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Originally Posted by someone123
If you look at the rest of the country, there aren't any large regions left that won't be well-covered by IKEA when the new round of stores opens up. Atlantic Canada was unique as far as being a region with over 2 million people without an IKEA within even a few hours' drive.
There are still places like Vancouver Island and Saskatchewan that don't have IKEA but they have a smaller population than the Maritimes and they already have regional stores. I'm guessing they will eventually get pick-up locations, and that there may be one or two pick-up locations within Atlantic Canada (e.g. St. John's?).
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I can definitely see Saskatchewan with a full-size, in either Saskatoon or Regina (Sask is larger, Regina is the capital and more of an entertainment centre) while the other gets a pick-up, I'll leave that for them to fight out between themselves.
Not sure about Victoria. Likely a pick-up location given the surrounding population and proximity to Vancouver.
There seems to be nearly unlimited uptake capacity in Southern Ontario, many places that I'd not be surprised to see a pick-up location or full-size.
Quebec is probably well served by the pick-up in QC, two stores (including the largest) in Montreal and the full-size in Ottawa. And consider the very real possibility that over the next decade, depending on performance, that some pick-up location markets get upgraded to full-size, especially QC and London.
In the east, maybe a pick-up in Moncton or maybe one in St.John's, but maybe not. That may be too much concentration in an area with a small population and geography. There are many similar sized cities spread further across this vast country.
That list gets us in the vicinity of five more stores, but I'm just really throwing darts. As I said, I couldn't hazard a guess as to the rest of the country, places like Prince George, Kelowna, Red Deer, Brandon, Thunder Bay, etc. The distances are so far-flung in the majority of Canada, any of them could potentially have a pick-up location to you know, make IKEA more accessible to all Canadians.