Editing Markham, Ontario (section)

==Shopping==
Markham is home to several large malls of 100+ stores. These include:
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* [[CF Markville]] (160+ stores)
* [[First Markham Place]] (180 stores) and Woodside Power Centre
* [[King Square Shopping Mall]] (500+ mini-shops)<ref>{{cite web |title=King Square |url=http://www.kingsquare.ca/projects_shopping-centre_01/ |access-date=2021-12-15 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215075829/http://www.kingsquare.ca/projects_shopping-centre_01/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Langham Square]] (700 stores)
* [[Pacific Mall]] (450 mini-shops)
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There are also a lot of higher-profile malls in nearby Toronto, and elsewhere in York Region.

===East Asian businesses===
Many shopping centres in Markham are also ethnically Chinese and East Asian-oriented. This is a reflection of Markham's large [[East Asian]], particularly [[Chinese Canadian]], population making it an important [[Chinatowns in Toronto#Chinese communities in the GTA|Chinese community in the GTA]]. They carry a wide variety of traditional Chinese products, apparel, and foods.

On Highway 7, between Woodbine and Warden Avenues, is First Markham Place, containing numerous shops and restaurants; this is several kilometres east of Richmond Hill's Chinese malls. Further east along Highway 7 is an older plaza is at the southwest quadrant with the intersection with Kennedy Road.

Pacific Mall is the most well-known Chinese mall in Markham, at Kennedy Road and Steeles Avenue East, which, combined with neighbouring Market Village (now closed) and [[Splendid China Mall]], formed the second largest Chinese shopping area in North America, after the [[Golden Village (Richmond, British Columbia)|Golden Village]] in [[Richmond, British Columbia]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} In close proximity, at Steeles Avenue and Warden Avenue, there is the New Century Plaza mall and a half-block away there is a plaza of Chinese shops anchored by a [[T & T Supermarket]].

There are also some smaller shopping centres in Markham, such as:
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* Albion Mall
* Alderland Centre
* Denison Centre
* J-Town
* Markham Town Square
* Metro Square
* Peachtree Centre
* New Kennedy Square
* [[The Shops on Steeles and 404]]
* Thornhill Square Shopping Centre
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