Source reveals that Apple resellers in Canada have just received the following email, announcing the company's plans to open an Apple retail store in Toronto, mid year 2005 :

Apple Canada is announcing today that an Apple Branded Retail Store location will be opening in Toronto, mid year 2005.

Apple currently has ninety-six retail stores in the US, two in Japan, and one opening in London, England this weekend. The stores have been incredibly popular, attracting more than fifty million visitors since the first store was opened in May of 2001.

They provide great hands-on experience for customers, and we welcome the store to Canada as a great complement to our existing distribution channels.

We can expect this piece of information to be confirmed by Apple later today through an official press release.

UPDATE: Apple has confirmed to News.com that it plans to open a store in Toronto.