Retail Council of Canada has released its 2018 Canadian Shopping Centre Study, based on annual per square foot productivity, and visitor traffic. CF Toronto Eaton Centre is the most visited mall and Yorkdale Shopping Centre topped the list of malls with most sales per square foot.
The study also found that when compared to 2017, Canada’s top centres saw gains in sales per square foot in 2018. On average, Canadian shopping centres were also more productive than those in the United States.
10 Most Visited Malls in Canada
CF Toronto Eaton Centre topped the busiest shopping centres in Canada list by annual visitor count with 53.7 million annual visitors in 2018, followed by West Edmonton Mall, and Metropolis at Metrotown in Burnaby. 50 percentage of West Edmonton Mall are out-of-town visitors. According to the Retail Council, CF Toronto Eaton Centre, which is well served by public transit including a major subway line and two busy streetcar lines, is busier than the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu, and massive Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis.
Top 10 List
- CF Toronto Eaton Centre — Toronto, ON with 53.7 million visitors
- West Edmonton Mall — Edmonton, AB with 28 million visitors
- Metropolis at Metrotown — Burnaby, BC with 27.7 million visitors
- CF Rideau Centre — Ottawa, ON with 24.6 million visitors
- Square One, Mississauga, ON with 23 million visitors
- Montreal Eaton Centre — Montreal, QC with 22.3 million visitors
- CF Pacific Centre — Vancouver, BC with 22.1 million visitors
- Scarborough Town Centre — Toronto, ON with 21 million visitors
- Yorkdale Shopping Centre — Toronto, ON with 18 million visitors
- CF Richmond Centre — Richmond, BC with 17.5 million visitors
Top Shopping Centres in Canada by Sales Per Square Foot
Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto topped Shopping Centres with most sales per square foot list with a dollar value of 1,905.00, followed by CF Pacific Centre and Oakridge Centre in Vancouver with $1,690.00 and $1,594.00 sales per square foot respectively. The Vancouver Lower Mainland has the largest per-capita concentration of productive shopping centres in Canada with seven top ranking centres out of the top 30 list.
Top 30 list:
- Yorkdale Shopping Centre — Toronto, ON with $1,905.00 in sales per square foot
- CF Pacific Centre — Vancouver BC with $1,690.00 in sales per square foot
- Oakridge Centre — Vancouver BC with $1,594.00 in sales per square foot
- CF Toronto Eaton Centre — Toronto ON with $1,556.00 in sales per square foot
- Southgate Centre — Edmonton AB with $1,128.00 in sales per square foot
- Square One — Mississauga ON with $1,086.78 in sales per square foot
- CF Chinook Centre — Calgary AB with $1,081.00 in sales per square foot
- CF Richmond Centre — Richmond BC with $1,060.00 in sales per square foot
- Metropolis at Metrotown — Burnaby BC with $1,040.00 in sales per square foot
- CF Rideau Centre — Ottawa ON with $1,017.00 in sales per square foot
- Conestoga Mall — Waterloo ON with $1,016.00 in sales per square foot
- CF Sherway Gardens — Toronto ON with $1,002.00 in sales per square foot
- CF Fairview Mall — Toronto ON with $986.00 in sales per square foot
- CF Masonville — London ON with $946.00 in sales per square foot
- Mapleview Centre — Burlington ON with $901.00 in sales per square foot
- CF Market Mall — Calgary AB with $899.00 in sales per square foot
- Scarborough Town Centre — Toronto ON with $890.93 in sales per square foot
- Guildford Town Centre — Surrey BC with $883.00 in sales per square foot
- Park Royal West — Vancouver BC with $914.00 in sales per square foot
- CF Polo Park — Winnipeg MB with $862.00 in sales per square foot
- CF Carrefour Laval — Laval QC with $858.00 in sales per square foot
- CF Markville — Richmond Hill ON with $855.00 in sales per square foot
- Coquitlam Centre — Coquitlam BC with $854.00 in sales per square foot
- Bayview Village — Toronto ON with $830.00 in sales per square foot
- Place Ste-Foy — Quebec City QC with $825.00 in sales per square foot
- Vaughan Mills — Vaughan ON with $824.00 in sales per square foot
- Halifax Shopping Centre– Halifax NS with $811.00 in sales per square foot
- Upper Canada Mall — Newmarket ON with $788.19 in sales per square foot
- CF Fairview Pointe Claire — Pointe Claire QC with $768.00 in sales per square foot
- West Edmonton Mall — Edmonton AB with $767.00 in sales per square foot
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