If you follow us on Facebook or Twitter, you may have noticed we put a call out to our fellow Savvy Readers to help determine the very best independent bookstores across Canada. We were met with an incredible response (that we weren’t expecting!) and, well, now we have a LOT of places added to our travel bucket lists. Without further ado, I present to you the Savvy Reader (incomplete, unofficial) list of our favourite bookstores from coast to coast!

British Columbia

• Victoria: Munro’s Books
• Victoria: Russell Books
• Victoria: Bolen Books
• Vancouver: Black Bond Books
• Vancouver: Pulp Fiction
• Vancouver: Kidsbooks
• Cranbrook: Huckleberry Books
• Campbellford: Kerr’s Corner Books
• Fernie: Polar Peek Books
• Kelowna: Mosaic Books
• Penticton: The Book Shop
• Terrace: Misty River Books

Alberta

• Edmonton: Wee Book Inn
• Edmonton: Audrey’s Books
• Canmore: Café Books
• Calgary: Owl’s Nest Books

Saskatchewan

• Saskatoon: McNally Robinson

Manitoba

• Winnipeg: McNally Robinson
• Winnipeg: Prairie Sky Books

Ontario

• Windsor: Biblioasis
• Windsor: Juniper New and Used Books
• Lindsay: Kent Bookstore
• Kingston: A Novel Idea
• Ottawa: Black Squirrel Books
• Ottawa: Octopus Books
• Ottawa: Perfect Books
• Guelph: The Bookshelf
• Port Hope: Gryphon Books
• Kincardine: Fincher’s
• Waterdown: Pickwick Books
• Toronto: Sleuth of Baker Street
• Toronto: Glad Day Bookshop (shoutout to the world’s oldest LGBTQ bookstore!)
• Toronto: Ben McNally Books
• Toronto: Book City
• Waterloo: Words Worth Books
• Burlington: A Different Drummer Books
• Gananoque: Beggars Banquet Books & Internet Café
• Uxbridge: Blue Heron Books
• Brighton: Lighthouse Books
• Cobourg: Let’s Talk Books
• Sarnia: The Book Keeper
• Midland: Georgian Bay Books
• Hamilton: Epic Books
• Hamilton: The City & The City
• Hamilton: King West Books
• Dundas: The Printed Word
• London: Attic Books
• Picton: Books & Company
• Orangeville: BookLore

Quebec

• Montreal: Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore
• Quebec City: Librairie Pantoute

Newfoundland

• St. John’s: Broken Books

New Brunswick

• Fredericton: Westminster Books

Nova Scotia

• Halifax: Woozles (what a name!)
• River John: Mabel Murple’s World (and another great name out in NS!)
• Wolfville: Box of Delights Bookshop

PEI

• Charlottetown: The Bookman
• Charlottetown: Bookmark

As you can likely see, our following skews toward Ontario and BC, so please help us fill in the rest! What are your favourite independent bookstores in Canada? Did yours make the list? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter @SavvyReader!

Happy reading,

Jesse

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