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TORONTO – Construction has begun to build North America’s largest Ikea in Montreal, the Swedish home furnishing company announced on Tuesday.

The current Montreal Ikea will be renovated to house an updated 469,694 square foot store, complete with three fully furnished home settings and 54 individual room settings.

The new store will also feature the famously inexpensive Ikea restaurant, with room for 600 guests to indulge in some Swedish meatballs and 1,400 parking spaces to load the pieces of your self-assembled closet organizer conveniently.

Global News.ca compiled a list of the largest Ikea stores in the world, to see just how big Montreal’s new store will be.

1. Stockholm (Kugens Kurva), Sweden

Opened: 1965

Size: 594,167 square feet

Fact: The largest Ikea store in the world is listed as a tourist attraction in the Stockholm official visitor’s guide.

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2. Colonge (Am Butzweilerhof), Germany

Opened: 2009

Size: 459,618 square feet

3. Beijing, China

Opened: 2006

Size: 452,000 square feet

4. All Stores, Japan

Opened: 2006-2008

Size: 430,000 square feet

Fact: Japan is the only country in the world in which all of their Ikea stores have the exact same square footage.

5. Dalian, China

Opened: 2009

Size: 409,000 square feet

6. Vienna (Vösendorf), Austria

Opened: 1977

Size: 404,723 square feet

7. London (Lakeside), United Kingdom

Opened: 1996

Size: 398,000 square feet

8. Copenhagen Tåstrup, Denmark

Opened: 1969

Size: 398,000 square feet

9. Paris (Fraconville), France

Opened: 2005

Size: 390,729 square feet

Fact: With a total of seven stores, Paris is home to more Ikeas than any other city in the world.

10. Gent, Belguim

Opened: 2008

Size: 387,000 square feet