11 Best Shopping in Canada

This gallery showcases contemporary Canadian art from both established artists and emerging talents. It features a cross-section of contemporary, landscape, wildlife, figurative paintings, and sculpture. You'll usually be able to find some affordable pieces.

This funky small gallery focuses on emerging to mid-career Atlantic Canadian artists and always carries a selection of highly affordable pieces mixed in with more expensive ones. You'll also find a selection of ceramics, jewelry, and artsy greeting cards.

This shop sells Canadian Rockies photo art including stunning scenery and wildlife photography by gallery owner Bob Cook. You'll also find novelty gifts like puzzles, coasters, and magnets.  

Organized by Arts Whistler, Find Your Path is a free cultural map that helps you navigate Whistler's cultural venues, museums, galleries, and public art. Take a self-guided tour of the best the area has to offer. Maps can be picked up year-round from Arts Whistler and the Whistler Visitor Centre. Arts Whistler also hosts a free art gallery with constantly changing local exhibits.

Some of the best professional crafts and fine art created in New Brunswick are carried by this lively gallery, which represents more than 60 Saint John artists and artisans. The historic building was the home of 19th-century painter J.C. Miles.

Only the works of more than 80 local artists and artisans are displayed in this gallery run by the North Coast Artists' Cooperative. Items include paintings, jewelry, weaving, beaded doeskin slippers, quilts, wood carvings, glass, and pottery.

This gallery has earned a name for quality Maritimes and Canadian art, including Inuit carvings and jewelry from the Cape Dorset region of Nunavut, and paintings by the owners, Brian Lorimer and Margaret Anderson.

Only original, handmade items by local artists are displayed in the shop right at the port. Jewelry, paintings, and woodwork are wonderful souvenirs sure to evoke fond memories of the beautiful shores where they were created. Artists are often on-site and happy to chat about their work and the area.

The range of artists represented at the Plaza Galleries is inspired. Many, such as acclaimed artist Kal Gajoum, hail from British Columbia, though you're just as likely to see the efforts of international names, too.