Reference Material: Art and Design Material Suppliers

Below is a list of art and design material suppliers in or near Toronto. This list is slightly out of date. If you have any suggestions or corrections, please post a comment.

GENERAL ART AND CRAFT SUPPLIES
Aboveground (74 McCaul)
Architect’s Supply (199 Church)
Curries (various locations)
Gwartzsman’s (448 Spadina)
Loomis & Toles (130 Spadina)
Toose (229 College)
Woolfit’s (1153 Queen)

GENERAL BUILDING SUPPLIES
Fairbank Lumber
Home Depot (various locations; St. Clair at Keele)
King Lumber
ML Lumber & Building Supplies (Dundas at Bathurst)
New Canadians Lumber
Ossington Plumbing & Building Supply

LUMBER
A&M Wood Specialty (Cambridge)
Commonwealth Plywood
General Veneers
K&M Bamboo Products
McFadden Hardwoods & Plywood
Oliver Lumber
Robert Bury & Sons
Unicorn Universal Woods

FINISHES
Exclusive Paints
Goudey Manufacturing
Paint Colours Unlimited
Water-Based Finishes

PLASTICS
Plastic World
Johnston Industrial Plastics
Warehoused Plastics

METAL
Metal Supermarkets
Access Metal
Skara Metal Foundry
Solway Metal Sales

HARDWARE
Brafasco (Mississauga)
Canadian Tire (various locations; Yonge at Davenport)
Lee Valley (King at Bathurst)
Dayvan Wholesale
Genco Marine
Jacob’s Hardware
Spaenaur Fasteners
Summerhill Hardware
Trans Canada Hardware

TEXTILES
MacDonald-Faber (Queen at Bathurst)
The Brand Felt
Capital Findings & Leather
Designer Fabric Outlet
Textile Importers

RECYCLED MATERIALS
Reno Source
ReUze Building Centre

MISCELLANEOUS
Active Surplus
Princess Auto
Adanac Glass
National Bearing
Noah’s Boat Building
Rotblott & Sons
Toronto Gear Works
Supremetronic
Paul Woolf Electric & Lighting
BC Saw & Tool
Used Tool Depot
TNT Used Tools