Army & Navy canada

Samuel Joseph Cohen opened the first Army & Navy location in on West Hastings Street in 1919, selling stock from closing, or destroyed stores, and

A second store was opened in on Scarth Street in 1920, and a third location was opened in in 1928 on 104th Street. A fourth store opened in (Saskatchewan) in 1933. Army & Navy opened a store in (British Columbia) in 1939, bringing the total to 6 stores. An additional Edmonton store, located at 97th Street and 103rd Avenue in the north end, was opened in 1955 and renovated and enlarged in 1968, and in 1969, Army & Navy also renovated and doubled the size of its Regina location.

With the death of Samuel Cohen in 1966, Garth C. Kennedy became president of the company, with Jack D. Cohen as vice-president. In 1973, Army & Navy took over a former at 21st Street and 3rd Avenue, a location now occupied by the . In 1978, the New Westminster store moved into the former Eaton's store at 502 Columbia Street which closed in late 1977 a few blocks away and remains there today, the store was very little renovated from its days as an Eaton's store, and in 1980, an eighth location was opened in at 1107 33rd Street NE. In 1998, Garth Kennedy died and the company was turned over to Jacqui Cohen. In 2000, the Moose Jaw store closed, followed soon after by the other two Saskatchewan stores. A new store was opened in 2001, and in Edmonton in 2003 in the Londonderry Mall.

Army & Navy ran a business from 1925-1986, making it one of the longest running Canadian department store catalogue