Photo by Yu-Lin Chan in the blogTO Flickr pool.

Today in Toronto, the Design Offsite Festival will dot Toronto with exhibits and events. Running from January 19-25, design installations and unusual prototypes are rolled into public spaces, which will also host screenings, panels, window installations, and more; check out our preview here. A highlight each year is the Gladstone's Come Up to My Room exhibit, on now, which gives designers free rein on the hotel's rooms on the second and third floor.

Free art and performance festival Villa Toronto is at Union Station, and dreamy psych music is setting up camp at Smiling Buddha as new weird America artist Weyes Blood is joined by Toronto's Petra Glynt, Anamai, and Schnsee. If you forget to buy stick-on Dollar Store rhinestones on the way over, someone will have some to lend you. For more events, click on over to our events section.

• Design: Toronto Design Offsite Festival
• Art: Villa Toronto (Union Station)
• Performance: Is 1 hr 1 hr? (Union Station)
• Music: Weyes Blood (Smiling Buddha)
• Music: The Vaselines (Lee's Palace)
• Dance: Series 8:08 Choreographic Performance Workshop (Videofag)
• Games: Wes Anderson Pub Quiz (The Beaver)
• Craft: 1/16 (Craft Ontario)

Have an event you'd like to plug? Submit your own listing to the blogTO Toronto events calendar or contact us directly.

Come Up To My Room photo by Andrew Williamson

CityPlace now has its own Italian eatery courtesy of serial-restaurateurs Hanif Harji and Charles Khabouth. While it's not as cheap or casual as some might like, there will be the option for delivery (a.k.a CityPlace room service) and the menu of pizzas pastas and wine-worthy snack foods are above par for a neighbourhood joint, considering ex-The Grove chef Ben Heaton is overseeing the kitchen.

Read my profile of Citta in the restaurant section.

Not so long ago we took a comparative look at how much Toronto has changed over the last 25 years. That post relied on photos of key areas in the city that have witnessed significant change since the 1990s. It was, however, quite difficult to illustrate just how dramatic the changes to the skyline have been over that period.

New documents released by Toronto's Planning & Growth Management Committee, on the other hand, make this very clear. Although the time period in question is narrower -- 2000 vs. 2014 -- the amount of development is staggering. Seen from an aerial perspective hovering above Ontario Place, areas like the Railway Lands, waterfront, and the corridor that follows the Yonge-University-Spadina Line are completely transformed.

The before and after images are offered below, but perhaps the best way to track the change is via this GIF that Matt Elliott tweeted last night. It shows a city in the midst of a serious growth spurt. It's riveting to think just how dense this city will become over the next decade and beyond.

Fitness clubs for women in Toronto allow women to feel 100% comfortable while burning some calories. Sometimes we'd rather bike, run, lift and box without sweaty men at our sides - am I right, ladies? These gyms offer a variety of fun and effective classes for you and your fellow females to partake in - or if you'd rather put your earphones in and work out solo at the machines, you'll find plenty of options, too.

Here are my picks for the top fitness clubs for women in Toronto.

See also:The top 8 fitness bootcamps for women in Toronto

Goodlife Fitness Women's Club
Did you know that popular fitness chain Goodlife has six women's only gyms in Toronto (plus another in Richmond Hill)? Sprawling from Etobicoke to Scarborough, downtown to North York, these locations mean you won't need to push through a crowd of men to get to the barbells and free weights.

Flirty Girl Fitness
Grab your girlfriends and head to Flirty Girl Fitness on King West to break a sweat. With a huge variety of classes, you can decide if you want to work on those abs, legs or booty or maybe strap on some gloves for boxing. Fun is pretty much guaranteed.

Women's Fitness Clubs of Canada
Women's Fitness Clubs of Canada, with a Toronto location at Bayview and Eglinton, offers lots of machines for you to burn those calories. With child care services on the premises, you'll never have to worry about getting a babysitter just so you can go work out.

Fitness Works for Women
Located in the Beaches, Fitness Works for Women aims to empower women while getting them fit. They offer great classes where you can work on your cardio and strength training, or you can try a belly dancing class to work out your core.

Toronto Newsgirls
The Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club at Gerrard and Carlaw opened back in 1996 when owner Savoy Howe realized that women felt more comfortable working out and boxing in a women's-only space. The two hour boxing classes incorporate stretching and cardio, and then move on to some serious bag-punching.

