Starbucks closes its first Canadian store location in Richmond, BC

Starbucks in Beijing, China. Photo by Sue Frause.

Starbucks Corp. is shutting down its first-ever store in Canada, the Aberdeen Centre location in Richmond, B.C. There are nine other Starbucks stores in Richmond and a total of 365 Starbucks in British Columbia. Here are the number of Starbucks in the other provinces:

• Alberta 211
• Manitoba 48
• New Brunswick 7
• Newfoundland-Labrador 3
• Nova Scotia 8
• Ontario 322
• Quebec 40
• Saskatchewan 15
• Yukon 2

In an online story on cbcnews.ca, the Seattle-based coffee retailer said "the decision to close was caused by current economic conditions and because the location itself was under-performing."