retail department & discount fate acquired by home hardware founded 1906 defunct 2000 headquarters markham ontario canada number of locations 138 2000 products retail hardware supplies lumber and building materials parent molson website www.beaverlumber.ca redirects to www.homehardware.ca beaver lumber was a canadian building supply chain owned by molson . it was once canada s fourth largest building supply chain with 138 stores . in 2000 it was purchased by home hardware a cooperative of over 1000 independent canadian hardware stores . beaver lumber stores were rebranded as home building centres . beaver lumber once canada s leading supplier of lumber building materials and related products and services began in 1883 as the banbury bros. lumber company in wolseley saskatchewan . 1 banbury bros. lumber company bought its local rival gibson lumber in 1904 and two years later joined with the regina lumber and supply co. creating a business with twelve lumber yards . a thirst for expansion resulted in the banbury brothers striking a deal with some winnipeg lumber yards . a new name was needed that was in some way connected to wood so when edwin banbury suggested beaver the company identity was created in 1906 and would become an institution in parts of canada for another 90 years . beaver lumber was a community based business and focused on building relationships with its customers . the company eventually operated 130 stores across the country . molson the montreal based brewing giant bought beaver lumber for 40 million in 1972 . in 1987 groupe val royal entered into a strategic agreement with the molson companies and acquired the castor bricoleur stores located in qu bec . 2 molson sold the retail chain to home hardware for 68 million in 1999 . the first store opened by edwin and his brother robert was sold to the wolseley museum association in 1980 and continues to be open to the public now as home building centre . beaver lumber s last head office at 7303 warden avenue in markham is now home to lyreco brookfield properties and tti . references edit beaver lumber . encyclopedia of saskatchewan . university of regina . retrieved 2011 03 21 . home about reno depot our history . retrieved 2011 11 05 . this article about a canadian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title beaver lumber & oldid 651668089 categories defunct retail companies of canadacompanies based in markham ontariocompanies established in 1906hardware stores of canadacanadian company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall 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 16 march 2015 at 18 37 . 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