Do they call five-and-dimes five-and-loonies in Canada?

[PVnRT]

:shrug:

[meegbear]

1. Loonies are $1 coins

[TXlib]

3. I thought so...

See, Canada IS full of loonies...

*duck*

[TXlib]

2. Isn't the loonie the canadian dollar coin?

If so, they'd still call 'em five-and-dimes...

[PVnRT]

4. I thought dimes were loonies for some reason

Oopsie - never mind.

[DrWeird]

5. Do they have "Everything's a Loonie" stores?

If not they should.

[gator_in_Ontario]

8. yes they do

and loonie sections in more expensive stores...and nothing beats the loonie shakes at Reid's dairy!

[TrogL]

6. If I remember correctly

five-and-dimes was bought out by Woolworths, so the stores were called Woolies, but then Woolworths went under during the 70's and the whole concept disappeared until dollar stores appeared about five years ago.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

7. Let's check with leading Canadian Philosopher, Mr. Bryan Adams

'I got my first real six string
Bought it at the five and dime
Played it til my fingers bled
Was the summer of '69 '

So, to answer your question, IJSR. Yes. Yes we do.

[Lisa]

9. Loonie-and-Twonie stores ... (1$-2$)

Inflation, y'know!
I believe there's actually a chain that uses this name. Certainly, in many areas you can call a store that informally, and everybody knows which one you mean (and where it's located).