Central, Your Partner In Home Improvement is a home improvement

Home improvement

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 retailer that operates seven locations in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada

Canada

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. The first store opened in Antigonish

Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Antigonish is a Canadian town in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. The town is home to St. Francis Xavier University and the oldest continuous highland games in North America.-History:...

 in 1976 under the name S&D Smith Central Supplies Limited. Since 1988, Central has opened a number of new stores in the big box format, beginning when the New Glasgow

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

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 store moved into a 70000 sq ft (6,503.2 m²). former Kmart

Kmart

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 location. The stores in both Sydney

Sydney, Nova Scotia

Sydney is a Canadian urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....

and Antigonish were also replaced with new 50000 sq ft (4,645.2 m²). stores in 2001 and 2005 respectively. The former Antigonish store has been converted into the distribution centre for the chain.

From the mid-1990s until 2004, the store was known as Central Home Improvement Warehouse.