5 Best Craft Shops in Toronto (2026)

Indigo at the Toronto Eaton Centre is the downtown flagship of Canada's largest bookseller, on Yonge Street inside the mall. Beyond its seven-million-title book range, the floor carries stationery, toys, games and hobbies, lifestyle and home decor, and gifts, with an in-store cafe that slows the visit down. For a craft shopper, the draw is the paper, journals, kids' activity kits and gift sections rather than raw art supplies. It keeps mall hours seven days a week.

Michaels at RioCan Hall on John Street is the big-box craft retailer's downtown Toronto store, and reviewers call it one of the largest they've seen. Spread over three floors, it stocks party supplies, drawing and painting materials, frames, fabric, yarn, kids' craft kits and seasonal decor, with a balloon-inflating station and self-checkout. Its Google categories run from art-supply and hobby store to fabric, yarn, scrapbooking and picture-frame shop, which sums up the range. This is the closest thing on the list to a genuine one-stop craft shop.

Above Ground Art Supplies sits in a character-filled heritage house on McCaul Street beside OCAD University, and its own site says it has served GTA artists for more than 40 years. It carries professional paints, brushes, papers, markers and printmaking supplies, its own house-brand Studioworks and Premium lines, plus a basement custom-framing department. Staff are art-trained and known for walking customers through products in real depth. For serious or student artists, it's a specialist rather than a general store.

MUJI at the Atrium on Dundas Street West is the Japanese lifestyle brand's multi-floor Toronto store, spanning stationery, storage, home goods, furniture, apparel and skincare. For craft and hobby shoppers, the pull is its well-loved stationery: pens, notebooks, markers and paper that reviewers rate highly for the price. The second floor holds the larger home and lifestyle range, plus a robotic barista that customers single out. It's a design-led general store rather than an art-supply shop.

Gwartzman's Art Supplies is a Spadina Avenue institution that its own site calls Toronto's original discount art supply store, serving artists for more than 40 years. It stocks paints, brushes, sketchbooks, specialty materials and large custom stretchers for canvas, with a basement stockroom staff will dig into if something isn't on the shelf. Reviewers describe a recent full renovation that modernized the space while keeping the same knowledgeable, unhurried service. It's independent, not a chain, and prices are frequently called out as fair.