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• Display stores from within your postal code, city or region
• Display stores by type (malls, power centres), category (shoes, furniture) or name (Zellers, Wal-Mart)
• Finally, you will know where all of the stores are located by utilizing our interactive maps
• View critical retail information such as business hours, addresses, directions and contact information

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• Clean and uncluttered website that is easy to use
• Innovative functionality through the use of interactive maps and flexible searches
• Find what you need within three or four clicks!

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• Explore shopping opportunities within each of Canada’s major metropolitan areas. Know where all of the shopping centres, mini malls, power centres, factory outlets and unique shopping areas are located.
• Find unique shops that you never even knew existed…many only a short drive away
• Maximize your vacation time by previewing, planning and printing maps of the shopping opportunities within the city you are travelling to
• Easily locate ethnic and unique shopping areas…for instance, did you know that there over 120 furniture stores within an ‘x’ block stretch of Dundas Road?

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• We have mapped and detailed all of Greater Toronto’s shopping malls, mini malls, factory outlets and power centres.
• Learn more about your local retailers from our weekly featured retailer section
• Find dozens of hidden gems like genuine factory outlets, unique retail shops and seasonal sales events
• Just Moved? See what shops are located within your neighbourhood...you can search by postal code or by clicking on an interactive map.
• Pre-shop from the comfort of your home by browsing through our huge selection of local retail flyers, advertised promotions and online specials
• Learn how to maximize your shopping dollar and connect to valuable government and industry resources

We have over 25,000 retail listings within our Toronto database alone! As we add more cities to our website this number will increase substantially.

• Your store will have preferential listing in data searches, appearing at the top of each search and highlighted in a different font colour. Your listing will also include your store hours, full site address, phone number, accepted methods of payment, a link to your corporate website and a preferential listing within the interactive map of the city in which you are located.
• Cost for this extensive service is only $1,000 per year or $99 per month.
• Arrangements for the service or requests for further information can be made within our Retailers Here section.

Definitions for each retail type appear when you move your cursor over the coloured dots within the legends of each map. We have also provided these definitions for you below.

Indoor Mall

Any shopping centre where some or all of the shopping is available indoors only.

Power Centre

A cluster of Big Box stores. Big Box stores are large box-like buildings that usually house major retailers such as Michael's Crafts, Future Shop, Costco, Staples Business Depot etc.

Large Outdoor Mall

A shopping centre or strip mall that contains more than 20 stores or in some cases less than 20 stores but containing a major retailer. Access to stores is available per individual store via outdoor entrances only.

Small Outdoor Mall

A small shopping centre or strip mall that contains less than 20 stores. Small outdoor malls are generally neighbourhood strip malls that contain convenience stores, dry cleaners and other neighbourhood amenities.

Large Retail Cluster

A large cluster of medium to large sized individual stores that are grouped together within the same area, that are not attached to each other and are not contained within a shopping centre or mall.

Small Retail Cluster

A small cluster of individual stores that are grouped together within the same area, that are not attached to each other and are not contained within a shopping centre or mall.

Individual Retailer

Typically a larger-sized individual retailer that is not part of a retail cluster or mall.

Factory Outlet

A retail outlet that has a direct connection to the manufacturer of the product it sells.

Unique Shopping Area

Special shopping areas like Chinatown, Beaches, The Danforth, market areas, or areas with an extreme amount of retail, or famous areas such as Toronto's Yonge Street.

Restaurant Cluster

A grouping of three or more restaurants within the same area.

Entertainment Cluster

A grouping of three or more entertainment outlets. Typically contain large theatres, arcades, indoor golf, restaurants and bars.

Only stores that have purchased a deluxe listing from TheSuperGuide.com have that information available.

Other cities such as Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton will begin to appear late in 2004 and continue throughout much of 2005. You can select the city of your choice simply by selecting it from the “Guide” drop-down menu below our mascot.