What a strange and rundown little mall. So there's an actual mall part to Les Galeries Laval and then there are free standing stores that you cannot access through the mall, but only from outside.
The actual mall part is sad. Lots of empty spaces. Mostly independent stores that look like they are struggling. There's a lottery and gaming place in the mall where you can bet on horses and play video lottery terminals. There's also a place to exchange money and oddly it had lineups out the door. There are also some government offices in this mall (Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec). Probably the coolest thing was the Jungle Adventure Gym for kids next to the food court. The food court was tiny (2 vendors).
The free standing stores were much cooler. They have a Magi-Prix which is essentially a Dollar Store that also sells party supplies. There's an Archambault, which is like a Chapters/Indigo except they also sell musical instruments and sheet music. The Aubanerie there is quite big (it's a clothing store. I'd say comparable in style and quality to Dynamite, Garage, Suzy Shier, etc. They had lots of brands I never heard of before. The only brand I recognized was Vero Moda).
I'd say it's more a mall for locals to run errands or when they are looking for specific things (like I don't know, maybe sheet music to "Moon River" or a "Happy 50th Birthday Banner"), it's definitely not a destination shopping mall!
There's lots of free parking and it's not very busy. read more