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2024 ORA Winners
Best Hardware or Paint Store -Cloverdale Paint Store #71, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
From left: Steve Urchinson, VP Branch Operations; Joelle Cohn, National Hardware Show (award sponsor); Richard White, Manager.
Best Building Supply/Home Centre (under 15,000 square feet) – BMR Pro Brae-Con Building Supplies, Elmvale, Ontario
From left: Julie Begley and George Begley, Owners; Yves St-Cyr, BP of Canada (award sponsor)
Best Building Supply/Home Centre (over 15,000 square feet) – Brideco BMR, St-Honoré, Quebec
From left: François Dionne and Caroline Dionne, Owners; Susan Albizre, JELD-WEN (award sponsor)
Best Contractor Specialist Store – Mission Building Supplies (Castle Building Centres Group) Edmonton, Alberta
From left: Jaques Desrosiers, Johns Manville (award sponsor); Don and Nicole Clement, Owners; Yanick Miron, Taiga Building Supplies (award sponsor)
Best Large Surface Retailer – E.G. Penner Building Centre (Sexton Group), Steinbach, Manitoba
From left: Maxime Cardinal, TREX (award sponsor); Gerry Thiessen, VP Building Material; Linda Penner, President; Judy Penner, Vice President; Markus Lange, VP Sales and Operations
Retail Spirit – RONA Forget, Mont-Tremblant, Quebec
From left, back row: Bruno Di Rubbo, acceo (award sponsor); Patricia Lachance, acceo; Benoit Forget, Co-Owner; Francis Forget, Co-Owner; Marc Leblanc, acceo; Carl Roberge, acceo. Front row: Celine Hamil, Dir. Finance; Valerie Forget, Co-Owner;
Young Retailer of the Year – Phylip Savard-Tremblay, Quincaillerie Tremblay Laroche Inc. (Castle Building Centres Group), Métabetchouan-Lac-à-la-Croix, Quebec
From left: Marc Tremblay, Co-Owner, Natalie Savard, award winner’s mother; Phylip Savard-Tremblay, Co-Owner; Sarah Hounslow, BMF (award sponsor)
Marc Robichaud Community Leader – Buck’s Home Building Centre, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
From left: Ryan and Julie Buck, Owners; Michael Foltin, JRTech (award sponsor)
All Time ORA Winners…
2023
Hydway Hardware (independent), Fort Vermilion, Alberta
Nova Scotia Building Supplies (Castle), Blockhouse, Nova Scotia
Centre de renovation Marieville Home Hardware, Marieville, Quebec
The Cedar Shop (Sexton), Calgary, Alberta
RONA+ Whitby, Whitby, Ontario
Hodgins Building Centre (Castle), Wingham, Ontario
Barry Eidt, Arthur Ace Hardware, Arthur, Ontario
Nowco Home Hardware, Lacombe, Alberta
2022
Quincaillerie Jean Denis (Home Hardware), St. Raymond, Que.
Grunthal Lumber (Castle), Grunthal, Man.
Grande Prairie Home Hardware Building Centre, Grande Prairie, Alta.
Pierre Naud Inc. (BMR), Trois-Rivieres, Que.
Lowe’s Pickering, Pickering, Ont.
Gander Bay Building Supplies (Castle), Victoria Cove, N.L.
Mathieu Moisan and Marianne Moisan, Owners, Paulin Moisan Inc. (BMR), St-Raymond, Que.
RONA Fort Erie, Fort Erie, Ont.
2021
Gravenhurst Home Hardware, Gravenhurt, Ont.
Bulkley Valley Home Centre, Telkwa, B.C
GrandErie Home Hardware Building Centre, Dunnville, Ont.
RONA Cowansville, Cowansville, Que.
RONA Kelowna, Kelowna, B.C.
Annapolis Home Hardware Building Centre, Annapolis Royal, N.S.
Jillian Sexton, Co-Owner of Sherwood TIMBER MART, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Gibsons Building Supplies, Gibsons, B.C.
2019
Windsor Home Hardware, Windsor, Ont.
Norquay Co-op, Norquay, Sask
Cobourg Home Hardware Building Centre, Cobourg, Ont.
Lowe’s Calgary Crowfoot, Calgary, Alta.
Wolf Creek Building Supplies, Lacombe, Alta.
Wood Works of Renfrew, Renfrew, Ont.
RONA L’entrepôt (Le Plateau), Gatineau, Que.
Ace Victory Building Supplies, Mackenzie, B.C.
2018
Quincaillerie Sainte-Julie, Sainte-Julie, Que.
Ace Building Centre-Kaslo, Kaslo, B.C.
