Sure, supermarkets in Canada have all expanded their cheese displays, and there are some mass-produced, pre-packaged cheeses that worth buying, but for the real deal you need a shop that specializes in artisan and farmstead cheese, you need a cheesemonger:
GREATER TORONTO
- Alex Farm Products
- Chabichou
- Cheese Boutique
- Cheese Magic
- Chris’ Cheesemongers
- Global Cheese
- Grande Cheese
- Junction Fromagerie
- Leslieville Cheese Market
- La Fromagerie
- Monforte on Jefferson
- Nancy’s Cheese
- Olympic Cheese Mart
- Pasquale Brothers
- Scheffler’s Deli & Cheese
- The Art of Cheese
- The Pantry Fine Cheese
- Thin Blue Line Cheese Boutique
- Whole Foods Market
OTTAWA
ONTARIO
- Agrarian Market, Picton
- All Bout Cheese, London
- C’est Cheese Please! Cambridge
- Chartelli’s Fine Wines and Cheeses, Guelph
- Chasing the Cheese, Peterborough
- Cheese Secrets, Niagara on the Lake
- Cheesy Guys, St. Catharines
- Country Cheese Company, Ajax
- Dags & Willow Fine Cheese and Gourmet Shop, Collingwood
- Dairy Capital Cheese Shop, Woodstock
- Farmhouse Artisan Cheese, Oakville
- Ferrante Cheese, Vaughan
- Forfar Dairy, Portland
- Herma’s, Port Hope
- La Jolie Cheese Shop, Aurora
- Le Grand Fromage, Vineland
- Mill Street Cheese Market, Georgetown
- Ouderkirk & Taylor, Guelph
- Springbank Cheese, Woodstock
- The Cheese Gallery, Thornbury
- The Cheese Poet, London
- The Cheese Store, Point Edward
- The Cheese Shop, Peterborough
- The Dover Cheese Shop, Port Dover
- The Milky Whey, Stratford
- The Passionate Cook’s Essentials
- TOMME Cheese Shop
- Town and Country Cheese Shoppe, St. Marys
- Vincenzo’s, Waterloo
MONTREAL
BRITISH COLUMBIA
- Benton Brothers Fine Cheese, Kerrisdale, Cambie Village and Granville Island
- Le Grand Fromage, Fernie
- Les Amis du Fromage, Kitsilano, East Vancouver and Au Petit Chavignol
- Golden Ears Cheesecrafters, Maple Ridge
ALBERTA
- Crystal Springs Cheese, Lethbridge
- Janice Beaton Fine Cheese, Calgary
- Paddy’s International Cheese Market, Edmonton
- