1990
Rick and Craig, two childhood friends from Virden Manitoba, open our first retail store at 12th and Cambie in Vancouver. Shortly after, Sébastien joins the company and he's still with us today. The three could be seen driving around in purple vans delivering furniture..
2001
The 90's are in the rear-view mirror and nine Urban Barn stores can be found from BC to Manitoba. Ontario followed with our first store on Queen Street West in Toronto. Drop by and say hi if you're in the neighbourhood.
2007
Time to really grow! Enter the Stern Group, who would eventually become majority owner of Urban Barn. Today we remain 100% Canadian owned.
2010
Retail ace Linda Letts, joins Urban Barn as its new President. Sales and expansion accelerate. Rick and Craig retire.
2012
The first year of Blanket the Country in Warmth is launched where for every $5 donation, we deliver a new fleece blanket to a local shelter. The campaign continues to reach more and more Canadians in need every year.
2015
We open our first two stores in Quebec and launch our online store.
2016
To further support the communities where we live and work we launched the Give & Take program in Ontario allowing home delivery customers to have their old furniture picked up and donated to Habitat for Humanity.
2020
Urban Barn gets a brand makeover with a refreshed look, updated logo and newly designed website.
2022
In tandem with our grand opening in Windsor, ON, Urban Barn rolls out a brand new store design.
TODAY
We are firmly planted in over 55 communities from BC to Quebec and have over 650 team members.