Edmonton
Since it began in 1983, the market's motto has been 'We Make it! We Bake it! We Grow it! We Sell it!' Inside the city's old bus garage, it offers…
Must-see shopping in British Columbia & The Canadian Rockies
Vancouver
This ironic antidote to the digital age lures ink-stained locals with its journals, handmade pencil boxes and T-shirts printed with typewriter motifs…
Vancouver
Arguably Vancouver's coolest record store and certainly the only one named after a much-missed cat… There's a brilliantly curated collection of new and…
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Vancouver
Grown hikers weep at the amazing selection of clothing (including lifestyle wear for urban hipsters), kayaks and clever camping gadgets at this cavernous…
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Vancouver
Proving the printed word is alive and kicking, this small but perfectly curated secondhand bookstore is a dog-eared favorite among locals. A perfect spot…
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Victoria
The name is no coincidence. Victoria's cathedral to reading was established in 1963 by Nobel-prize-winning Canadian author Alice Munro and her husband Jim…
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Vancouver Island
An agreeably Dickensian bookstore stuffed to the rafters with random busts, faded old maps, a grandfather clock and piles of dusty old tomes. Despite its…
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Banff Town
Banff’s oldest outdoor-equipment supplier is still the best. It has women’s and men’s clothing from big brands such as Patagonia, Arc'teryx, Icebreaker,…
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Northern BC
The best bookstore in northern BC, Books & Company is also home to Cafe Voltaire, a top spot to have lunch. The daily soup, sandwich and panini options…
Vancouver
Just when you think you'll never find that combination licorice and hula-hoop store you've been searching for, here it is. This perky little spot with a…
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Vancouver
Grab a paper bag and some tongs then dive into the pick-your-own drawers of brightly colored treats at this slender, white-walled gem dedicated to Swedish…
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Vancouver
You'll feel like you've entered a tranquil forest clearing when you open the door of this delightful nature-themed photography gallery. Cooper's striking…
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Okanagan Valley
The perfect rainy-day refuge, this used bookstore is one of Canada's largest and best.
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Calgary
This wonderful shop is up a set of stairs and very easy to miss, but it's worth searching out for its lovely aroma wafting around the room, cheery, happy…
Vancouver
From used postcards and insect rubber stamps to ladybug stickers and map pages from old books, this brilliant store offers a highly eclectic, ever…
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Vancouver
You'll walk into this busy workshop thinking you don't need an apron. Then you'll fall in love. These handmade, sometimes punkish and always sturdily…
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Vancouver
This seasonal farmers market is one of the city's most popular and is Kitsilano's best excuse to get out and hang with the locals. Arrive early for the…
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Vancouver
You could easily spend a couple of hours perusing the new and vintage clothing in the main space of Front & Company, which colonizes a row of storefronts…
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Vancouver
Art-school cool rules at this mostly womens wear boutique, with skirts, belts and halter-tops whimsically accented with prints of rabbits, narwhals and…
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Vancouver
A magnet for slavering stationery fetishists (you know who you are), this store's treasure trove of trinkets ranges from natty pens to traditional washi…
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Vancouver
Ostensibly a design studio working to commission, its two-story front-of-shop area showcases a kaleidoscopic array of quirky arts and crafts by mostly…
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Calgary
Visit the factory and store run by the province's only Western boot manufacturer and pick up a pair of your choice made of kangaroo, bullhide or boring…
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Lake Louise
This friendly outdoors shop sells pretty much everything a camper or backcountry adventurer could need. It also rents a full range of bikes – mountain…
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Victoria
This branch of Vancouver's charming hipster stationery store is socked into a quirky space resembling a hotel lobby from 1968. You'll find the same clever…
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Southern Alberta
Waterton's most comprehensive equipment store stocks everything from backpacks to bear spray. It offers guides for one-day and multiday treks and shuttle…
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Vancouver
An irresistible, white-walled, double-sized store that appeals to design-minded individuals with its carefully chosen array of Tivoli radios, molded…
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Calgary
Ever wondered how a cowboy hat is made? Here is your chance to find out. Smithbilt has been shaping hats in the traditional way since 1919 when you parked…
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All in the Wild Gallery & Gifts
Banff Town
Pop in to see the work of the superb wildlife photographer Jason Leo Bantle, with images taken in some of Canada's most remote regions. Pick up a print, a…
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British Columbia
Every islander's favorite chocolate shop, the housemade treats in this excellent little store are hard to resist. But the velvet-smooth hot chocolate is…
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Calgary
MEC is the place to get your outdoor kit sorted before heading into the hills. It's a Canadian institution with a huge selection of outdoor equipment,…
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Banff Town
Pick up all the cowboy fashion you’ll ever need for looking the part in the saddle (or at Wild Bill's Bar), from Stetsons, chaps and plaid shirts to…
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Edmonton
What is plain old junk to some is retro-cool to others. Sift through the typewriters, lava lamps, old phones, comics, clothes and other flashbacks of…
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Kelowna
Mosaic Books is an excellent independent bookstore, selling maps (including topographic ones) and travel guides, plus books on indigenous history and…
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Edmonton
Plenty of food trucks, artisans and produce to keep your belly and your shopping bag well satiated.
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British Columbia
An eclectic mix of books with a good section of local-interest reads. Gives great recommendations.
Vancouver
Serving the area's voracious bookworms, this used and new bookstore is one of several Drive literary nooks. It's a minilabyrinth of floor-to-ceiling…
Granville Island Broom Company
Vancouver
Ever since Harry Potter, locals have been entranced by this Granville Island fave, which makes its own beautifully handcrafted Shaker-style straw brooms…
Vancouver
One of the city's best used-book stores (there are also plenty of new tomes in the front room), this is the ideal haunt for the kind of serious browsing…
Vancouver
From classic rock to obscure German metal bands, this local-fave record store takes a no-nonsense approach with its basic racks of new and used vinyl, CD…
Vancouver
Drive coolsters add some vintage glam to their look in this Western-saloon-like establishment. But don't be fooled: this is one of the city's most…
