[1][2] Walter Hachborn and his partner Henry Sittler organized the first meeting of independent store owners at a hotel in Kitchener, Ontario in 1963.

[2] Home Hardware Stores Limited expanded through the purchase of Beaver Lumber in 1999 after acquiring the chain from Molson Brewery for $68 million.

On October 10, 2018, Home Hardware Stores Limited appointed Kevin Macnab as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

[5] Home Hardware Stores Limited has close to 1,100 stores that operate under one of four banners:[6] Home Hardware has four distribution centres[7] located across Canada: St. Jacobs, Ontario;[8] Elmira, Ontario;[7] Debert, Nova Scotia;[9] and Wetaskiwin, Alberta.

[7] Approximately 2.5 million square feet of combined warehousing space holds over 50,000 products.