Walmart Canada will open a new supercentre at Place d’Orléans Shopping Centre, taking over the former Hudson’s Bay space.
The two-level store, expected to be open in 2027, will feature a full grocery offering, full general merchandise assortment, a pharmacy and pickup and delivery service.
“As we continue to announce new stores as part of our $6.5-billion investment in Canada announced last year, we’re proud to introduce this new two-level Supercentre in Ottawa’s Place d’Orléans mall,” Shawn Fujiki, senior director of real estate at Walmart Canada, said in a news release Tuesday.
Patrick Sullivan, president and chief operating officer of Primaris REIT, owner of Place d’Orléans, said the 115,500-square-foot unit will allow the mall’s newest anchor tenant to offer “a compelling, high-quality retail offering that meaningfully enhances the property’s merchandising mix.”
“The opening of Walmart at Place d’Orléans represents a significant milestone for the centre … Walmart is a proven traffic driver, and we expect its presence to materially increase footfall and create incremental opportunities for our existing retailers, while also supporting continued tenant demand and future merchandising enhancements across the centre,” Sullivan said in the release.
The announcement is part of Walmart’s broader investment in Canada and its continued expansion across Ontario, according to the release.
Walmart Canada operates 150 stores in Ontario, including 10 in Ottawa. Once an anchor tenant at Place d’Orléans, Walmart shuttered in 2006 to make way for Zellers.
Five Hudson’s Bay stores in the National Capital Region, including the one at Place d’Orléans, closed in June 2025 after the company filed for creditor protection in March. Since then, there has been some speculation as to what would fill the spaces.
In October 2025, Candice Lerner-Fry, head of the retail leasing division in the Ottawa office of Marcus & Milichap, told OBJ that she had spoken with representatives Bayshore Shopping Centre, Place d’Orléans and St. Laurent Shopping Centre and was told all three malls had candidates to fill the vacancies left when the Canadian department store chain closed its stores.
In late April, OBJ reported that the former Bay store on Rideau Street had been acquired by a numbered company in an agreement signed by Claridge Homes chief financial officer Neil Malhotra.