Matériaux JLS-BMR, Bryson, Que.
Lowe’s South Windsor, Windsor, Ont.
Form & Build Supply, London, Ont.
Tyler Dueck, RONA Valley Enterprises, Rosenort, Man.
Fort St. John Home Hardware Building Centre, Fort St John, B.C.
2017
Materiaux Armand Dumares, Gaspé, Que.
Discovery Co-op, North Battleford, Sask.
Gow’s Home Hardware, Bridgewater, N.S.
Haney Builders Supplies, Maple Ridge, B.C.
Lowe’s Barrie, Barrie, Ont.
RONA Penticton, Penticton, B.C.
Sayer Home Hardware, Hagersville, Ont.
2016
Brantford Home Hardware, Brantford, Ont.
Home Building Centre-Salmon Arm, Salmon Arm, B.C.
Vanderhoof and Districts Co-op Home Centre, Vanderhoof, B.C.
Sen Western Wholesale Lumber (TIMBER MART) in Vancouver, B.C.
RONA Home & Garden, Kelowna, B.C.
Cindy Caron and Raphaël D’Amours, Quincaillerie Palmarolle (TIMBER MART), Palmarolle, Que.
Orillia Home Hardware Building Centre, Orillia, Ont.
2015
Les Enterprises Nova Centre, Rawdon, Que.
W. Filsinger & Sons, Guelph, Ont.
Harris Home Hardware, London, Ont.
RONA Golden Mile, Scarborough, Ont.
Contractor First by RONA, Calgary, Alta.
Josh Beusekom, TRU Fort Macleod, Fort Macleod, Alta.
LBH Building Supplies, St. Albert, Alta.
2014
Rocky Mountain House Co-op, Rocky Mountain House, Alta.
Gananoque Home Hardware, Gananoque, Ont.
Sutton Home Hardware, Sutton West, Ont.
Erin Mills RONA, Mississauga, Ont.
Alf Curtis Home Improvements, Peterborough, Ont.
Nancy Powell-Quinn – Moffatt & Powell RONA, London, Ont.
Hickey’s TIM-BR MART, St.John’s, Nfld.
2013
POPS Home Hardware, High Prairie, Alta.
RONA Kemptville Building Centre, Kemptville, Ont.
Wellington Home Hardware, Wellington, Ont.
Chad Sonnenburg – Sonnenburg RONA, Massey, Ont.
TRU Hardware Breton, Breton, Alta.
2011
Hook’s RONA, Cloyne, Ont.
Pioneer HHBC Campbell River, B.C.
Reno-Depot Rimouski, Rimouski, Que.
Chris Galer – POCO Building Supplies Port Coquitlam, B.C.
Proudfoot’s Home Hardware Building Centre Pictou, N.S.
Dick’s Lumber, Surrey, B.C.
Renfrew HHBC, Renfrew, Ont.
2010
Gow’s Home Hardware, Bridgewater, N.S.
Drummond BMR, Marmora, Ont.
Invermere HH Building Centre, Invermere, B.C.
RONA Windsor Home & Garden, Windsor, Ont.
Interlakes Building Supplies(RONA), Lone Butte, B.C.
Brandon Ford – Albertson’s Home Center (TIM-BR MART), Parksville, B.C.
Capital Building Supplies Ltd. (RONA), Prince George, B.C.
2009
Orillia HH Building Centre, Orillia, Ont.
Home Hardware Rimouski, Rimouski, Que.
Kamloops HH Building Centre, Kamloops, B.C.
Canadian Tire, Grimsby, Ont.
RONA Penticton, Penticton, B.C.
RONA Mont-Laurier, Mont-Laurier, Que.
2008
Windsor Home Hardware, Windsor, N.S.
RONA Black Diamond, Black Diamond, Alta.
Lloydminster HHBC, Lloydminster, Alta.
Stephens Home Centre (RONA), Sydney, N.S.
Duncan RONA, Duncan, B.C.
Doug Lemieux, L.B.H. Building Supplies (TIMBRMART), St. Albert, Alta.
2007
Lethbridge HH, Lethbridge, Alta.
Vernon HH Building Centre, Vernon, B.C.
RONA Regina, Regina, Sask.
Woodland TIM-BR Mart, Grande Prairie, Alta.
Groupe Yves Gagnon BMR, Cheneville, Que.
RONA Hardware, Newcastle, Ont.
2006
Osoyoos Home Hardware, Osoyoos, B.C.
Totem Building Supplies, St. Albert Alta.
R.A. Warner Building Supplies, Lyndhurst, Ont.
