Boxing Day 2024: Canada’s year of disruptions [Video]

It’s one of the busiest shopping days of the year: Boxing Day sees thousands of people head to malls and big box stores to find great deals.

“We are expecting a lot of customers,” said Hashmeet Singh, the store leader at Best Buy in Calgary. “This is going to be one of the biggest Boxing Days I have seen in a while now.”

“Give or take, between 8,000 to 10,000 people will walk into the store today,” he estimated.

But, while the bigger chain box stores are seeing the masses, for some smaller businesses, it’s been a hard holiday season.

“It’s still going to be slow, said Judy Weselowski, the manager of Book Fair in downtown Winnipeg.

2024 was full of disruptions for retailers – two port strikes, the railway dispute, and most recently, the Canada Post strike – which heavily impacted holiday deliveries. Weselowski says they have been feeling …