Toys ``R'' Us Canada has started bankruptcy proceedings north of the border a day after it filed in the U.S.
The Canadian arm says it has filed for creditor protection in an Ontario court.
Toys ``R'' Us says its 82 Canadian stores will continue to operate as usual during the process.
The company filed Chapter 11 documents late Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Virginia.
Toys ``R'' Us said its approximately 1,600 Toys ``R'' Us and Babies ``R'' Us stores around the world - the ``vast majority of which are profitable'' - and its web portals continue to operate as usual.
Toys ``R'' Us is the latest brick-and-mortar retailer to struggle amid growing competition from online merchants and changing consumer preferences, with Sears Canada filing for CCAA protection this past June.