Vaughan Mills

Vaughan Mills opened in November 2004 at 1 Bass Pro Mills Drive in the City of Vaughan north of Toronto, with 120,000 sqm of gross leasable area across a super-regional format combining entertainment anchors, outlet retail, and mainstream shopping. The property is owned and managed by Ivanhoé Cambridge as the leading entertainment and outlet-retail destination for the northern GTA.

The Vaughan Metropolitan Centre subway station on the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension (Line 1), roughly 3.5 kilometres from Vaughan Mills, provides an onward bus or shuttle connection to the mall along with direct subway service to downtown Toronto in approximately 50 minutes via the Spadina corridor. The VMC station opened in 2017 as the northern terminus of Line 1, giving Vaughan Mills the only rapid-transit-adjacent position among York Region’s major malls. Bass Pro Shops occupies a destination anchor role at Vaughan Mills: the outdoor recreation retailer’s flagship format draws planned visits from across the GTA and beyond from outdoor recreation enthusiasts for whom the category selection available at Bass Pro is not replicated elsewhere in the region. H&M, Abercrombie & Fitch, DSW and a comprehensive mix of outlet and value retailers complement the entertainment anchor format.

The City of Vaughan’s population, over 323,000 per the 2021 census, provides the immediate municipal base, and the broader York Region and northern GTA catchment of over one million residents within accessible driving distance constitutes the regional draw. Highway 400 and Highway 400/Bass Pro Mills Drive interchange provide the primary highway access. Surface parking for over 6,000 vehicles accommodates the large car-dependent suburban and regional catchment.

Ivanhoé Cambridge manages Vaughan Mills alongside Metropolis at Metrotown, Carrefour Laval and Guildford Town Centre across its national Canadian portfolio. The nearby subway connection to downtown Toronto is a meaningful transit differentiator among York Region’s major malls, extending the practical catchment from Vaughan’s suburban residential base toward the connected TTC network across the city, even though the station itself sits several kilometres away rather than directly on site.