Chanel has opened a new standalone Fragrance & Beauty boutique at Toronto Pearson International Airport, expanding its presence at Canada’s busiest airport as Pearson and global travel retailer Avolta build out the airport’s premium and luxury retail offering.
Located in Terminal 1, the boutique carries Chanel fragrance, skincare and makeup, along with eyewear and travel-specific beauty sets. Avolta and Toronto Pearson held a grand opening celebration for the store on July 14. The opening comes during an active period for Chanel in Canada, following the June opening of its largest Canadian boutique at Oakridge Park in Vancouver and a major expansion at Holt Renfrew Yorkdale in Toronto late last year.
The Pearson boutique has been designed as a dedicated Chanel beauty environment, with a curated assortment and personalized service aimed at travellers passing through Terminal 1. Among the collections available is LES BEIGES, alongside Chanel’s signature fragrances, skincare and makeup, travel-ready beauty sets and the Spring/Summer 2026 Eyewear collection.
The interior incorporates recognizable Chanel design elements with bright tones and seasonal textures. The standalone format gives the brand its own environment rather than positioning its assortment within a conventional multi-brand airport beauty department.
“At Toronto Pearson, we’re focused on enhancing the passenger experience by offering an exceptional mix of premium and luxury retail that brings greater choice and convenience to every journey,” said Joe Daiello, Director of Concessions and Partnership Development at Toronto Pearson.
Daiello said brands such as Chanel give passengers greater access to luxury beauty and fragrance, whether they are shopping for gifts, travel essentials or personal purchases before departure.
Nearly 50,000 Square Feet of Avolta Duty-Free Retail at Pearson
The Chanel opening is part of a much larger retail operation at Toronto Pearson. Avolta, through its Dufry business, operates nearly 50,000 square feet of duty-free retail space across Terminals 1 and 3, with a portfolio that includes Chanel, Dior, Burberry, Ferragamo, Longchamp, Omega and Bulgari, alongside beauty brands such as Estée Lauder, Lancôme and MAC Cosmetics.
“Our new CHANEL boutique perfectly complements our growing duty-paid and duty-free offering at Toronto Pearson International Airport,” said Kate Herzig, Executive Vice President, Duty Free North America & Canada Retail Operations at Avolta.
Herzig said Avolta and the Greater Toronto Airports Authority have curated a premium shopping experience across Domestic Terminal 1 featuring some of the world’s most recognizable luxury brands. Dedicated branded environments are increasingly part of that mix, including a standalone Parfums Christian Dior boutique that opened in Terminal 1 Domestic in 2024 with fragrance, makeup and skincare.
Avolta is also expanding elsewhere at Pearson. In June 2025, the company opened a redesigned Toronto Duty Free store in Terminal 3, describing it as the first phase of a significant retail revitalization planned for the airport in partnership with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority. The initial 170-square-metre store, or approximately 1,830 square feet, focused on Canadian products alongside international duty-free brands, with plans for another 340 square metres, or approximately 3,660 square feet, dedicated to luxury cosmetics and fragrances.
Chanel Returns With a Standalone Beauty Boutique at Pearson
The new store is not Chanel’s first standalone beauty concept at Toronto Pearson. In 2019, Chanel opened what was described at the time as North America’s first standalone duty-paid Chanel Fragrance & Beauty boutique in Terminal 1 domestic departures, shortly after opening Canada’s first standalone Chanel Fragrance & Beauty boutique at Holt Renfrew Centre on Bloor Street in Toronto.
The earlier Pearson boutique subsequently closed. The 2026 opening brings a standalone Chanel Fragrance & Beauty concept back to the airport seven years after the original store opened, this time within a Pearson retail landscape that includes a larger concentration of dedicated luxury and beauty environments.
Chanel Opens its Largest Canadian Store at Oakridge Park
The Pearson opening comes less than two months after Chanel opened an approximately 13,000-square-foot boutique at Oakridge Park in Vancouver, making it the luxury house’s largest store in Canada. The Peter Marino-designed boutique is also the first Chanel location in the country to bring fashion, watches, fine jewellery, fragrance and beauty together under one roof.
Dedicated spaces showcase ready-to-wear, handbags, footwear and accessories alongside a Watches & Fine Jewelry salon and High Jewelry collections. Beauty has a substantial presence through a dedicated Fragrance & Beauty destination and Chanel Privé suite for consultations and treatments, while a Care & Repair Salon operating as part of the Chanel & moi initiative provides another specialized service within the boutique.
The scale of the Oakridge store grew considerably during the planning process. Retail Insider previously reported that Chanel had initially been evaluating approximately 5,000 square feet at the Vancouver development before ultimately proceeding with a boutique more than twice that size, allowing for a much broader assortment, private client areas and specialized services.
Yorkdale Expansion Preceded Oakridge Flagship
The Oakridge opening followed another major Canadian expansion only seven months earlier. In November 2025, Chanel unveiled an approximately 10,600-square-foot concession inside Holt Renfrew at Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto, spanning two levels and becoming the largest Chanel concession globally and, at the time, the largest Chanel-operated store in Canada.
The Yorkdale boutique carries ready-to-wear, handbags, accessories and footwear alongside watches, fine jewellery and high jewellery. Beauty is not included within the concession, distinguishing its assortment from the broader offering at Oakridge Park. Oakridge subsequently surpassed Yorkdale in size, leaving Chanel with two Canadian retail environments exceeding 10,000 square feet.
The two stores give Chanel different large-format platforms in two of Canada’s strongest luxury retail markets. Yorkdale operates as an expansive concession within Holt Renfrew, while Oakridge is a standalone Chanel boutique with most of the house’s major product categories represented in one location.
Standalone Chanel Beauty Has a Longer History in Toronto
Chanel has maintained dedicated beauty retail in Toronto outside of its larger fashion boutiques and concessions. In May 2019, the luxury house opened Canada’s first standalone Chanel Fragrance & Beauty boutique at Holt Renfrew Centre, at 50 Bloor Street West, as part of the redevelopment of Holt Renfrew’s concourse-level beauty business.
The approximately 1,280-square-foot boutique carries fragrance, skincare, makeup and eyewear and includes dedicated beauty stations and a private treatment room inspired by the Chanel au Ritz spa in Paris. Chanel’s original standalone Pearson beauty boutique followed shortly afterward, adding an airport-specific format to the brand’s Toronto beauty presence. Seven years later, the new Pearson boutique joins a Canadian Chanel network that has expanded across several distinct formats including Shoppers Drug Mart.
