1992 1992 in toronto ontario canada headquarters toronto ontario canada number of locations 65 parent town shoes slogan great brands . smart prices . website theshoecompany.com shoe company store in thornhill ontario the shoe company is a canadian shoe and apparel store originating from the greater toronto area . they currently operate 65 stores from victoria british columbia to st. john s newfoundland and labrador . leonard simpson is the founder of town shoes and had predicted a growth opportunity for footwear to be sold in a big box format . he then created the shoe company and has also recently purchased the western canada based shoe warehouse . since 1994 the shoe company has been the leading brand name for the shoe company conglomerate town shoes . see also edit town shoes external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to the shoe company . the shoe company s official site this business related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the shoe company & oldid 711626421 categories business stubscompanies based in torontohidden categories commons category template with no category setcommons category without a link on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 march 2016 at 23 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view