- Costco has more than 100 locations in Canada.
- I visited a Costco in Niagara Falls to see how it compared to US locations in 2022.
- The Costco I visited looked identical to those in the US, but there were a few key differences.
Growing up, my parents loved Costco because they could purchase food in bulk for our family of four at low prices. I remember spending Saturday afternoons exploring the warehouse with my brother while my parents shopped for produce, snacks, and everything in between with their membership.
While Costco started in the US — its first location opened as a Price Club in 1976 in a converted airplane hangar in San Diego — the wholesale outlet is now in eight countries, including Canada, according to the company’s website.
As I learned on a trip there in 2022, Canada is home to more than 100 locations. While in the country for the first time, I stopped by a location in Niagara Falls, Ontario, to see how it would measure up to US stores.
It turns out it’s pretty similar, but I found a few things to be different.