This has been a family operated business going on three generations. My father opened the doors on the heels of the Korean conflict.

While the basic "Surplus Business" has changed dramatically over the years, we have carefully kept pace with the times to appeal to a broad range of consumers....from the well informed collector...to someone wanting to make a fashion statement!

No question...we could probably write a best selling book about some of the fascinating people we have encountered, buying trips we have had, the wonderful (and sometimes scary) things we have discovered in storage sheds and shipments from far away lands.

Crown Surplus Stores is privileged to have been a source to the film industry over the years. We have provided uniforms, mortars, firearms, tents, torpedo, camouflage nets and assorted fabulous props and treasures to the film industry.

We hope you have enjoyed many of the feature films and T.V. series that Crown Surplus Stores has had the pleasure to be  part of listed below.

Little Big Man (1970) * Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway / Superman II (1980) * Christopher Reeves, Ned Boatty, Gene Hackman / Superman III (1983) * Christopher Reeves, Richard Pryor / Dead Bang (1989) * Don Johnson

The Fourth War (1990) * Roy Scheider / Unforgiven (1992) * Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman / Cool Runnings (1993) * John Candy / Legends of the Fall  (1994) * Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn

Viper (1996) TV * Joe Nipote Scheider / The Edge (1997) * Anthoney Hopkins, Alec Baldwin / Snow Days (1999) * Kipp Marcus, Bernadette Peters / Jack Bull (1999) * John Cusack, John Goodman

Mystery Alaska (1999) * Russell Crowe / Shanghai Noon (2000) * Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson / Anthrax (2001) * Cameron Daddo / Texas Rangers (2001) * Ashton Kutcher / Honey I Shrunk the Kids (2001) TV

K19 The Widow Maker (2002) * Harrison Ford, Liam Nelson / Blade II (2002) * Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson / Open Range (2003) * Kevin Costner, Robert Duvell, Anette Beneng / Azarus Child (2003)  * Andy Garcia

Word of Honor (2003)  TV * Don Johnson, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jesse Johnson / Hell Boy (2004) * Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair / Brokeback Mountain (2005) * Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal 

The Assassination of Jesse James (2007) * Brad Pitt, Mary-Louis Parker / Burn Up (2008) * Bradley Whiford, Neve Campbell / Passchendaele (2008) * Paul Gross, Caroline Dhavernas, Joe Dinicol.

Some of our favorite entertainers have sprinkled Crown Surplus with their "STARDUST".  To name a few -  CHER, Radiohead, Dwight Yoakam, Jan Arden, Slipknot, Erika Eleniak, Michelle Williams and the late Heath Ledger.

And all the wonderful people that work with them and around them, Thank-you for coming by.

We enjoy seeing and serving the many customers who regularly drop by our store in the trendy Inglewood Community of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

We are proud of our first 57 years in business and look forward to serving you for many years to come. We appreciate your business and are constantly looking for New and Old Genuine Military surplus items to keep you coming back.

 Gordon Cumming

President