J. Pascal's Hardware And Furniture - Canadian Hotel Supplies

J. Pascal's Hardware and Furniture was a Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based chain of hardware stores and furniture stores.

History

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J. Pascal had long been a hardware chain only, but subsequently expanded to furniture retailing. Until the 1970s, the company's name was J. Pascal Hardware Co. After the furniture division was created in the 1980s, the company's corporate name became J. Pascal Inc. Although both operated under the trade name "Pascal", shared a common logo, the hardware and furniture chains were kept separate in terms of operations and outlets. The hardware stores were found mostly in enclosed shopping malls and commercial streets, while the furniture stores were in strip malls.

J. Pascal was in business for almost 90 years and operated 26 hardware and furniture stores in the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick before going bankrupt on May 16, 1991. Only the flagship hardware division was closed. The spin-off furniture division would survive another three more years before closing in 1994. After Pascal went out of business, a small furniture chain started to use the name under the trademark "Club Meubles Pascal", resulting in a legal battle with J.Pascal in 1996.

Throughout its existence J. Pascal remained a family business, belonging to three generations of the Pascal family. It was founded in 1903 by Jacob Pascal, and then taken over by his sons, Maxwell Pascal, Arthur Pascal, Hyman Pascal, and Cecil Pascal.

Pascal Hotel Supplies

Pascal Hotel Supplies wasn't affected by the bankruptcy of the parent company and was in operation until 2008. Pascal Hotel Supplies' sole store was located on Bleury Street in downtown Montreal, not far from the former headquarters of Pascal. Pascal Hotel Supplies remained the property of the Pascal family until the early 2000s. The new owners retained the Pascal name for the business until its closure in 2008.

Pascal Architectural Hardware

The remaining part of the Pascals empire specialises in hardware relating to building finishing, e.g., locks and hinges. It is located on Queen Mary Road in the CÃ´te-des-Neiges neighbourhood of Montreal.

Selected locations

The Pascal Family - Juifs d'ici - Quebec. Source : www.juifsdici.ca

This is a list of locations operated by Pascal during its lifetime.

Quebec

Dorval â€" Jardins Dorval
Greenfield Park â€" Place Greenfield Park
Lachine â€" Rue Notre Dame
Lasalle â€" Carrefour Angrignon
Lasalle â€" Rue Dollard
Laval â€" Carrefour Laval
Montreal â€" Faubourg Sainte-Catherine
Montreal â€" Galeries Normandie
Montreal â€" Place Versailles
Montreal â€" Cote des Neiges Rd.
Montreal â€" Rue de Bleury (901 Bleury Head Office and Store below)
Montreal â€" Ave Du Parc
Montreal â€" Rue de Bleury (restaurant supplies)
Pointe-Claire â€" Fairview Pointe-Claire
Quebec City/Vanier â€" Place Fleur de Lys
St-Jean-sur-Richelieuâ€" Rue Pierre Caisse (adjacent to Carrefour Richelieu)
Saint-Laurent â€" Place Vertu
Saint-Laurent â€" Centre Le Bazaar (furniture)
Saint-Leonard â€" Rue Jean-Talon Est, near Langelier Boulevard (furniture)
Saint-Leonard â€" Boulevard Shopping Centre
Sainte-Foy â€" Place Laurier
Sherbrooke â€" Carrefour de l'Estrie
Trois-RiviÃ¨res-Ouest - Carrefour Trois Rivieres Ouest
Verdun â€" Boul. Wellington
Westmount â€" Sherbrooke St.

Ontario

Brampton â€" Shoppers World Brampton (hardware)
Gloucester â€" Gloucester Centre
Mississauga â€" Dixie Outlet Mall (hardware); Hurontario Street (furniture)
Nepean â€" Merivale Road in Meadowlands Mall
Ottawa â€" Rideau Street
Scarborough â€" Warehouse (Finch Avenue East and Markham Road), store (Woodside Square at Finch Avenue East and McCowan Road)
Thornill â€" Thornhill Square
Newmarket â€" Upper Canada Mall (hardware & furniture)