Did I miss any? Leave your favourite fitness clubs for women in Toronto in the comments.

Photo of Toronto Newsgirls by Dennis Marciniak

Next time some prat parks his car illegally in the middle of a lane (I'm looking at you, dudes who leave your Benzes on the street front of the Prada store, as if to say "your puny parking tickets have no impact on my finances whatsoever") you'll be able to report their sorry behinds at the push of a button.

TowIt is a brand-new platform that collects user-submitted data on illegally parked vehicles (including location, photos and license plate info), which they then submit to surrounding law enforcement officers and towing companies.

"We feel that in certain circumstances our crowdsourced public domain data is evidence enough to have an illegally parked car towed," the creators write, adding that they have safeguards in place to prevent fraudulent activity (so you're unlikely to get towed if someone just decides they want to mess with you).

In addition to the website, which marks the offending vehicles on a map, they just launched an Android app, and are planning to have iOS, BlackBerry and Windows versions up and running soon.

Towing has already witnessed a spike in Toronto following Mayor John Tory's blitz on illegal parking during rush hour, which has met with generally positive feedback. This is a bit different, of course, but the popularity of the service might ultimately hinge on the degree to which Torontonians are fed up with gridlock.

The TTC is planning to hike all non-cash fares by 10 cents starting March 1 in an effort to raise an additional $43 million for service improvements. Mayor John Tory made the announcement this morning at a North York school. As part of the proposed budget which will be voted on later this year, the TTC will make rides for kids under 12 free at a cost of $7.1 million.

Tory says the money raised by the fare hike will be used to restore the all day, everyday bus service that was cut in 2011, establish 10-minute or better bus and streetcar service on key routes, add two additional rush hour subway trains, and expand the Blue Night Network.

The money, which would be supplemented by a $38 million increase in the TTC's subsidy, would also be used to buy 50 new buses and rent a temporary storage facility for the vehicles. A press release issued by the TTC said the investments in 2015 would total $95 million.

As it stands, the TTC would raise the cost of a token by 10 cents to $2.80. The price of a Metropass will increase from $133.75 to $141.50 and a batch of seven tokens will be priced at $19.60, up from $18.90. Cash fares would remain $3.00.

During the election campaign Tory (and Doug Ford and Olivia Chow) campaigned on a fare freeze for 2015. "Given that there have been a number of fare increases in recent years and the high cost of living in the city in general, TTC riders need a break," Tory told the Toronto Sun in October.

Tory said reneging on his promise was "a difficult choice."

"It was not until the transition period after the election that I was fully able to comprehend and see put in front of me all of the facts as to the scope and the extent of the transit cutbacks imposed by the previous administration," he said.

"TTC users will pay a little more and get a lot more."

Chris Bateman is a staff writer at blogTO. Follow him on Twitter at @chrisbateman.

Image: jp1958/blogTO Flickr pool.

One of Toronto's clearest class divides can be visualized quite succinctly by reaction to a new report from TD Economics regarding the housing market in the city. Camp A is shocked to learn that, instead of following the handy "30%" rule of income-to-rent ratio, Toronto renters are donating an average of 50% of each pay cheque to their landlord's designer dog + Muskoka cottage lifestyle. Camp B, on the other hand, is saying "duh" and getting on with their seven day work week.

According to the report, the renters' statistic applies to non-one per cent (actually non 60%) of workers, while those in the upper bracket are bleeding cash at similar volumes to mortgages and other home owning fees that people like myself can't even begin to comprehend. The heart of the matter is that if you're only paying half your income on housing, the landlord hasn't left you without heat for weeks at a time, and you don't have bed bugs, congratulations, you're doing okay in Toronto. For now.

Do you dedicate 50% of your working life to funneling money into the pockets of someone who will one day callously serve you an eviction notice claiming their grand niece is taking over the lease in two months? Let us know in the comments.

Photo by Derek Flack

The best new cheap eats in Toronto make dining out on a budget more appealing and diverse than ever. This list showcases establishments that are turning out top-notch, high quality grub at impressive price points, as well as inexpensive options that are undeniably filling and flavourful.

Here are the best new cheap eats in Toronto for 2014.

