Brand Overview
Canada's largest flooring distributor is celebrating 85 years in 2023. Shnier offers a leading and comprehensive product portfolio of flooring categories, including hardwood, laminate, ceramic tile and stone, carpet tile, and luxury vinyl.
Shnier product brands consist of both licensed and proprietary brands. Product is sourced through some 100 manufacturers located in 14 different countries. We virtually shop the world for the best available product quality, styling, and value, and we deliver those products to flooring dealers in their local market. We like to think of this as “acting globally and servicing locally". Our international sourcing, coupled with cross-Canada dealer coverage, is highly valued by both domestic and international manufacturers. Shnier can secure store listings & distribution nationwide more quickly and service the business more efficiently than regional distributors. National buying groups and corporate chains also find this to be of great value because Shnier can supply all locations in a consistent and reliable fashion.
Brand Summaries
Armstrong
Armstrong is one of North America's top 3 most recognized flooring brands and has been represented in Canada by Shnier since 1957. This long-standing, mutually beneficial relationship has allowed Shnier dealers access to Armstrong's unparalleled selection of vinyl flooring.
Richmond
Richmond is Shnier's original proprietary brand and, after 45 years, has become a Canadian flooring brand icon. Shnier bundles the best available product designs under the highly prized Richmond brand umbrella. Only the best of the best makes it into this collection.
The strong equity of the Richmond carpet brand lends itself to other flooring categories. The Richmond Laminate line was introduced in 2008 and has since become Shnier's top-selling Laminate assortment. More recently, Shnier's proprietary Laurentian Hardwood brand, established in 2001, was relaunched under the Richmond brand umbrella. Shnier now houses 100% of its hardwood offerings under the Richmond brand. Lastly, the Richmond Luxury Vinyl brand features the most comprehensive collection of innovative product solutions ranging from commercial LVT, groutable LVT, and our family of rigid core products.
The newly reinvented Richmond Carpet program showcases a comprehensive collection of main street carpet tiles. This extensive program features a variety of contemporary patterns, on trend colours, and multiple fiber and backing options. This innovation, along with the enduring trust and quality brought by the Richmond brand, ensures Richmond can provide the perfect solution for any project.
Richmond Tile & Stone (Formerly Casa Roma)
Richmond Tile & Stone is a collection of the world's most unique ceramic & porcelain tiles. An industry leader in ceramic design and technology, Richmond Tile & Stone embraces contemporary and modern decor elements and is perfect for today's busy lifestyles. Choose from a complete line which combines both floor and wall decor options.
Audacity
Audacity is the ultimate laminate flooring, designed to be water-resistant, extra durable, and easy to maintain. Featuring the latest flooring designs and beautiful embossed-in-register surfaces for an authentic wood feel.
Aspecta
The Stone family was the first to develop a pure, homogenous vinyl floor tile. It was the first to introduce a new flooring concept from Taiwan – now known as LVT. And it transformed the flooring market with its floating floor system. All these and more have been developed with the customer firmly at heart, with a focus on greater ease of use to help architects and contractors work better and smarter. Today, that same passion for innovation and unwavering commitment to customers has ensured Aspecta continues to lead the way in LVT, through outstanding distribution, global reach and new product development – while always staying true to the Stone family’s building blocks of excellent design, great quality and spirit of innovation.
