Apple has made public its plans to open its first Canadian retail store, at the Yorkdale Shopping Center in Toronto, Ontario, with the grand opening scheduled for Saturday, May 21, 2005.The Yorkdale Apple Store has been a rumored retail location in previous MacRumors discussions.The opening in Canada will expand Apple's retail presence to its fourth country, after the U.S., Japan, and the U.K.[Update] ifoAppleStore reports that the opening date is now in question:
The Yorkdale (Toronto) mall management has has [sic] retracted its claim of a grand opening date for the Apple store there. In a statement, the mall said, "The May 21, 2005 date was removed from the store boarding as we do not yet have a specific date for the store opening."