See also:

The Best New Cheap Eats in Toronto, 2013
The Best New Cheap Eats in Toronto, 2012
The Best New Cheap Eats in Toronto, 2011
The Best New Cheap Eats in Toronto, 2010

If you caught wind of Target's impending shutdown in Canada and thought to yourself "finally, now I'll be able to get some of those deals they kept promising," your schadenfreude is about to hit fever pitch in the coming weeks. The company has begun telling customers via Twitter that liquidation of the stock in their 133 stores (including nine GTA locations) is set to begin in the next two to three weeks.

As stock is sold off, the company adds, stores will remain open on a case by case basis, with the liquidation projected to take between 16 and 20 weeks. (They also won't accept returns once liquidation begins, so if you have anything to take back, do it now.) The company projected losses from the Canadian pullout as totaling $600 million - but hey, their massive loss could be your moderate gain (deeply discounted sweatpants and slow cookers, ahoy).

Photo via Stephen Caissie via the blogTO Flickr pool.

Photo by Matt Wiebe in the blogTO Flickr pool.

Today in Toronto you have a chance to avoid ridiculous rents by buddying up with a roomie at the Toronto Roommate Mixer. Read more about it here. The Drake One Fifty will continue to host out-of-town chefs in 2015 with the first pop-up dinner planned to feature a collaborative Portuguese fusion menu from David Santos of Thomas Keller's Per Se and resident Executive Chef, Ted Corrado.

The UK's newest soul-crooning export (and perhaps most acclaimed mopey Brit since Morrissey) will perform hits from his debut smash, In the Lonely Hour. The 22-year-old has practically become a star overnight and nabbed six Grammy nods thanks to sheer vocal talent and relatable tunes about unrequited love. George Ezra opens. For more events, click on over to our events section.

• Music: Sam Smith (Air Canada Centre)
• Food: Pop-ups at the Drake One Fifty
• Music: Hamilton Leithauser (Drake Hotel)
• Networking: Toronto Roommate Mixer (Hemingway's)
• Party: In The Jungle Vol.2 (Phoenix)
• Art: Art Battle 211 (Great Hall)
• Design: Toronto Design Offsite Festival
• Art: Villa Toronto (Union Station)

Have an event you'd like to plug? Submit your own listing to the blogTO Toronto events calendar or contact us directly.

Contributions by Shazia Khan and Liora Ipsum

Photo by Dylan Leeder

This week on DineSafe, there are no closures to report, thankfully. While Ali Baba's on Wellesley was shut down last week, the location on the Danforth was yellow carded this week. More disturbing is that Habibiz, a shisha joint in Scarborough, managed to stay open with 12 infractions.

Here are the rest of this week's worst DineSafe results.

Ali Baba's (117 Danforth Ave.)
Inspected on: January 16, 2015
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 9 (Minor: 2, Significant: 5, Crucial: 2)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to ensure food is not contaminated/adulterated. Operator fail to maintain hazardous food(s) at 4C (40F) or colder.

Freshii (130 King St. West)
Inspected on: January 15, 2015
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 1 (Minor: 1, Significant: 2, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to maintain hazardous food(s) at 4C (40F) or colder.

Bahara Cuisine House (178 Carlton St. )
Inspected on: January 15, 2015
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 3, Significant: 2)
Crucial infractions include:N/A

Meena's Fine Foods (1295 Morningside Ave.)
Inspected on: January 15, 2015
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 3 (Minor: 1, Significant: 2)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Habibiz (1939 Kennedy Rd.)
Inspected on: January 14, 2015
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 12 (Minor: 3, Significant: 8, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to ensure food is not contaminated/adulterated

Kintako Japanese Restaurant (1214 Laird Dr.)
Inspected on: January 14, 2015
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 2 (Minor: 1, Significant: 1)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Retro Canadiana shows no sign of slowing down as a design trend in Toronto, as shown by our ever-burning appetite for rustic-chic furniture and blanket-print everything. It stands to reason, then, that eventually, some designer would finally turn a nostalgic eye toward that most Canadian of items, the ice skate. Toronto firm Jacknife has created a prototype for a sleek leather-booted model that takes its cues from skates of old.

The design, which calls for full-grain leather, aluminum, titanium, stainless steel, and rose-gold plating on the blade, would make a unique addition to the modern sporting goods market. After all, as Jacknife's Mike Kelar told Dezeen, "recreation ice skates are bulky, poorly constructed and lack style - they seemed to be positioned as cheap beginner skates." Though the design is just a concept for now, the company appears to be moving to put them into production. Snag a pair of your own, and you'll look pretty (wait for it) sharp.

