Warehouse One Clothing Ltd. filed for creditor protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act on May 6, 2026, and will close all 128 stores operating under its Warehouse One and Bootlegger banners. The Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba granted the initial order the same day.
The company is not pursuing a restructuring or sale. Court documents state it is insolvent and unable to meet rent and payroll obligations. Alvarez and Marsal Canada Inc. has been appointed monitor. A comeback hearing is scheduled for May 15, at which the company will seek court approval to begin liquidation sales. Shoppers have until May 13 to redeem gift cards, loyalty points, and process returns.
The filing covers 982 employees across Canada. The company’s corporate office, warehouse and distribution operations are in Winnipeg, where the majority of staff are based.
Warehouse One cited three factors in its insolvency filing: competition from ultra-low-cost online fashion retailers, operational losses following its 2025 acquisition of Bootlegger, and generally poor sales. Shareholders and affiliates had advanced more than $39 million in intercompany loans since 2020 and declined to provide further funding.
The Bootlegger acquisition, completed in April 2025 after parent company Comark Holdings collapsed, added revenue but drove costs up faster. The filing does not specify total losses but notes the company could not service its senior credit facility.
Warehouse One was founded in Winnipeg in 1977. Bootlegger dates to Vancouver in 1971. The closure ends a combined retail history of more than a century across both brands.
Court updates are available at alvarezandmarsal.com/WarehouseOne.
ALBERTA (31 stores) Lloydminster, Lethbridge (Centre Village Mall), Red Deer (Gaetz Avenue Crossing), Fort McMurray, Medicine Hat, Whitecourt, Drayton Valley, St. Albert, La Crete, Olds, Cold Lake, Spruce Grove, Okotoks, Leduc, Edmonton (West Point Centre), High Level, Hinton, Calgary (Sunridge Mall), Sherwood Park (Emerald Hills), Lac La Biche, West Edmonton Mall, Calgary (CrossIron Mills), Sherwood Park (Sherwood Park Mall), Edmonton (Londonderry Mall), Red Deer (Parkland Mall, combined), Camrose (Duggan Mall, combined), Grande Prairie, Slave Lake, Strathmore, Lethbridge South, Rocky Mountain House, Peace River
BRITISH COLUMBIA (22 stores) Fort St. John, Kelowna (Spall Plaza), Prince George, Terrace, Kamloops (SmartCentres), Quesnel, Trail, Dawson Creek, Prince Rupert, Penticton, Nanaimo, Victoria (Hillside), Abbotsford, Kelowna (Orchard Park), Vernon, Kamloops (Aberdeen Mall), Salmon Arm (combined), Williams Lake, Cranbrook, Chilliwack, Langford, Smithers
MANITOBA (14 stores) Winnipeg (Garden City), Brandon (Corral Centre), The Pas, Steinbach, Winnipeg (Kildonan Place), Flin Flon, Thompson, Winkler, Winnipeg (St. Vital Centre), Selkirk, Brandon (Shoppers Mall), Portage la Prairie, Dauphin, Winnipeg (Outlet Collection)
SASKATCHEWAN (13 stores) Yorkton, Regina East, Moose Jaw, Weyburn, Meadow Lake, Humboldt, Regina (Southland Mall), Prince Albert (Gateway Mall), Swift Current (combined), North Battleford (combined), Regina (Victoria Square, combined), Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Estevan
ONTARIO (10 stores) Kenora, Dryden, Sault Ste. Marie, Cornwall, Sudbury, Timmins (combined), Lindsay (combined), Thunder Bay, Burlington, Welland
NOVA SCOTIA (4 stores) Truro, New Glasgow, Yarmouth, Dartmouth
NEWFOUNDLAND (5 stores) St. John’s, Corner Brook, Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander, Stephenville
NEW BRUNSWICK (1 store) Fredericton
YUKON (1 store) Whitehorse
PEI (1 store) Charlottetown
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