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The Best Places to Buy Unique Gifts in Toronto

The best places to buy unique gifts in Toronto will really impress people with thoughtful tokens that aren't just the same mass-produced corporate options available at every chain department store. These places deal in handmade, quirky and locally sourced items to show you really care.

Here are the best places to buy unique gifts in Toronto.


Blue Banana Market
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Blue Banana Market

This massive Kensington Market store is a one-stop shop for fun gifts that range from cute to over-the-top quirky: you can find everything from shower curtains and candy to cards and soap here.

Arts Market Danforth
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Arts Market Danforth

This market shop has been around for over a decade and features a collection of products from over 150 local vendors that they sell in their locations at Riverside, Danforth and Junction. With thousands of items, it'll be impossible not to find the perfect extraordinary gift.


Scout
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Scout

Roncesvalles and Leslieville locations of this ultra-cute shop are the perfect places to pick up some stocking stuffers as well as larger gifts. Home goods, bath and beauty products, accessories and paper goods are just the tip of the iceberg.

Good Intentions
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Good Intentions

If you're looking to support women-owned businesses, look no further than this Danforth East shop. The best part is that the vendors retain all their sales profits through a membership system, so it's a great place to get bath products, home accessories and jewellery.


Pictus Goods
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Pictus Goods

Lovers of dreamy earrings, fanciful mugs and pretty flowers will adore gifts from this airy Junction Triangle florist. They've also got candles and cards to tie everything together in a way that's thoughtful and not mainstream. 


The Outer Layer
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The Outer Layer

For years, this West Queen West boutique has been the go-to place to get the funniest and most outlandish gifts for people who have everything, plus more cards than you can shake a stick at. Think novelty socks, ornaments and candles with some classy earrings and soap thrown in for good measure.

Easy Tiger
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Easy Tiger

Stop in at this store on Dundas West that thoughtfully curates an awesome mix of gifts for everyone on your list including the cool wall hangings, incense, ashtrays, ceramics and drinking vessels they've probably been lusting after.


Kid Icarus
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Kid Icarus

This Kensington Market store is great for that artsy person on your list that loves crafting, DIY and all things printmaking. Not only do they have tons of prints that make great decor, they also sell patches, cards, puzzles, games, kits, accessories and jewellery.

Spacing Store
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Spacing Store

If you want to make sure the person getting a gift from you knows it's from someone from Toronto, then this store in the Entertainment District is the first place you should visit. Neighbourhood pride is splashed all over the hats, shirts, totes, pins and magnets here.

Lead photo by

blogTO at the Spacing Store


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