Sherwood BMR, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
The Home Depot—Park Royal, West Vancouver, B.C.
Ryan Hare, KMS Tools, Coquitlam, B.C.
2005
Grunthal Lumber, Grunthal, Man.
The Home Depot Canada, Toronto, Ont.
Milton HH Building Centre, Milton, Ont.
RONA L’entrepot, Anjou, Que.
TIM-BR Mart, Kincardine, Ont.
TIM-BR Mart, Vegreville, Alta.
2004
Angileri Lumber, Windsor, Ont.
Claude Forget Inc., Mont-Tremblant, Que.
Nauss TIM-BR Mart, Bridgewater, N.S.
Tracadie Home Hardware, Tracadie, N.B.
Westbank Home Hardware, Westbank, B.C.
2002
Canadian Tire, Oakville, Ont.
Dolly’s Home Hardware, Qualicum Beach, B.C.
Fines HH Building Centre, Shelburne, Ont.
Payzant Building Products, Sackville, N.S.
Smyth’s True Value, Port Hardy, B.C.
2003
Alf Curtis Home Improvements, Peterborough, Ont.
Bishop’s Do-it Centre, Bay Roberts, Nfld.
Macleod’s True Value, Merritt, B.C.
RONA-Revy Home & Garden, Vancouver, B.C.
Schurman Building Supplies, Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Quincaillerie St-Jean-Baptiste, Quebec City, Que.
2001
Executive Home Building Centre, Red Deer, Alta.
Perth Home Hardware, Perth, Ont.
RONA Le Regional, Granby, Que.
Sylvan Lake True Value, Sylvan Lake, Alta.
W.S. Building Products, Lacombe, Alta.
2000
Burg & Johnson Builder’s Supply, Powell River, B.C.
The Home Depot Canada, Toronto, Ont.
Macleod’s True Value, Golden, B.C.
Maplegrove Home Hardware, Oakville, Ont.
Pierceys Building Supplies, Tantallon, N.S.
Rona L’entrepot, Saint-Bruno, Que.
1999
Beaver Lumber, Alliston, Ont.
J&H Builder’s Warehouse, Saskatoon, Sask.
Lansing Buildall, Scarborough, Ont.
Macleod’s True Value, Slave Lake, Alta.
Reno Depot, Montreal, Que.
1998
Centre de renovation J.O. Levesque, Bedford, Que.
The Home Depot Canada, Toronto, Ont.
Gray-Mart True Value, Seeley’s Bay, Ont.
The Home Depot—Kitchener, Kitchener, Ont.
Lansing Buildall, Mississauga, Ont.
1997
Centre de renovation Pro Landry, Edmunston, N.B.
Hensall District Co-operative, Hensall, Ont.
Mountain Building Centres, Squamish, B.C.
South Cambridge HH, Cambridge, Ont.
Westgate Village HH, Cambridge, Ont.
1996
Canadian Tire Corp., Toronto, Ont.
Novico Novi-Mart, Pintendre, Que.
Lumberland SuperCentre, Surrey, B.C.
Maplegrove Home Hardware, Oakville, Ont.
Preston Hardware, Ottawa, Ont.
1995
Handee Hardware True Value, Sexsmith, Alta.
Centre de renovation Prud’homme, Repentigny, Que.
Comox Builder’s Supply, Comox, B.C.
Harrison’s Building Centre, Amherst, N.S.
Revy Home & Garden, Edmonton, Alta.
Westlock Building Supplies, Westlock, Alta.
1994
Buckhorn Pro Hardware, Buckhorn, Ont.
Central Builder’s Supply, Courteny, B.C.
Guelph Pro Hardware, Guelph, Ont.
Hunter’s True Value, Melfort, Sask.
Materiaux Carrefour, Sherbrooke, Que.
Quigley Pro Hardware, Cobourg, Ont.
Quincaillerie Bromont, Bromont, Que.
Totem Building Supplies, Calgary, Alta.
Twin Cities Hardware, Labrador City, Nfld.
1993
Beaver Lumber, Toronto, Ont.
Kingan HH, Peterborough, Ont.
Macleods True Value, High Prairie, Alta.
Maglio Building Centre, Nelson, B.C.
Materiaux Inovaco, Gatineau, Que.
McMunn & Yates Do-it Centre, Brandon, Man.
Menard Renovation Centre, Cornwall, Ont.
Quincaillerie Lambert, Montreal, Que.
Stirling Homecare, Stirling, Ont.
1992
Beaver Lumber, Toronto, Ont.
Gow’s HHBC, Bridgewater, N.S.
Penticton HHBC, Penticton, B.C.
Sun Glo Home Improvement Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.
