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{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name =
| trade_name = Sport Chek
| logo = SportChek logo.svg
| image = Edmonton (21374474908).jpg
| image_caption = The Sport Chek/Atmosphere at [[West Edmonton Mall]] in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]] in 2015
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation =
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| area_served = Canada
| founder =
| parent = FGL Sports (1991–2011)<br> [[Canadian Tire]] (2011–present)
| owner =
| key_people = Stephen Brinkley (president)
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[[File:SportChekPromenade.JPG|thumb|A Sport Chek store in [[Promenade (shopping centre)|The Promenade Shopping Centre, Thornhill, Ontario]] with a very rare sign, without the red check. This is now closed and replaced by Designer Row Express]]
'''Sport-Chek International 2000 Ltd.''' ([[doing business as]] '''Sport Chek''') is the largest Canadian retailer of sporting clothing and sports equipment, with 191 stores throughout Canada as of 2020. It is the only national big box sporting goods retailer in Canada, although it is absent in the [[Northwest Territories]] and [[Nunavut]], while [[Quebec]] and [[Yukon]] are served by its sister brand [[Sports Experts]] instead. Its parent company, [[FGL Sports]], also owns over a dozen sporting brands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fglsports.com/fglprofile.html |title=Sport Chek |website=FGL Sports |accessdate=23 May 2019}}</ref>
In 2011, [[Canadian Tire]] bought out full corporate ownership stakes of Sport Chek's parent company, [[FGL Sports]] (then known as Forzani), for $771 million, and has since embarked on a large scale brand restructuring.
New Sport Chek stores with Samsung OLED screens, tablets, and high tech were opened at [[West Edmonton Mall]] in 2014, Square One and Yorkdale in 2015, and a flagship SportChek/Atmosphere opened in [[Sherway Gardens]] in the GTA in July 2016.<ref>
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==See also==
* [[
* [[Sports Experts]] – equivalent in Quebec
* [[Mark's]] (formerly Mark's Work Wearhouse) – another unit of [[Canadian Tire]]
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