In recent days I’ve been trying to be more mindful about my discretionary spending and, as a proud Canadian, supporting Canadian retailers whenever possible. As you might imagine, one huge area of expenditure in my own personal and professional budget is art supplies (surprise, surprise!), so I’ve been building up a “shop Canadian” list with an aim to prioritize these retailers when purchasing goodies for my art practice and Zentangle® classes.
Many (if not all) of the retailers mentioned in this post do have brick and mortar stores (some in multiple locations), but my criteria for including them on my list is that they must offer cross-Canada shipping. (Of note – some also offer shipping to the US, in case any of my friends to the south of us wish to support Canadian businesses as well.) I’ve sorted the list alphabetically rather than by location, since in some cases multiple retail outlets exist.
Each of the businesses have different shipping options and costs, and a few offer free shipping once a specific threshold has been reached, so in addition to the main website links I’ve also included links to each company’s shipping information page.
It’s likely that I’ll revise this post periodically to add new resources or update information and links as necessary, so if you find this compilation helpful I invite you to bookmark and revisit the post in future.
*Disclaimer! While to date I have shopped at almost half of these retailers and have had consistently positive experiences with each of them, I have not yet had the opportunity to patronize ALL of the businesses, so please take this list as primarily a resource rather than a recommendation.
Above Ground Art Supplies (Toronto, ON) – shipping information here
ARTiculations (Toronto, ON) – shipping information here
Artists Emporium (Winnipeg, MB) – shipping information here
ArtMaterials.CA (Gatineau, QC) – shipping information here
Art Shack (Moncton, NB) – shipping information here
Brodart (Markham, ON) – shipping information here
Curry’s Artists’ Materials (southern Ontario) – shipping information here
Delta Art & Drafting Supplies (Edmonton, AB) – shipping information here
DeSerres (Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, British Columbia) – shipping information here
Endeavours and ThinkPlay (Moncton, NB) – shipping information here
Gwartzman’s Art Supplies (Toronto, ON) – shipping information here
Opus Art Supplies (British Columbia) – shipping information here
The Paint Spot (Edmonton, AB) – shipping information here
R&R Scrapbooking (Edmonton, AB) – shipping information here
Red Pine Art Supply (Huntsville, ON) – shipping information here
Scholar’s Choice (London, ON) – shipping information here
School Specialty (Richmond Hill, ON) – shipping information here
Studio Six Art Supplies (Markham, ON) – shipping information here
Upwards Art Studio (Owen Sound, ON) – shipping information here
Wyndham Art Supplies (Guelph, ON) – shipping information here
Do you know of any other Canadian art supply retailers who offer cross-Canada shipping? Please drop a link in the comments so that I can check them out and add them to the list!
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