History
The location was previously occupied by the Dufferin Racetrack, a horse race track which operated from 1907 until 1955. The first shopping plaza on the site was established in 1956 and was named Dufferin Plaza Shopping Centre. The shopping plaza was converted to enclosed mall space and renamed Dufferin Mall in the 1970s. In the 2000s, the mall underwent an interior facelift.
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