Villa Toronto opened last weekend at Union Station, featuring work from 19 local and international galleries. You wouldn't know it at first glance, though. Despite taking up ample space in the Great Hall, the exhibition is visually underwhelming when viewed as a whole. This is unfortunate given how many commuters will experience it, but there are little gems to found for those who slow down, such as Navid Nuur's diminutive neon light installation "Broken Diamond" or the subtle blend of sounds the various audio and video works bring to the atrium.

In some sense this dichotomy aptly sums up Villa Toronto's hub: the idea of an art festival at Union Station showed loads of promise, but the execution leaves something to desired. The various installations show little cohesion, and not much thought appears to have been paid to how people will interact with the overall exhibition, much like the type of layout that one sees at the commercial art fairs that organizers have tried to distance themselves from.

If this sounds overly harsh, it's merely a measure of how exciting it all sounded on paper. And, to be fair, the festival involves far more than just the main exhibition at Union. The off-site performances and screenings are important parts of the Villa concept, and have rallied the city's arts community around a central event, something that it's nice to see isn't merely confined to Art Toronto.

So while there are elements of Villa Toronto that could be improved upon for anyone organizing a similar type of event in the future, the festival is also a sort of gift to the Toronto arts scene. For one, it has us thinking about Union Station in different terms. Given how interesting the exhibition sounded, for instance, why couldn't the Great Hall be used for musical performances on occasion? Not every type of show would work, but it would make for an intriguing venue, to say the least.

Villa Toronto might also, one hopes, inspire the Toronto arts community to work together more often, to think bigger, and to take itself more seriously when it comes to projects of this scale. It might not always work out exactly as planned, but there's reward in taking these types of risks. Our galleries tend to play it too safe, and perhaps the ultimate legacy the organizers from Raster will have left is the inspiration for our hometown gallerists to think bigger.

Writing by Aubrey Jax and Derek Flack

Aspiring Katniss Everdeens, your hour has come. Scarborough is home to Toronto's first-ever archery tag facility, where you and your closest friends can enjoy firing foam-tipped arrows at one another in action-packed, team-based combat. Technically, all this running and dodging is a great way to get fit - but you'll have so much fun pretending the end times are nigh that you won't even notice.

Read my profile of Archery District in the fitness section.

If anyone has seen their share of Toronto, you can be sure it's a Mayor. That makes our current city leader, John Tory, an ideal candidate to provide an insider's perspective on Toronto. He is now, after all, the city's most prominent and full-time ambassador (sorry, Drake).

I sat down with Mayor Tory in his office at City Hall where he was infectious with enthusiasm about all the GTA's nooks and crannies. In the process he shared where he would take a guest to show off the city, what places he's discovered as Mayor, and what spots he loves the most.

If you wanted to show someone who has never been to Toronto what makes our city great, where would you - as an ambassador for the city - take them?

A revitalized Regent Park. Put it all together so they can see the new and the old. BCE Place. It's a spectacular example of how, if you're a bit insistent, you can get things like the galleria. The AGO and the ROM. The BAPS Swaminarayan Temple with the Hindu civilization museum. It's a spectacular Hindu temple. Gorgeous and very interesting. People will often say, "This is in Toronto? How did this get here?"

The North Scarborough Chinese Plazas and big Chinese Malls with the huge 500 seat restaurants. The Evergreen Brick Works and College Street West. If you said "You have three hours or four hours, those are the places I'd take them to show off different things.

What eating spots that you personally love would you take your guests to during your tour?

For breakfast, Over Easy on Bloor Street. It's unpretentious and has a great, long menu of omelets. For Lunch, Apache Burger. It's a burger joint in Etobicoke that's an institution for generations of people. It serves a great burger. For dinner, I'd say Canoe. While a bit tony, it's a place where you get a spectacular view of the waterfront on a decent day. It's a very Canadian-like menu with a lot of light local food. I like it there.

Do you have any favorite spots in the city that you would want to show them in between meals? Spots that aren't about showing off what the city has to offer, but ones you yourself have great affection for?

A ravine. Any of them. Whether it's out on the Humber River, whether it's in Rouge, the center of town, or the Don Valley.

I'd also say the Corktown Common where I'd show them what's being done on the revitalization of the waterfront, and because I think it's a spectacular park. Then I'd say the BAPS temple again because I'd just want to say, "Look, I want to take you to show you that in Toronto we have things like this. It's extraordinary."

