Eaton Centre is a name associated with shopping malls in Canada, originating with Eaton's, one of Canada's largest department store chains at the time that these malls were developed. Eaton's partnered with development companies throughout the 1970s and 1980s to develop downtown shopping malls in cities across Canada. Each mall contained an Eaton's store, or was in close proximity to an Eaton's store, and typically the mall itself carried the "Eaton Centre" name. These joint ventures were a significant retail development trend in Canada during that period.
With the demise of the Eaton's chain in 1999, and the retiring of the Eaton's name as a retail banner in 2002, most of these malls have been renamed. As of today only the Toronto and Montreal Eaton Centres retain the Eaton name. Some malls in smaller urban areas, which were typically the least successful of all the Eaton Centre developments, have been demolished or converted to other, non-retail uses.
Montreal Eaton Centre is located on Sainte Catherine Street, and is adjacent to the former Eaton's department store (now a shopping and office complex known as the Complexe Les Ailes). The centre is connected to McGill Metro station and the Montreal Underground City. Its main entrance is on the north side of Saint Catherine Street, just east of Place Montreal Trust.
The mall has four levels open to the public and contains more than a hundred stores and shops, and a food court.
History
The site that the Montreal Eaton Centre occupies was previously the Les Terrasses mall, which operated from 1976 to 1987. It was built atop the now-defunct Victoria Street, the road and its buildings having been expropriated for construction of the mall.
As with the existing mall, Les Terrasses was connected to the Metro, the Underground City and the now-defunct Eaton's department store, however it differed in many respects from the current Eaton Centre. In particular, the mall layout was a triangular spiral, with gradually-rising interconnected floors, approximately 45 feet (14m) high in total. Though it had three escalators, one at each point of the triangle, patrons could gradually walk to the top of the mall. Floors were colour-coded and the mall was adorned with trees, plants and ivy. It housed 140 stores, each facing towards the centre of the triangle. It was demolished after only one decade of use and, following extensive construction, reopened as the Montreal Eaton Centre in 1991. Eaton's department store, for which it was named, closed in 1999.
The Eaton fire on the east side of Los Angeles hit a region filled with horse lovers. "People have horses in their backyards in these neighbourhoods," said LeighAnne Claywell, general manager of the equestrian centre.
Meghan Markle was spotted comforting victims and first responders at an evacuation centre, on Friday amid the ongoing fires in LA. Flames engulf a structure as the EatonFire burns in Pasadena on January 7.
It come as Harry and Meghan showed support for victims of the fires and handed out food parcels to those affected by the devastating fires at the PasadenaConventionCentre in Los Angeles on Friday.
The EatonFire is at 5600ha and 15% contained ... Burned-out cars and homes reduced to rubble by the Eaton fire ... Cars belonging to the AltadenaAutoCentre dealership destroyed by the Eaton fire remain parked in a lot in Altadena in Los Angeles.
The sheriff said a curfew would be enforced from 6pm on Friday evening to 6am on Saturday within areas impacted by the Palisades and Eaton fires ... Reptiles die after nature centre burns down.
The sudden spread of Eaton fire forced staff of a senior living centre to push elders in wheelchairs and hospital beds down the street, the report added.
Staff were forced to hurriedly evacuate residents from a care centre close to the Eaton fire in Altadena... Elderly patients are evacuated into emergency vehicles during the Eaton fire in Pasadena.
A bed from the Two Palms NursingCentre, which was burnt by the EatonFire, stand on the road near a firefighting vehicle as the wildfire burns, in Pasadena, California, on January 8, 2025.
Staff were forced to hurriedly evacuate residents from a care centre close to the Eaton fire in Altadena... Elderly patients are evacuated into emergency vehicles during the Eaton fire in Pasadena.
The long-awaited £10m TownDeal proposals to improve LongEaton Town Centre are being unveiled online today (January 6) ... That, in turn, formed part of the proposals of the Long Eaton Town Deal Board that were submitted to UK Government in 2021.
AI data centres to serve as a tailwind for Eaton stock ... Therefore, the Dublin headquartered Eaton could benefit from the global commitment to building such data centres next year as it, among other things, specializes in the said electric components.
The city centre plays host to thousands who flock to town not just for world championship driving, but also for the world-class dining ... Check out the Espace Grand Prix, opposite the Sephora store at CentreEaton de Montreal.
