Better Value in Dollar

US factory outlets is the place that you find the best deals, apart from special sales (e.g. Boxing Day sale) in department stores. You can save 25-75% off on brand name & designer goods. There are hundreds of Outlet Centers, Outlet Malls and Outlet Stores close to Canadian border, within an hour of driving distance. Each outlet center offers tens and sometimes hundreds name brand shops.

Primarily, US factory outlets are operated by a few companies.

• VF Outlet with over 70 centers dotted across the US continent. You can find the map of their centers and online coupons.
• Chelsea Premium Outlets with over 40 centers. You can find the map of their centers here and their sales event here.
• Fashion Outlets with 3 major malls.

Closest US factory outlet malls to major Canadian cities

• Toronto, Mississauga, Kitchener & Hamilton (West Ontario):
  • Fashion Outlets of Niagara Address: 1900 Military Road, Niagara Falls NY 14304. Map.
    • Shoppers Shuttle runs daily with departures from these Niagara Falls Ontario hotels with a round trip fare of US$15:
      • Renaissance Fallsview and Fallsview Casino
      • Sheraton Fallsview
      • Embassy Suites
      • Holiday Inn
      • Clarion President
      • Brock Plaza Hotel
  • Walden Galleria : One Walden Galleria, Buffalo, NY 14225.  Map.
• Vancouver:
  • Seattle Premium Outlets. Address: 10600 Quil Ceda Blvd., Tulalip, WA 98271. Map.
  • North Bend VF Outlet I-90, Exit 31. Map.
• Kingston & Ottawa (East Ontario):
  • Waterloo Premium Outlets. Address: 655 Route 318, Waterloo, NY 13165. NYS Thruway, Exit 41 & 42. Map
• Montreal & Quebec City (Quebec):
  • Settlers’ Green Outlet Village.  Rt 16 North Conway, NH. Map.
  • Kittery Premium Outlets. Address: 375 U.S. Route 1, Kittery, ME 03904. Map.
• Fredericton, Moncton & St. John (Nova Scotia, PEI and New Brunswick):
  • Kittery Premium Outlets. Address: 375 U.S. Route 1, Kittery, ME 03904. Map.
  • Maine Kittery Outlets, 306 State Rd, Kittery ME 03904, Map.
• Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer (Alberta)
  • Continental Factory Outlet Store, 1001 Smelter Ave NE, Black Eagle, MT 59414, Map.
  • It’s too far and difficult driving to Great Falls, making cross border shopping rather challenging.
• Winnipeg (Manitoba)
  • Factory outlets in Minnesota.

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