Now that you're settled into City Hall, what do you love in this area of town?

One is Chinatown. I don't go there as much as I used to, but I was there during the election a couple of times and you realize how interesting, bustling and full of enterprise it is. Then I'd say Queen Street West. I think it's fabulous. It's gone further and further west. You used to be able to walk the part that was interesting in probably an hour. Now you can just walk all day.

What spots do you like in the neighborhood where you live?

I live at Bloor and Bedford, so that's why I'd say Philosopher's Walk. When you're in Philosopher's Walk, you can see the university buildings, but you feel very much like you might be in the country.

Then I'd say Taddle Creek Park, which is a little park that was built with the money that came from building our condo. It's a fabulous city park. It's not that big, but we take advantage of it because it's a well-designed park. It's the one with the huge 20 ft. water jug sculpture. In the summer, the water is pouring out of it.

Are there any spots where you can unwind and forget you're the Mayor for a while?

Well, I've only been Mayor for six weeks, but places where I feel at peace in the city? Toronto Island. Ever since I was a kid, I never cease to have a very special feeling when I'm at the island. I look back at this huge city, and you can't really hear the noise of the city. You're in this place that's so incredibly peaceful and you're thinking to yourself, "How is it possible I'm here and it's right there."

Humber Bay Park. It's a similarly beautiful park where you have a different view of the city skyline across the whole of the lake. It's actually a very natural park.

It's a bit remote, but I still love the zoo. Then, the one place I love in the city the most: Riverdale Farm. I've probably been going there for twenty years. It's only because we took our kids there, and now I take my grandchildren there. They never cease to be entertained by going there. If it's the 11,000 time visit they have, they still love going to see the cow - the cow! - and the chickens. I like it there because of the joy they've had in going.

What are three Toronto locations you can't you live without?

The waterfront, Riverdale Farm, and Nathan Phillips Square. Which isn't just because I'm now the Mayor and I spend a lot of time here. It's also because over the years I've been to so many things here. Everything from Grey Cup celebrations to Blue Jays celebrations.

Are there any new areas of the city you've discovered and fallen in love with now that you're Mayor?

Both times I ran for Mayor, I discovered parts of the city. I'll name one from each campaign. The first campaign in 2003, I had never really been to the Swansea/Mimico area down by the lake in South Etobicoke.

When I got there, I was amazed at a number of things: first of all, walk to any part of it, and you have a sense there's a very tight community. Secondly, the proximity to the lake is amazingly close. You associate that with the beaches, but you don't' think of it in the context of the west part of the city. But it's true. It's relatively untouched as of yet. It is at it was. It's got some terrific parks. I think it's a really special part of town.

This second time I ran for Mayor, it was the opposite end of town. If you go to the South part of Scarborough, from West to East, there's a lot of really terrific neighborhoods all the way along there. And, of course, there's a great proximity to the lake.

ESSENTIAL SPOTS

Brunch:Over Easy

Bar:The Duke of York or The Bedford Academy, because they're half a block from my house.

Restaurant to take someone from out of town:Canoe.

Museum or Gallery: The galleries in the Distillery District, or on Queen West. I don't have a particular gallery. Also the AGO and ROM, both of which I'm very proud of.

Bookstore: It's ordinary to say, but Indigo in Manulife. Before I would have said the World's Biggest Bookstore, but it's closed.

Clothing: Again, it's boring, but I would say Harry Rosen.

Movie Theatre: When I was a kid there were these gigantic movie theatres. The Capitol Event place up on Yonge Street. Those were all theatres. Big movie theatres with 400-500 seats, with balconies, and smoking sections of course. Unfortunately, those are all gone. Now I'd say TIFF because there are six or seven theatres and it's an interesting building.

Photo by Jesse Milns.

The Toronto Public Library system doesn't often get the love it deserves. Not only do our libraries have a fascinating history dating back to American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, but they serve as crucial community hubs that continue to foster a love of reading even as they adapt to new technologies and uses. A new art project by Daniel Rotsztain called "All the Libraries" aims to celebrate our library system via drawings of each of Toronto's 99 branches.

"Deciding to visit all 99 branches of the Toronto Public Library has given me a way to explore every corner of the city," explains. "I have travelled up river valleys, through neighbourhoods, over highways, and along the lakeshore to get to them. A lot of people talk about how Toronto is divided, ignoring the things that unify us, like our library system."

