West Edmonton Mall: Canada's largest mall, by the numbers

It's Canada's biggest mall and one of Alberta's most prominent tourist attractions. We're guessing these stats about West Edmonton Mall may surprise you.
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[@alidaz__]

you should totally go. i’m writing this in 2023, i just went today and yesterday, and what people are saying about the water park and galaxy land are wrong, i had so much fun there.

[@mytruecrimelibrary]

Went there as a kid. It was amazing.

[@user-cp8vd4gw4e]

I'm not sure when these photos were taken for this advertisement but when you actually visit the mall its lost its glory since the early 2000s.

[@thomasdarling2553]

Is this the news or an advertisement?

[@bruceBZ]

This is publicly-funded news? It’s a literal ad

[@Gttsloan]

Lol.😂 The CBC is a hired gun

[@chrthewrestler2301]

wem needs to expand or build a third floor. There is not enough spaces for brands to come in. Plus, they should finish the LRT on time...... They should also build a third floor for some parking sections. Right now, they don't have enough parking spaces.... WEM was designed decades ago but they need to do something with the huge increase in population and demand.

[@zepplin839]

Anyone who's been there back in the early 2000s and again recently knows it's a shell of what it was. No wonder the news is running ads on it. Sad.

[@cameron8529]

its the exact same as it was. you are just nostalgic

[@my3dviews]

Not sure how it is just a shell of what it was. If anything it has expanded since then. Yes, it lost Sears which went bankrupt and just recently B.B. and Beyond, but that was out of their control. It has great theatres, including an IMAX screen. Just saw a movie there a couple of weeks ago. The theatre was packed.

[@derekintheph8935]

Every mall in every western country is a shell of its former self

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

It may have that many parking spots, though good luck finding a place to park during the weekend or during the Christmas season. Really miss Circuit Circus (an amazing arcade that was at West Edmonton Mall during the early - mid 2010's).

[@brendafoucault5173]

Spent a wk there and it was exciting, fun and the shopping, dinning theater, plus nice rooms

[@tudormiller887]

Amazing! Bigger & better than any here in the UK. Go Oilers! ❤

[@mitchellries256]

I wanted to come here this winter, but then I heard that they were taking out the Mindbender. I hope whatever the replace it with is worth removing that for because I was really looking forward to trying it out.

[@aleksanderkuncwicz7277]

Love the pool.

[@lifenatureinalbertacanada9317]

Looks like a 2000s infomercial

[@bw5530]

That place is depressing. Not even half of what it once was.

[@Headinavise]

No triple loop roller coaster, no fire spiting dragon, no submarines, no peacocks, no flamingos and no walk way aquariums. So sad to see what it has become.

[@SnowWhite-hr4ho]

What about talking about the fires and the arson arrests? Instead of running an ad for a mall.

[@germanshepherd6638]

Way better then mall of America

[@krishnachandrashil6224]

Really Excellent

[@lydiaflint6091]

This mall looks amazing! I definitely want to plan to visit this massive mall when I end up taking a road trip to Canada. Hopefully this mall will stay alive for a while longer even though the mall model is starting to phase out.

[@CODTerracraft]

Probably won’t close soon. Because of the amusement parc and aquatic center there’s always foot traffic

[@valdiviana1]

Who told you that started to phase out???

[@alidaz__]

i just went today! i had so much fun, and to be honest i don’t even enjoy malls.

[@HiDDENk00l]

@@valdiviana1 It definitely has. Malls everywhere have been failing and closing since the rise of online shopping. I mean, look at Triple 5's (WEM's owner) newest mall, American Dream. It opened a few years ago, and they attempted to copy the formula from West Edmonton Mall and Mall of America. It even has an amusement park, a water park and an ice rink, just like WEM, and even an indoor ski slope on top of that! But it's having a hard time attracting tenants.

[@my3dviews]

I like the mall in winter, rather than having to drive around in the cold from store to store. Just park my car and I can go to a restaurant and shop for hours. Sometime just go there to have a long walk. No way that it will close. It is almost always busy, especially on the weekends. Malls do well in Edmonton. Not just W.E.M., but Kingsway, Southgate and a few others that have been around for decades. Also, the LRT will go past West Edmonton Mall in the next few years (construction has been going for awhile), which will make it easier for people across Edmonton to get to the mall without using a car or taking a bus.

