Toronto offers everything from antiques to luxury lingerie, if the visitor has the money and time to spend. There are large suburban shopping centers and the
Eaton Center, a glass-domed galleria in the heart of the city, is linked to 4.8km (3 miles) of interconnecting underground shopping malls with 1000 retail outlets. Toronto’s villages are full of colorful streets of renovated Victoriana, with garment shops, art galleries, antique stores and open-air cafes in summer. The run-down Queen Street Strip has been taken over by collector’s comic-book shops, punk day-glo leather emporia,
sci-fi bookstores, junk and antique shops. Ottawa also has a wide choice of shops and handicraft centers.
Sparks Street Mall offers a variety of shops including those selling excellent authentic native work. Byward Market is a popular area of craft shops, farmers’ market stalls and cafes.
Vaughan Mills is the newest mega-mall in Ontario including 200 shops.
Shopping hoursShops stay open until 1800 in most parts of Ontario. Many city and suburban shops are open until 2100.
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