Charles Ogilvy Limited, or "Ogilvy's", was a department store in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1887. The "Ottawa Ogilvy's" is not to be confused with the Ogilvy's store in Montreal (Maison Ogilvy). {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada location. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th) Land 917,741 km² Water 158,654 km² (14. ...

For much of the 20th century, Ogilvy's was one of Ottawa's higher-end department stores. Constructed in 1907, its store at 126 Rideau Street (at Nicholas Street), was a thriving retail enterprise, famous for its "tartan boxes". In the 1960's, Ogilvy's opened a second location at the suburban Billings Bridge Plaza in south Ottawa. In later years, new suburban outlets at Lincoln Fields (in the west end) and Place d'Orléans (in the east end) were opened. View toward Rideau Street from Confederation Square Rideau Street is a major street in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ... The Billings Bridge shopping centre The Billings Bridge Plaza is a shopping centre located in Ottawa, Canada. ...

The expansion of national department store chains into Ottawa and the harsh economic climate of the 1980s proved disastrous for Ogilvy's. The chain merged with the southern-Ontario Robinson's chain, and operated under the Robinson-Ogilvy banner for a number of years in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Eventually, the "Ogilvy" was dropped from the store name, and the small chain became known as "Robinson's". An era in Ottawa retailing was over.

The Place d'Orléans Robinson's store was closed in 1992, and the closure of the remaining Ottawa locations followed soon thereafter. In 1996, the Hudson's Bay Company acquired the remaining assets of Robinson-Ogilvy Ltd. The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) (TSX: HBC) is the oldest corporation in Canada (and North America) and is one of the oldest in the world still in existence. ...

Ogilvy's Rideau Street store remains, although it has been vacant for a number of years. Designated under the Ontario Heritage Act in 2000, most of the building's Rideau and Nicholas Street façades will be preserved when the building is incorporated into a planned expansion of the downtown Rideau Centre shopping mall. The Rideau Centre at Christmas. ...

The former Ogilvy's department store on Rideau Street.

See Also

• List of Canadian department stores
• Murphy-Gamble