Staples Canada is a Canadian retailer of office supplies, technology, furniture, school supplies and print services, running close to 300 stores plus staples.ca, Staples Print and Staples Studio co-working spaces. It also serves businesses through B2B brands such as Staples Professional and Staples Preferred. Founded in 1991 as The Business Depot and headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, it is owned by Sycamore Partners and operated as a separately managed company from the US Staples businesses, with 11,000+ associates.