The Maison Simons store on Laurier Boulevard was the first branch to be built in the suburbs of Québec City. It was established in 1961, more than a century after the first store was opened by Scottish immigrant John Simons in 1840 in Old Québec City. The store was also one of the first occupants of the Place Ste-Foy shopping centre. Today, this store is one of Simons’s busiest branches.