12 stores · curated ORBIS register
1373 Avenue du Mont-Royal Est, Montreal, QC H2J 1Y8 / Montreal / Canada
Pierre Markotanyos opened the Mont-Royal vinyl shop on 1 April 2007; Baron Mag and Stereophile treat it as a major new-and-used vinyl floor.
Best for New and used vinyl at a Mont-Royal shop opened in 2007.
2044 Rue Metcalfe, Montreal, QC H3A 1X8 / Montreal / Canada
Founded 1971 by Janet Dawidowicz as Montreal's first used-record shop; The Link dates the current 2044 Metcalfe floor to the 1984 move.
Best for Used records from a Montreal shop founded in 1971.
2081 Rue de la Montagne, Montreal, QC H3G 1Z8 / Montreal / Canada
Label launched 1986 as Marie Victoire and renamed Marie Saint Pierre the following year; McCord records that all clothing is produced locally and that the Mountain Street flagship opened in 1997.
Best for Locally authored fashion and textiles.
Downtown
Toronto used-book chain that opened its first store in 1997; its Bloor Street West superstore in the Annex, opened in 2005, adds roughly 1,000 secondhand and remaindered items a day alongside vinyl, comics and new releases.
Best for Used books, discounted new releases, academic texts, and a huge inventory
BMV Books opened its first Toronto location in March 1997, next to the since-closed World's Biggest Bookstore, as a secondhand shop that paid the public directly for used titles and supplemented its stock with publisher's overstock and remainders. A second store followed in September 1998 near Yonge and Eglinton. The Bloor Street West location - a larger-format store in the Annex neighborhood, close to downtown - opened in November 2005 and became the chain's flagship for general-interest used books. Alongside secondhand and new-release titles, the store carries DVDs, Blu-rays, vinyl records, CDs, magazines, comics and board games, and adds roughly 1,000 new items to inventory daily.
Ossington, Toronto
Rotate This is a record shop in Toronto. Its own description reads: "It has a lot of records. So many records."
Best for Large record collection
Main Street, Vancouver
Record shop with a large selection of new and used vinyl, plus CDs, concert posters and memorabilia.
Best for New and used vinyl CDs and memorabilia
Main Street, Vancouver
Vancouver record shop with a vinyl catalog spanning techno, house, electro, ambient, EBM and other electronic genres, available online and in store.
Best for Underground electronic vinyl records
Main Street, Vancouver
Red Cat Records describes itself as an independent record store in Vancouver, B.C.
Best for Independent record store
1972 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, BC / Vancouver / Canada
Grant McDonagh opened Zulu in 1981, after Quintessence closed, and it is still at 1972 West 4th Avenue. CBC Radio 3's Searchlight named it a finalist for Canada's best record store.
Best for A West 4th Avenue shop opened by Grant McDonagh in 1981.
Ottawa / Canada
Compact Music is an Ottawa record store on Bank Street carrying new and used vinyl, CDs and tapes across rock, jazz, classical, hip-hop and more. It sells online through a Shopify shop with cart and offers local delivery from the shop.
Best for Records, vinyl, CDs, music
St John S / Canada
Fred's Records has sold Newfoundland and Irish traditional music from its downtown St. John's storefront across the street from the War Memorial for more than 40 years. The shop pairs its in-person crate-digging with a full e-commerce site selling vinyl, CDs, and DVDs to fans across the country.
Best for Music, Record Shop, Vinyl
Ottawa / Canada
The Turning Point has bought, sold and traded used music and film in Ottawa since 1983, dealing in vinyl records, cassettes, CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays and VHS. It operates from its Cooper Street shop, open seven days a week for collectors and browsers.
Best for Used vinyl, records, CDs, movies, music
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