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

Red Pine Art Supply (Huntsville, ON) – shipping information here

Scholar’s Choice (London, 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!


Laurel Storey, CZT®

Certified Zentangle Teacher® (CZT® 25 and 42), artist (Ten Thousand Tangles), writer, iPhoneographer, cat herder, ongoing work in progress.

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