Recognition by the Industry

Home Owners are recognized repeatedly for their entrepreneurship, for their success and for their independent spirit.  At home in Canada, Home Owners have been honoured year after year by The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) and Hardware Merchandising Magazine. The following are the most recent recipients.

Young Retailer Of The Year

2010 - Patrick Guilbert, Neepawa Home Hardware,
Neepawa, Manitoba

2009 - Chris Beilhartz, Echo Bay Home Hardware Building Centre,
Echo Bay, Ontario

2008 - Maurice Chevalier, Morinville Home Hardware,
Morinville, Alberta

2007 - Adam Busscher, Picton Home Hardware,
Picton, Ontario

Almonte, Ontario

 

Outstanding Hardware Store

In the past 3 years, Home Owners have won major awards from the North American Retail Hardware Association. 

2009 Quincaillerie Home Hardware-Rimouski,
Rimouski, Quebec

2008 Windsor Home Hardware,
Windsor, Nova Scotia

2007 Home Hardware Lethbridge,
Lethbridge, Alberta

Outstanding Building Supply Home Centre (over 20,000 square feet of retail space)

2008 Home Hardware Building Centre Lloydminster,
Lloydminster, Alberta

Oustanding Building Supply/Home Centre (under 20,000 sq. ft. of retail space)

2009 Orillia Home Hardware Building Centre,
Orillia, Ontario

 

Outstanding Contractor Specialist

2009 Kamloops Home Hardware Building Centre,
Kamloops, British Columbia

2007 Home Building Centre Vernon,

Vernon, British Columbia

Recognition by Other Home Owners

The Walter J. Hachborn Store of the Year Award is Home's most prestigious honour for retail excellence. For 2010 we are proud to announce that Orillia Home Hardware Building Centre in Orillia, ON was chosen as the top Home store in Canada. Congratulations to Dealer-Owners John Locke and Bill Ecklund and their staff for their accomplishments.

Proud of My Home Achievement Awards

The Proud of My Home Achievement Awards were developed to recognize Home stores across Canada for their overall retailing excellence. They demonstrate a commitment to high performance retail standards, along with the preservation and enhancement of our Home brand in their markets. We would like to congratulate the Dealers and their staff for representing Home stores in such a professional manner. The 2010 Award recipients are:

Area 1: Seminole Home Hardware, Windsor, Ontario
Area 2: Brantford Home Hardware, Brantford, Ontario
Area 3: Smith & Hladil Home Hardware Building Centre, Owen Sound, Ontario
Area 4: Keswick Home Hardware, Keswick, Ontario
Area 5: Orillia Home Hardware Building Centre, Orillia, Ontario
Area 6: Perth Home Hardware Building Centre, Perth, Ontario
Area 7: Iroquois Falls Home Hardware, Iroquois Falls, Ontario
Area 8: Swanson's Home Hardware Building Centre, Kitchener, Ontario
Area 9: Callbecks Home Hardwawre Building Centre, Summerside, Prince Edward Island
Area 10: Proudfoot's Home Hardware, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Area 11: Carbonear Home Hardware Building Centre, Carbonear, Newfoundland
Area 12: Selkirk Home Hardware Building Centre, Selkirk, Manitoba
Area 13: Richards Home Hardware, Nipawin, Saskatchewan
Area 14: Home Building Centre - Vernon, Vernon, British Columbia
Area 15: Hauser Home Hardware Building Centre, Camrose, Alberta
Area 16: Pioneer Home Hardware Building Centre - Campbell River, Campbell River, British Columbia
Area 17: Timberjack Home Hardware Building Centre, Edson, Alberta
Area 25: Ville-Marie Home Hardware, Ville-Marie, Quebec
Area 26: Quincaillerie Home Hardware - Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec

Gold Star Awards for Home Furniture

Eastern Canada: Island Home Furniture, Grand Manan, New Brunswick
Central Canada: Gananoque Home Furniture, Gananoque, Ontario
Western Canada: B & M Home Furniture, Olds, Alberta