Dave Deplaedt is a Saskatoon business owner, Canadian Tire dealer, and community volunteer whose work spans three decades of retail leadership and youth-focused philanthropy. Accepted into the Canadian Tire dealer network in 1995, he opened his first store in Port Perry, Ontario in 1996, moved to Ottawa in 2000, and came to Saskatoon in 2002 — taking over the store at the Centre Mall and immediately beginning construction of a new location at Preston Crossing. His was among the first stores built there — the first time the University of Saskatchewan opened its land to big-box retail — and it opened in October 2002. That same year, the Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce recognized him with its New Business Venture Award. He has kept investing in the store ever since, adding a customer pickup facility in 2015 and, in 2026, undertaking a major expansion that includes a permanent greenhouse, opening that October. He also owns Montebello Homes and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calgary.

Beyond his own store, Dave has spent two decades in the leadership of the Canadian Tire dealer network. He represented Mid-Canada dealers on the Canadian Tire Dealers’ Association board and chaired its Automotive Infrastructure Committee, then served as President of the CTDA from 2011 to 2014, negotiating a landmark 11-year contract extension between dealers and the corporation — work noted in the Financial Post and in the 2012 company history Living the Canadian Dream. He later joined the board of CTC Dealer Holdings and has served as its President since 2020.

Dave’s deepest commitment is to children and youth facing adversity. In 2010 he established the Deplaedt Charitable Foundation, which supports young people affected by illness, trauma, and financial hardship. Its work helped fund the Wakaw Lake Camp, giving at-risk youth an outdoor camp experience, and Dave has served on the board of Egadz, the Saskatoon youth centre, since 2018. For roughly twenty years he chaired the Canadian Tire Golf Classic, raising funds for the Saskatoon Food Bank and Jumpstart, and he founded a Grade 9 hockey league that gives kids who couldn’t otherwise afford it the chance to play. He also helped partner with Jumpstart to fund a public basketball court at River Landing, and he supports a range of local causes — often quietly, without seeking recognition.

Closer to home, Dave is a devoted family man who, when his children were young, revived the Canada Day parade at a northern Saskatchewan lake community, growing it into a tradition that still brings lake families together each summer.