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A third grocery co-op opens on Hamilton Road
Members put up $180,000. The city's own food-access map says the neighbourhood has waited a decade.
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By Ellis Bhandari
August 31, 2026
August 31, 2026
Four hundred and ten members raised $180,000 in shares to open a grocery co-op in a Hamilton Road unit vacant since 2021.
The city's food-access mapping has flagged the area as underserved in every update since 2015. A municipal grant covered $40,000 of the fit-out; the rest is member capital and a credit-union loan.
The co-op will open five days a week to start, with a stated goal of seven by spring.
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