Urban Barn is a Vancouver-founded, fully Canadian-owned furniture and décor chain with about 55 stores and more than 650 employees. Most openings are for sales associates, product operations staff and keyholders, and sales pay mixes an hourly wage with commission.
Urban Barn sales, stock and keyholder jobs
Four roles with posted pay and what each one asks of you.
See Job Openings at Urban Barn →🕯️ Arranged on this read
- Who works in an Urban Barn store
- Base pay, commission and the store bonus
- Styling sense, ladders and lifting
- Where the chain has stores
Who works in an Urban Barn store
An Urban Barn is a styled showroom of sofas, rugs, lamps and cushions, usually in a mall or power centre. A small team covers selling, receiving stock and keeping every display camera-ready.
Floor sellers
They help shoppers plan a room and suggest pieces that go together.
Stock and assembly
This team receives deliveries, unwraps and builds furniture and keeps the backroom tidy.
Keyholders
Keyholders back up store management and run shifts when leaders are off.
Visual presentation
Everyone restyles vignettes as pieces sell, so the floor always looks complete.
Outlet locations
Outlets, like Heartland in Mississauga, post their own stock jobs.
Distribution centre
The Ontario centre on Belgrave Road in Mississauga ships product out to stores.
Base pay, commission and the store bonus
Floor staff get an hourly wage, commission on each sale and a share of the bonus when the store reaches its target. Staff say busy locations make commission worthwhile, while quiet ones rarely hit the quota.
💡 Get the store’s track record: the bonus only pays when the whole store reaches its goal, so a manager’s honest answer tells you what the job really pays.
Styling sense, ladders and lifting
Design school is not required. Managers look for taste, energy and a flexible calendar, since the doors are open every day.
How Urban Barn fills a store opening
Choose a location
Job titles name the mall or street, so apply where the commute is easy.
Manager conversation
The store leader asks about selling, styling and your weekly availability.
Product know-how
You learn fabrics, sizes, care and delivery options for the collection.
Your own sales goal
Once settled in, associates carry a target and start earning commission.
Part-time shifts are common, and full-time keyholder roles usually prefer about two years of retail leadership. Staff single out the 40% discount as the standout perk, though some find the prices high even after it.
⚠️ Quotas come with the role: sales associates describe a competitive floor with firm targets, and at slower stores the full commission can stay out of reach for weeks.
Urban Barn stores from Nanaimo to Dartmouth
The chain grew west to east and reached Atlantic Canada with a store at Dartmouth Crossing in Nova Scotia. Quebec stores run as far as Boucherville, and Ontario gets its stock from the Mississauga centre.
Every fall, each store teams up with a local non-profit for the Blanket the Country drive. The campaign has handed out more than 70,000 blankets.
Sales floor or stockroom at Urban Barn
Talkers with style do well on the floor, and handy people who like quiet mornings fit product operations. Open the four Urban Barn listings to see which one matches you.
Selling rooms or building them? Find your Urban Barn fit.
Pay, lifting and schedule for each opening.
See Job Openings at Urban BarnBeyond this Urban Barn page
Store count, locations and the blanket drive come from Urban Barn announcements, duties and lifting limits from its store postings, and pay and perks from employees writing on Indeed and Glassdoor.