Canadian Footwear Retail Store & Clearance Centre

Canadian Footwear specializes in footwear, socks, insoles and accessories with a focus on proper fit, comfort and amazing personal service. Getting your feet measured and having someone actually fit the footwear on your feet is what you can expect at any of our three Winnipeg locations. Our focus is on providing product from only the top brands in the industry and insist on offering sizing and width options that most other shoe stores just can’t match. Come in and experience the “We Fit You” experience for yourself.

Established in 1932.
The Winnipeg-based company has since gone through many changes – as a wholesaler from the 30s through the 50s, as a footwear discounter from the late 50s, and competing with the big box retailers through the 70s until the late 80s. After the passing of his mother and father in the late 80’s, Brian Scharfstein, along with his partner Pam Cipryk bought the company from the estate. After experiencing minor health problems Brian saw a specialist who put arch supports – orthotics – in his shoes to ease some pain in his knees. That was when the light bulb went off in his head – offer additional services to better fill customers’ needs. Brian went on to become a Certified Pedorthist, a “foot pharmacist” who dispenses “medication” in the form of socks, orthotics and shoes. This marked a significant change in the company. Canadian Footwear began to specialize, focusing on our customers’ needs, providing education, service and the best in quality footwear and accessories. “We Fit You”

Brian S.
Business Owner
Brian Scharfstein is a Canadian Pedorthist specializing in care of the diabetic foot. He is the principal owner of Canadian Footwear and the FootHealth Centre in Winnipeg and Calgary.
Brian is an active member of the Health Sciences Centre Diabetic Foot and Complicated Wound Clinic where he is an integral part of the healthcare team. Through this affiliation with the Health Sciences Centre, Brian is actively involved in the management of patients with diabetic foot complications, and in the teaching of trainees in medicine, occupational and physiotherapy, as well as, podiatry and Pedorthics. Brian is also actively involved in the teaching of nurses.
Brian’s belief that everyone should have shoes led to the expansion of the SOS Footwear project in 2007 to include the “Fit Feet on the Street” program. Most of the footwear given away is done so on an individual basis working closely with local charitable organizations like Mt.Carmel Clinic and the Salvation Army.