The following shopping malls have been demolished or closed. Some have been replaced by new strip plazas or re-developed for non-retail uses: building, circa 1885. The shopping centre was opened in 1884 and operated until it was demolished in 1954 and replaced with the new Arcade Building. •
Don Mills Centre (1954–2006), Don Mills Road and Lawrence Avenue East, North York — former shopping mall with 98 stores. Originally a strip plaza, it was enclosed in 1978 and expanded from 400,000 to 462,000 square feet (37,000 to 43,000 m2). Closed and demolished in 2006, it was replaced by Shops at Don Mills in 2009. CF operated a shuttle bus service to Fairview Mall until it opened. Former Dominion (now
Metro) and the Royal Bank Building are the only remaining buildings that were once part of the old mall. •
Galleria Shopping Centre at Dufferin Street and Dupont Street, Old Toronto; demolition began in January 2020 and is replaced with a condominium development with retail podium. •
Golden Mile Plaza (1954–1986) at Eglinton Avenue East and Victoria Park Avenue, demolished after the 1986 fire and later replaced with a power centre named Golden Mile Mall. •
Honeydale Mall (1973–2013): Located in
Eatonville neighbourhood of Toronto; officially closed on 28 June 2013. Mall is in situ awaiting demolition. • Morningside Mall (1979–2007) at Morningside Avenue and Kingston Road,
Scarborough; the indoor mall was demolished to make way for an outdoor big box plaza called Morningside Crossing • Northtown Shopping Centre (1950s–2000s) – located at 5421 Yonge and built on part of Cummer Pioneer Cemetery (north Parr along Yonge) and demolished and replaced by condominium complex (Delmanor Northtown) with some retail space at ground level. • Rexdale Plaza (1957–2004), Islington Avenue and Rexdale Boulevard,
Etobicoke and enclosed in 1972. Most stores closed by 2003 and demolition of south end in 2004 with north end of mall retained (with an
Asian supermarket and a few small stores). Since 2004, its south end was redeveloped as an outdoor mall with
Wal-Mart Supercentre as a stand-alone big box store. • Sunnybrook Plaza, Eglinton Avenue East and Bayview Avenue,
East York, demolished and will be redeveloped as three-tower residential complex with ground level retail units with possible connection to
Leaside station of the
Toronto subway system's
Line 5 Eglinton. • Warden Woods Mall or Warden Power Centre (1981–2005) at Warden Avenue north of St. Clair Avenue East near
Warden station,
Scarborough was a full mall with three anchor stores (
The Bay,
Simpson's and a
Knob Hill Farms grocery store) and later as clearance centre. It has since been demolished and replaced with townhouses. • Weston-Finch Mall (1960s–2006), Weston Road and Finch Avenue West, North York — former strip mall (with
Zellers,
Canadian Tire and
McDonald's as tenants) and later as outlet facility; demolished 2006 and vacant lot partially redeveloped as Primo Towers rental apartments. North end still vacant. • Westside Mall, Eglinton Avenue West west of Caledonia Road,
York — replaced with a power centre of the same name during the early 2000s (with Canadian Tire,
Rogers Wireless (originally Rogers Video then
Rogers Plus),
FreshCo (renamed from Price Chopper),
Dollar Tree (formerly occupied by Shoppers Drug Mart) and
CIBC as major tenants) and is connected to
Caledonia station of both
GO Transit's
Barrie line and Line 5 Eglinton since Line 5's opening on 8 February 2026. • The original
Yonge Street Arcade (1884–1954) at 137 Yonge Street and consisting of 52 stores was considered Canada's first indoor mall. It was demolished in 1954 following two fires and was replaced in 1960 by the
Arcade Building, which had a similar
arcade-style concourse on its main floor until 2008 when the floor was redeveloped with the arcade being replaced with a health club and offices.
Former flea markets • Flea market at the southwest corner of Midland Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East is closed since the early 2000s and the property was to be redeveloped concurrent with the
Sheppard East LRT's construction; the construction of the LRT was cancelled and LRT has been replaced with
Line 4 extension to McCowan Road with an interchange with an extended
Line 2 to Scarborough Centre. • Dufferin and Steeles Flea Market — replaced with the
Home Depot. • Toronto Weston Flea Market, Old Weston Road and St. Clair Avenue West,
Old Toronto (later relocated to a much smaller site nearby on St. Clair Avenue West at Hounslow Heath Road between Old Weston Road and GO Transit's Barrie line) ==See also==