Centre Square Mall

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Centre Square Mall
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Centre Square Mall-Northern Heights
Centre Square Mall
Location Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Coordinates 62°27′12″N114°22′11″W / 62.45333°N 114.36972°W / 62.45333; -114.36972
Address5022 49th Street
DeveloperClark Builders
ManagementNunastar Properties
OwnerNunastar Properties
No. of stores and services9
No. of floors17
Website centresquare.ca

Centre Square Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The mall is noteworthy for being the largest shopping centre in the territory [1] and the tallest building in Northern Canada. [2] The first phase of the mall was opened in August 1990; the expansion of the mall beneath the Yellowknife Inn, now the Quality Inn & Suites, [3] was opened in January 1995. [4] [5]

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Although this mall is one of the northernmost malls in North America, Bentley Mall in Fairbanks, Alaska is 2 degrees further north. Centre Square Mall also lies 0.2 km (0.12 mi) south of the YK Centre [6] ( 62°27′18″N114°22′13″W / 62.45500°N 114.37028°W / 62.45500; -114.37028 (YK Centre) ), Yellowknife's first mall, making it Canada's second northernmost enclosed mall and the third northernmost enclosed mall in North America.

In July 2025, Nunastar Properties announced it had purchased the mall. [7]

Overview

The mall contains shops, Tim Hortons, government offices, the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission, [8] the Quality Inn, [3] Northern Heights condominium, [9] Yellowknife Visitor Centre, [10] and the Yellowknife Public Library. [11]

Entrance to Yellowknife Public Library, located at Centre Square Mall. Yellowknife Public Library.jpg
Entrance to Yellowknife Public Library, located at Centre Square Mall.

See also

References

  1. "Centre Square Mall". Archived from the original on 2012-12-22.
  2. Centre Square - Northern Heights. Retrieved 24-10-2012.
  3. 1 2 "The Quality Inn & Suites in Yellowknife, accommodation by Centre Square Mall" . Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  4. The Yellowknifer, August 1, 1990
  5. The Yellowknifer, January 20, 1995
  6. YK Centre
  7. "Centre Square Mall's lower area gets new owners". Northern News Services. July 18, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  8. WSCC Contact
  9. Northern Heights
  10. Miskiman, Megan (13 September 2022). "In pictures: Explore Yellowknife's new visitor centre". Cabin Radio . Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  11. "Library Hours and Location". City of Yellowknife. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  12. "Arktika Hotel, Murmansk - SkyscraperPage.com". skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2019-10-23.