The Home Depot breaks ground for new Fort McMurray store
The 183rd Canadian store is slated to open May 2026, bringing approximately 150 new jobs to the community.
June 12, 2025 [Fort McMurray, AB] – The Home Depot Canada announced today that it will open its newest store in Fort McMurray, Alberta in Spring 2026. The store marks The Home Depot Canada’s 28th store in Alberta, expanding the country’s leading home improvement retailer’s presence in the province. The store will add approximately 150 new jobs on top of the 5,200 jobs already supported in Alberta. This store will be the northernmost Home Depot store in Canada.
“We look forward to continuing to grow in Canada. Fort McMurray is a dynamic community in the heart of a region experiencing momentum from the forestry, construction, oil and gas sectors. By investing in the Fort McMurray community, and Alberta as a whole, we can help to create wide-ranging benefits from job creation to community investments,” said Vinod Nalajala, President, The Home Depot Canada. “The store opening is an exciting step forward in support of the Wood Buffalo region while serving the hard-working northern communities with pride. We are confident our new store will provide local PRO and DIY customers with the right products and services they need to successfully complete their projects and inspire new ones.”
“We are excited to be selected as the destination for The Home Depot Canada’s 183rd store,” said Mayor Sandy Bowman. “Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo is a great place to do business, work, grow and raise a family, and this move recognizes the tremendous retail potential that exists here. We look forward to welcoming one of the world’s largest retailers and the shopping and service opportunities it creates for residents.”
For over 30 years, The Home Depot Canada has proudly served customers from coast to coast with over 30,000 Canadian associates, and supported local communities, including The Home Depot Canada Foundation’s investment of $125M by 2030 to prevent and end youth homelessness in Canada. Through semi-annual in-store Orange Door Project fundraising campaigns, our stores raise funds to benefit local charities. In addition, our associate-led volunteer force, “Team Depot,” helps to further the mission and impact of The Home Depot Canada Foundation by completing projects in local communities and also provides assistance to communities affected by natural disasters.
The Home Depot Canada Foundation announced a new community partnership with Wood Homes, including a $10,000 grant to this local youth serving agency and its Stepping Stones Youth Services program, which provides a short-term, secure haven for young people in Fort McMurray. The Home Depot Canada Foundation looks forward to Wood Homes becoming an Orange Door Project Campaign partner for The Home Depot Fort McMurray store’s future fundraising efforts.
The new Fort McMurray store will be located at Quarry Ridge Drive in Fort McMurray, AB. The store will be 80,000 square feet and feature an optimized, flexible checkout and customer service area, specialty showrooms with merchandising displays and layouts, a large garden centre, a tool rental centre, and a storage area for customers’ Buy Online Pickup in Store orders.
ABOUT THE HOME DEPOT
The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer. At the end of the fourth quarter, the company operated a total of 2,347 retail stores and over 780 branches across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The Company employs over 470,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.