Here is a list of camera stores in Canada as well as photo labs. This is not an exhaustive list and are only listed specialty stores, not big box consumer electronics. It is manually curated.
Last updated 1 September 2024.
The list is sorted by province. Currently missing: NB, NL, YK, NU, NT.
Online only
Argentix
Online only, based in QC. Film photography products: films, chemistry, darkroom supplies.
Film Experience Camera Store
Online only, based in AB. Film photography products and used cameras.
Popho Camera Co.
Online only, with local pickup option in Montréal, QC. Only sells film.
Québec
Camtec Photo
![The Camtec store front. Above, rows of windows from the upper floor. In front a dark car blocking the view.](https://www.shutterbugging.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/camtec-IMG_2633-cropped-300x225.jpg)
Online, QC. 2 Stores in Montréal. Leica boutique. Film processing (C41, E6, B&W – 135 and 120) and printing. Sells film and some used gear in store.
Ciné Monde
Online, QC. Store in Montréal. Specialized in used cameras.
Excellent Photo
Online, QC. Store in Montréal. Film processing. Sells chemicals and darkroom equipment.
Gosselin
![Store front of Gosselin. There is a bollard, a garbage can and the Gosselin sign. The front is a full glass facade.](https://www.shutterbugging.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/gosselin-laval-IMG_2531-225x300.jpg)
Online, QC. Stores in Montréal, Laval, Brossard, Québec, Trois-Rivières. Film processing (C41, E6, B&W – 135, 120, 220, 126, 127) and printing. I have visited the Laval store in 2024.
Kant Photo
Online, QC. Store in Montréal. Film and film processing (C41 – 135, 120, 220, APS) and scanning.
Photo Saint-Denis
Online, QC. Store in Montréal. Film processing (C41, B&W – 135 and 120) and printing.
Photo Service
![The sign Photo Service Ltee protruding from the facade and viewed from below](https://www.shutterbugging.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/photoservice-IMG_3032-cropped-225x300.jpg)
Online, QC. Store in Montréal. Film processing (C41, E6, B&W, X-Process, push/pull – 135, 120, 220 and 4×5) and printing (including from APS).
Closed Saturday afternoon and Sunday. (since March 2024)
Phototek Canada
Online, QC. Store in Montréal. Specialise in film photography. A wide range of used film cameras, film.
Royal Photo
Online, QC. Store in Montréal. Film processing (C41, B&W – 135) and printing.
Studio Argentique
Online, QC. Store in Montréal. All about film photography. Film processing, lab supplies, film cameras.
Labs
Photo processing labs only.
Borealis
Website – Montréal. Also used by Downtown Camera.
Sténopé
Website – Québec.
Prince Edward Island
PEI Photo Lab
Website, PEI. Store in Charlottetown. Film processing.
Nova Scotia
Atlantic Photo Supply
Online, NS. Stores in Halifax and Dartmouth. Film processing (C41, B&W – 135) and printing. B&W is sent out.
Henry’s
Store in Halifax.
Ontario
Aden Camera
Online, ON. Stores in Toronto and Markham. Film processing (C41, B&W and E6, 135, 120, 220), darkroom supplies.
Annex Photo
Online, ON. Store in Toronto. Film Processing (C41 and B&W, 135, APS and 120), sells film and some film cameras.
BJ Photo Canada
Online, ON. Store in Waterloo. Film processing (C41 and B&W, 135, 120)
Burlington Camera & Digital
Website, ON. Store in Burlington. Film, darkroom supplies and film processing (C41 and B&W, 110, 1266, 135, 120, 220).
Café Obscura
Online, ON. Store in Sudbury. Film only store, film processing and scanning (C41, B&W – 135 and 120), some where they don’t return negatives. Used film cameras.
Camera Canada
Online, ON. Stores in London.
Camera Craft
Website, ON. Store in Sault Ste Marie.
Carman’s
Online, ON. 3 stores in Stratford, Sarnia, and Woodstock. Film processing (C41, B&W – 135).