The project draws attention to a valuable architectural legacy in Toronto and challenges the notion that the city is quite so divided a place as we often hear. It's also a model for urban exploration. Few of us explore the city with such broad range, and that's a shame, as there's so much out there to see, including our libraries.

Check out all the drawings as they're released on the "All the Libraries" website.

It's a dark time to be a Toronto Maple Leafs fan. Not only has the team lost its last five games, but during that span the players have scored a grand total of two goals. Yes, tensions are high in Leaf land, as players snap at reporters and fans show their displeasure with the team either through near complete silence during game action or by tossing jerseys on the ice to shame the team for its lacklustre performances.

A new low, however, is that last night's jersey-throwers were reportedly charged with public mischief after being tossed from the arena. In what seems like an overreaction, reports indicate that two of three people who tossed jerseys onto the ice were charged by police at the conclusion of the game.

Tossing objects of any kind onto the ice at a sporting event is a dumb thing to do, but it's rare to hear of someone getting charged for such an act. Normally, an ejection from the premises is deemed an appropriate punishment.

What do you think? Is jersey-tossing an offense worthy of criminal punishment?

Photo by by under feet like ours on Flickr

Outlet stores in Toronto give in-the-know shoppers quality deals on the same stuff they try to sell you for full price (well - most of the time). As a bonus, these standalone stores are usually a lot more accessible than GTA-area outlet malls. Though many of these are far from downtown shopping hot spots (all the better for snagging warehouse-sized spaces), the end savings make them well worth a visit.

Here are my picks for the top outlet stores in Toronto.

See also:The top 10 outlet malls near Toronto

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Technically, you won't find last season's Holt Renfrew castoffs here - the luxury department store's outlet at Vaughan Mills orders in its merchandise specially - but that doesn't mean you won't walk away with a Rebecca Minkoff bag at way below retail.

Urban Barn
At this Canadian housewares brand's outlet in Scarborough, you'll find deals on slightly-dinged and out-of-season furniture, linens and knick-knacks, with some pieces marked down as high as 85%.

Au Lit Fine Linens
Bedding's not exactly a fun thing to splurge on (at least, not until you're home happily dozing on your new Egyptian cotton sheets). Take the sting out of the shopping experience at this bedding outlet at Yonge and Davisville (just down the street from the main store), where you can score deals as high as 80% off.

Kitchen Stuff Plus
If you're looking to slice some price off that new knife block, head to this kitchenware chain's massive outlet store on Orfus Road, which handles clearance and overstock for their three Toronto locations.

Casalife
At Casalife's warehouse outlet in South Etobicoke, you'll find hefty discounts on floor models and showroom samples of their condo-friendly furniture. Pieces tend to be knocked down to about 40% off - you can check out a sample selection online, though the clearance centre gets new models frequently, so the wares are ever-changing.

Roots
Like Gap and J. Crew, Roots stocks its outlet stores largely with lower-cost pieces made specifically for outlet locations (so you might not necessarily find that jacket or bag you were lusting after). But at their Orfus Road factory outlet, many of the "Roots 73" items still represent decent value - and what main-line pieces you'll find sprinkled in are heavily discounted.

Danier
In case you missed their killer Boxing Day sales, don't fret: The Canadian leather goods company offloads last season's extras to this outlet store on St. Clair West, located adjacent to their head office. Find some surprisingly-trendy bombers, moto jackets and coats, as well as bags and accessories, for significantly marked-down prices.

Running Room
Etobicoke is home to a clearance outlet for the Canadian chain of running stores. Clothing and shoes are organized by size, with shoppers reporting ample selection for more common shoe sizes (5s and 11s might have a tougher time). With a little luck, you can snag a pair of runners for as low as $30.

Nine West
With a little patience and luck, Nine West's outlet stores, like their Orfus Road outpost, can be a goldmine for shoe lovers. Frustratingly, not every pair gets mega-marked down (this is particularly the case for new arrivals) - but if something's been out on the floor for a while, you're sure to get a deal.

Europe Bound
It's haphazardly organized and made of plenty of odd sizes, but this outdoor-gear outlet at Queen and Parliament is a great place to go treasure-hunting for performancewear - you'll find North Face, Patagonia and Under Armour gear marked down up to 50% off.

Did I miss any? Leave your favourite Toronto outlet store in the comments.