Home Hardware Stores Limited Celebrates Top Dealers at National Proud of My Home Achievement Awards

Essex Home Hardware Building Centre in Southwestern Ontario Wins Walter J. Hachborn Store of the Year

TORONTO, ONTARIO – Sept. 11, 2025 – Home Hardware Stores Limited proudly announced the recipients of the annual Proud of My Home Achievement Awards at the 2025 Homecoming event in Toronto. The highest honour of the evening, the Walter J. Hachborn Store of the Year Award, was presented to Essex Home Hardware Building Centre in Essex, Ontario.

Proud of My Home Achievement Awards

All Proud of My Home Achievement Award recipients demonstrate strong staff performance, superior customer service, excellence in interior and exterior store presentation and active participation within their communities.

Congratulations to Essex Home Hardware Building Centre and the following stores, that were presented with a Proud of My Home Achievement Award:

Paul Straus Public Relations Award: Coutts Home Hardware – Forestburg, Alberta

Best Home Furniture: Beck’s Home Furniture and Appliances – Montague, P.E.I.

Best Home Hardware:

Fennell & Gage Home Hardware – Hamilton, Ont. (Central)

Kinlock Home Hardware – Stratford, P.E.I. (Eastern)

Nowco Home Hardware – Lacombe, Alta. (Western)

Quincaillerie Home Hardware - Aylmer – Gatineau, Que. (Québec)

Best Home Building Centre:

Home Building Centre - Lindsay – Lindsay, Ont. (Central)

Blackville Home Building Centre – Blackville, N.B. (Eastern)

Winnipeg Beach Home Building Centre – Winnipeg Beach, Man. (Western)

Nadeau Materiaux de Construction Inc. – Cap-d'Espoir, Que. (Québec)

Best Home Hardware Building Centre:

Essex Home Hardware Building Centre – Essex, Ont. (Central)

Bennett's Home Hardware Building Centre – Goulds, Nfld. (Eastern)

Meadow Lake Home Hardware Building Centre – Meadow Lake, Sask. (Western)

Renomax Roberval – Roberval, Que. (Québec)

Best Young Retailer:

Wellesley Home Centre, Jamie Kuepfer – Wellesley, Ont. (Central)

Richibucto Home Hardware Building Centre, Julien Richard – Richibucto, N.B. (Eastern)

Carlyle Home Hardware, Katie Gavelin – Carlyle, Sask. (Western)

Jean Denis, Limitee, Felix Antoine Moisan – Saint-Raymond, Que. (Québec)

About Home Hardware Stores Limited

Founded 60 years ago in St. Jacobs, Ontario, Home Hardware Stores Limited is proudly Canadian and the country’s largest Dealer-owned and operated home improvement retailer with more than 1,000 stores operating under the Home Hardware, Home Building Centre, and Home Hardware Building Centre banners. The Home Hardware Dealer network improves life at home by providing superior home improvement retail experiences through helpful advice and a deep understanding of the communities they serve. Home Hardware Stores Limited is designated as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies and recognized as one of Canada's Best Employers. More information about the company is available at homehardware.ca.