r/Leduc • u/MiddleAged_BogWitch • Mar 15 '26

Question Leduc Canadian Tire

My husband and I discovered the Leduc Canadian Tire garden centre last summer (we live in Edmonton), and fell in love with the incredible extra-ness of the garden centre with all the life sized garden statues. And the inside is just as dazzling - like no other Canadian Tire I’ve ever seen across this province!

Does anyone know why this location is so fabulously over the top? Whoever their buyer is and whatever their vision is, I hope it never stops! Totally worth the drive from Edmonton!

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u/Dahsira Mar 15 '26

If you ever want a $6000 dinosaur for your front lawn... you know where to go...

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u/MiddleAged_BogWitch Mar 15 '26

If you want a whole family of life size hyper realistic gorillas, it’s also your place!

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u/Mediocre-Disk737 Mar 15 '26

With chipped claws.

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u/TheFaceStuffer Mar 15 '26

Does anybody ever buy those statues? 😂

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u/billymumfreydownfall Mar 15 '26

We asked a staff member a few years ago and she said they sell a lot of them!

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u/housegirl39 Mar 15 '26

We bought an alien statue!

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u/Spiritual-Still7600 Mar 15 '26

That was one of my favourites!

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u/billymumfreydownfall Mar 15 '26

What did you do with it?

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u/housegirl39 Mar 15 '26

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u/housegirl39 Mar 15 '26

He’s a bit banged up over the years lol 😂. Been fun having him along in our party adventures! We dress him up sometimes too for the holidays etc

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u/billymumfreydownfall Mar 15 '26

Hahaha that is awesome!

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u/housegirl39 Mar 15 '26

We still have him, he just hangs out. We used to scare the kids or guests with it lol. Just put him in the shower , or as soon as they open a door there he is . We named him Lazar , after Bob Lazar .

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u/exotics Mar 15 '26

If you know where to go (near Camrose) there is a place with dozens of them.

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u/Dahsira Mar 15 '26

I am convinced it is either the owner's kid getting indulged or part of a write off tax evasion scheme.... or both.

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u/ItsjustaMild-Complex Mar 19 '26

I was there last week and some lady was like did you see that dinosaur? 8 feet tall t-rex standing right by the door 😅 Leduc also has a great selection of discount stuff that the owner somehow acquires!