Downtown Camera
Online, ON. Store in Toronto. Film processing (C41, E6, B&W – 135, 120, 220, 110, APS and 4×5) and printing. E6 sent to outside lab. Comprehensive inventory of used gear. Sells film and darkroom supplies, including colour.
Film Plus Photo Supply
Online. ON. Store in Toronto. Film, studio and darkroom supplies, used gear.
Frederick’s Photo Source
Online, ON. Store in St, Catharines. Film processing (C41 and B&W – 135, 120, 220, 110, 126), used cameras, film and darkroom supplies.
Halton Camera Exchange
Website, ON. Store in Georgetown, Halton Hills. Used cameras, repairs.
Henry’s
Online, NS, ON, MB, BC. 20 Stores across Canada, mostly in Ontario, in Ottawa, Kanata, Oshawa, St. Catharines, Scarborough, Toronto, Thornhill, Newmarket, Woodbridge, Oakville, Mississauga, Burlington, Barrie, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Windsor, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Halifax. Film processing (C41 – 135) and don’t return negatives even with prints. Sells darkroom equipment and supplies for B&W.
Photo Master Ltd
Website. ON. Store in Kitchener. Film processing.
Vistek
Online, ON, AB. Stores in Toronto, Mississauga, Ottawa, Calgary, and Edmonton.
Labs
60 minutes Photo Lab
Online, ON. Store in Toronto. Film processing E6, C41, B&W and ECN-2 processing in 135, 120, APS, 110, 126, and 127, and scanning. Also sells film.
All Things Film
Online, ON. Store in London. Film processing E6, C41 and B&W processing in all formats and scanning. Also sells film.
E6it!
Website. Toronto. See Downtown Camera. Offers E6, C41 and B&W processing in all formats, including motion picture, as well as drum scanning.
Graination
Website. Toronto. Offers E6, C41, ECN2 and B&W processing in most formats.
West Camera
Website. Toronto. Offers C42 and B&W processing, with scanning, 135 and 120, and also 110, 126 and APS.
Manitoba
Don’s Photo
Online. MB, SK. Stores in Winnipeg, Regina and Saskatoon. Film processing C-41, E-6 and B&W in most formats. Sells film and darkroom supplies including colour chemistry.
Henry’s
Store in Winnipeg.
Photo Central
Online. MB. Store in Winnipeg. Film processing C-41 and B&W in most formats. Sells film and darkroom supplies including colour chemistry.
Saskatchewan
Don’s Photo
Stores in Regina and Saskatoon.
Alberta
McBain
Online, AB. Stores in Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Red Deer, Lethbridge. Film lab centralised in Edmonton. Sells film and darkroom supplies, including colour.
Saneal Camera
Online, AB. 3 stores in Calgary.
The Camera Store
Online, AB. Store in Calgary. Sells film and darkroom supplies, including colour.
Vistek
Stores in Calgary, Edmonton.
British Columbia
Beau Photo Supplies
Online, BC. Store in Vancouver. Sells darkroom supplies and chemicals, including colour.
Broadway Camera
Online, BC. Stores in Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby, and Coquitlam.
Camera Traders
Online, BC. Store in Victoria. Specialised in film and used equipment.
Henry’s
Store in Vancouver.
Kerrisdale Cameras
Online, BC. 7 Stores in Vancouver, North Vancouver, Burnaby, Langley, Coquitlam, Richmond, and Victoria. Film processing (C41, E6, B&W – 135, 120, 220) and printing (including from APS). Some is done on-site, some is sent to The Lab.
Latency Labs
Online, BC. Local delivery in the Squamish, North Vancouver, Vancouver, Burnaby area, on Sundays. Dedicated to film and darkroom supplies.
Labs
The Lab
Website. Vancouver. Probably process everything.
Rocket Repro
Website. Vancouver. C41 and Black and White processing (135, 120, 220 and 110) and printing. Specialize is print service for head shots.
Closed
In Vancouver, Lens and Shutter shuttered in 2018. So did Leo’s on Granville St in 2022.
In Montréal, Lozeau closed in 2022 after having been bought by Henry’s in 2019. Henry’s itself went into restructuring in 2020 closing 7 stores.