Event: Toronto

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.A Floating Convenience Store Appears in Toronto, Attracting the Curious“Global Convenience,” an art installation honoring the city’s role as a World Cup host, is a near-perfect replica of a corner shop. Someone got stranded after swimming out to it last week.VideoA floating convenience store, which appeared in Toronto on June 12 and is on view until October, is the product of a collaboration between the artists Trevor Wheatley and Cosmo Dean and the design studio Puncture.CreditCredit...Blue Sheep FilmsJune 26, 2026The small convenience store that appeared in downtown Toronto this month is in many ways unremarkable. It’s open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and is stocked with all manner of consumables and domestic essentials, as one would expect from a big-city bodega.There are rolls of paper towels and toilet paper, of course, but also shrimp puffs, ketchup-flavored Lay’s chips and various microwavable noodle bowls. There is Krazy Glue and Tiger Balm.Though you can go inside, none of the items are for sale and there is no one behind the counter.That’s because the store is an art installation floating 60 feet offshore in the Harbor Square Basin near the CN Tower.It’s the product of a collaboration between two local artists and a design firm, and the latest in a series of public art projects from Waterfront Toronto, the organization responsible for revitalizing the city’s lakeside area.Unsurprisingly for a store bursting with lifelike detail and floating on the placid waters of Lake Ontario, “Global Convenience,” as the project is called, has attracted considerable attention, at least locally, since it appeared on June 12, with people gathering to gawk and take pictures from the shore.And at…