[@mackenzie9865]

I ❤️ West Ed. Mall!

[@dasalekhya]

It is REALLY BIG!! .... *Google map works INSIDE the mall* ... I swear (I am from Edmonton) anyone who know T&T stores knows how big they are ... there is one _inside the mall_ + a brick store + ice skating rink & more !!

[@MustyBastard]

pftt. Metrotown in Burnaby has both a superstore and a T&T. Just saying....

[@cameron8529]

@@MustyBastardok? nobody cares, this is about west edmonton mall

[@Mrsflip3100]

Looks fun

[@danialbert6247]

I can’t wait to go I’m going on my b day

[@2GringosOnTheGulf]

Great vid my friend, we moved from Edmonton to Mexico Oct 2021. Alberta was good to us. Cheers from Mexico. 👋🏽👋🏽✌🏽

[@EM-ic1yp]

I hate how they keep removing good stuff at WEM

[@NeerajKumar-fv1vq]

Jewish Indian Canadian this mall is so beautiful 🇮🇳🇨🇦

[@Harohikun]

So how much did cbc receive for an ad of west deadmonton falls?

[@monkeybusiness2204]

Is this a paid advertisement or what?

[@jessebrook1688]

It is still going pretty strong. It has to, because it's collateral on a massive loan for Triple 5 Group's American Dream Mall. It kind of feels like it's retail spaces are in transition, though. There's the usual complement of places that didn't survive the pandemic, and sadly there's less oddities like educational toy stores now, but it's still decent. It might wake up a little in 10 years or so, if the rail link is complete by then.

[@Headinavise]

No triple loop roller coaster, no fire spiting dragon, no submarines, no peacocks, no flamingos and no walk way aquariums. So sad to see what it has become.

[@M_D93]

The last time I was here, the WTC was still standing and the TSA and CATSA have not formed yet. I’m going again on August.

[@aceous99]

Nice

[@peterjones-sr5do]

Trying to find a healthy meal in the mall is like looking for needle in a haystack and transit is crime ridden throughout the entire network

[@Yesitsurboyblu3star]

Uhh thats kinda big..

[@Cool-hu5ze]

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[@starburstsolaris6805]

How much of indigeneous land gone.

[@cyrene7784]

🙄

[@nintony2994]

I don't mean to sound ignorant to my communities. but as an aboriginal/indigenous person. For whatever the infrastructure offers as a whole and for its size its well worth it They even sell our stuf in some of the shops so its pretty cool I guess :)

[@derekintheph8935]

Canada is pretty damn spacious I'd Say not too much

[@HaloFlemz86]

I can see my house!!!

[@tntvsouy]

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[@WeTheNorthRaptors]

last time i've been to WEM was 2021. malls in canada are miniature compared to malls in the Philippines lol

[@rainbowstar2775]

Yeah malls in The Philippines don't have an indoor pool and motel

[@WeTheNorthRaptors]

@@rainbowstar2775 they actually do, a couple malls that have indoor pools

[@rajanjacob2577]

That's small. Go to india and China you will see the largest mall of all times thus is not even a fraction of it

[@johnfive2440]

we are number 6 on the top 10 world's largest malls. BTW from 1981 until 2004 we were the largest mall. I wouldn't say it is small

[@KFC_Manager]

go back there then

[@Malikmukhtar-hp2lc]

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[@troytromwell]

Theres nothing in there. Bunch of clothing stores thats about it.

[@titusmccarthy]

Too many malls.

[@HiDDENk00l]

not too many like this one though

[@fraisedesbois7240]

I wanna be alone in this mall at night 😍

[@thatkid386]

The exterior is blah!

[@joshuaneilson]

Crossiron is a better MALL though. West ed is like a theme park combined with a mall. The actual retail part is pretty meh and isn’t that big compared to other malls in the country, and it’s also getting up there in age. The water slides are fun though. (There are no elements of the Calgary-Edmonton rivalry in this comment whatsoever)

[@johnfive2440]

Ummmmmm, ok 😂

[@user-sw1fm8pl6o]

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[@user-cd1ld2yw7s]

pure dystopia, trash

[@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623]

oh no save the mall. hurry! come spend money. its dying!

[@Nastyboy269]

How pathetic is it in Alberta that a shopping mall is their biggest tourist attraction?😆