Eaton's Annex

Eaton's Annex was a 10-storey building containing both retail and office space in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[1] When these departments were moved to the new College Street store in 1930, the focus of the Annex's retail offerings was shifted to lower-cost items.

It offered many of the same departments and types of goods as Eaton's other two Toronto stores, but in cheaper varieties, and with less extensive in-store displays and customer service.

As such, the Annex represented one of the first instances in Canada where a traditional, full-line department store operated a separate discount outlet or chain.

A portion of the Bell Trinity Square office complex currently occupies the former Annex site.

Eaton's House Furnishing Building in 1919, later known as Eaton's Annex.
The view northwest from Yonge and Queen Streets overlooking various Eaton's buildings in the early 1920s. The Annex building can be seen in the middle behind Eaton's Main Store.
The Annex building in the background on James Street, with City Hall in the foreground, May 1917.
Eaton's Santa Claus Parade in 1926, with views of City Hall (left) and the Main Store (right) in the foreground, the Annex building (behind City Hall) in the middleground, and Eaton's factory buildings in the background.