Fairplay Stores

Specialties

Fairplay specializes in offering accurate knowledge of the pet foods and supplies we stock. We have a great selection of both premium and super premium foods for cats, dogs, small animals and birds (wild and domestic).

Our treat selection is diverse including many items that are suitable for rewarding pets with food sensitivities.

New to our store is a selection of frozen raw foods, treats and bones!

Our wild bird feeding centre has a has a bulk seed barrel area where you can bag up grains, seed mixes, raw peanuts (in and out of shell) to fill your feeders with. Need more than a few pounds? We have 20 to 50 lb bags available!

History

Established in 1919.

Since 1919, our small & independent business has been an integral part of the retail scene in Calgary, Alberta. The store was originally owned by J.L. Storey, was sold to the Harrison family of Bearspaw area who sold it to Art Chesson of Calgary. In the late 1950s, Milt and Svana Campbell purchased the store, and jumped at the chance to expand the areas of pet food and supplies, as well as garden supplies. Soon after this change of ownership Svana’s brother, George Bjarnason, came on staff, beginning a career in the pet supply industry that would last a lifetime.

Mr. Bjarnason purchased Fairplay from his brother-​in-​law in 1973 and then George, his wife, Anne, and four children, as well as many of the children’s friends and neighbours helped in the store. Mr. Bjarnason played an active role in the company up until the late 1990s, when the operation of the store was left in the hands of his daughter, Christine Nurse.