Dufferin Mall is a shopping mall in

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, Canada. It is located on the west side of

Dufferin Street Dufferin Street is a major north–south street in Toronto, Vaughan and King, Ontario, Canada. It is a concession road, two concessions (4 km) west of Yonge Street. The street starts at Exhibition Place, continues north to Toronto's northe ...

, south of the intersection of

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, in the

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neighbourhood. It was first built as a shopping plaza in the 1950s on the site of the

Dufferin Park Racetrack Dufferin Park Racetrack was a racetrack for thoroughbred horse races located on Dufferin Street in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was demolished in 1955 and its stakes races moved to Woodbine Racetrack as part of a consolidation of race ...

. It was later enclosed and made into a mall, in the 1970s.

Description

Dufferin Mall is a district shopping centre. It has over 120 shops and services including big box stores and numerous clothing chains. The mall has a food court. The centre has a three-level parking lot. Dufferin Mall attracts over 12 million visitors per year, making it one of the busiest malls per square foot in North America.

History

The location was a part of the Denison estate. In 1907, the site was leased to

Abe Orpen Abraham "Abe" Michael Orpen (February 9, 1854 – September 22, 1937) was a Canadian businessman, best known for his ownership of several horse-racing tracks in Ontario, Canada. Born in Toronto, Orpen first worked as a carpenter, became a hotel ...

who established the Dufferin Park Racetrack. The track operated from 1907 until 1955 when the track was sold to the Ontario Jockey Club and closed. The Ontario Jockey Club consolidated its locations and sold the site for development. The Dufferin Plaza Shopping Centre was a shopping plaza established in 1956. The shopping plaza opened in 1957 but was converted to an enclosed mall, opening as Dufferin Mall in 1973. Past anchors include Horizon, a discount department store owned by

T. Eaton Company The T. Eaton Company Limited, later known as Eaton's, was a Canadian department store chain that was once the largest in the country. It was founded in 1869 in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an immigrant from what is now Northern Ireland. Eaton's grew ...

. The space was converted to a regular Eaton's store upon the closure of the Horizon chain with the space being converted to a No Frills grocery store in the 1990s. Dufferin Mall interior 2022.jpg, Atrium of the Mall Dufferin Mall interior1 2022.jpg, Interior of the Mall Dufferin Mall Food Court 2022.jpg, Food Court

References

External links

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