepared foods. 5 Riteway Food Markets, 1 Cash and Carry store and a significant wholesale operation (collectively RTW) in the British Virgin Islands. History The North West Company Inc. was founded in 1668.