Canadian Tire Celebrates The Grand Opening Of Q In Mississauga

Unique petroleum retail concept provides time-starved customers with quality products and services from gasoline and coffee to fresh prepared food and groceries

(Wednesday, September 06, 2006) - In celebration of the grand opening of Q,
Canadian Tire's unique petroleum retailing concept for customers-on-the-go,
Canadian Tire offered Mississauga-area motorists 50 percent off the posted
price of gas between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. this morning. Mayor McCallion,
Councilor Eve Adams and former Maple Leaf hockey player Darryl Sittler joined
the festivities, helping customers fuel up during the busy morning rush.
Located at 5067 Dixie Road at Dixie and Eglinton in Mississauga, Ontario, the
new site helps meet customer's everyday needs by offering a selection of
quality brand name products and services under one roof, including Canadian
Tire, Starbucks, Sobeys and Tuckers Express Kitchen.
"The Q concept was introduced in 2005 to meet a specific need in the
marketplace - providing customers with products and services that meet their
everyday needs without sacrificing quality and affordability and offering it
under one convenient location to help them get what they need quickly and
easily," says Laila Zichmanis, president, Canadian Tire Petroleum. "We're
thrilled with the feedback we continue to receive regarding our Q locations
and are excited to be able to offer this totally unique retail concept to
Mississauga-area motorists."

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The Mississauga Q offering includes:
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- 12 spacious fueling positions under a distinct high Canadian Tire
canopy along with an advanced touchless carwash and 2,500 square foot
convenience market;
- a Starbucks with drive through and interior café offering the full
Starbucks Experience
- a 4,000 square foot "Sobeys Express" market customized food store
- a 1,000 square foot Tuckers Express Kitchen offering a wide selection
of high-quality fresh food prepared daily on site, including a unique
omelet and stir-fry bar.
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At the on-site Starbucks, customers can enjoy a full menu of handcrafted
espresso beverages, freshly brewed drip coffee and Tazo teas. Customers can
stop in for a great cup of coffee on the go, or they can stop and relax in the
warm and welcoming environment.
The Sobey's Express is approximately 4,000 square feet and is focused on
satisfying customer requirements for the "immediate needs" shopping occasion.
The store offering will emphasize "fresh" including fresh produce, fresh
flowers, a refrigerated deli case with cheese, meats and sandwiches.
Q also provides busy Canadians with fresh, high-quality food options from
Tuckers Express Kitchen. The 1,000 square foot area offers customers freshly
prepared meals such as made-to-order omelets and stir-fries, as well as fresh
sandwiches. With seating available, all of the selections can be enjoyed on
the go, in the restaurant, at the office or at home.
For people on the run, Q offers 12 Canadian Tire Petroleum pumps with
pay-at-the- pump convenience and an advanced touchless car wash system. Q also
offers an extended Canadian Tire convenience offering, including
confectionary, beverages, DVDs, cards and giftwrap, branded toys, magazines,
general merchandise and premium items such as Rocky Mountain chocolate.

About Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (TSX: CTC,CTC.a), Canada's
most-shopped general merchandise retailer, operates nearly 1,100 stores, gas
bars and car washes in an inter-related network of businesses engaged in
retail, financial services and petroleum. Canadian Tire Petroleum is one of
the country's largest and most productive independent retailers of gasoline,
operating 264 gas bars and 73 car washes. More than 50,000 Canadians work
across Canadian Tire's organization from coast-to-coast in the enterprise's
retail, financial services, and petroleum businesses.

For further information: on Q, please contact: Lisa Gibson, Manager,
Public and Media Relations, Canadian Tire, (416) 544-7655,
lgibson@cantire.com

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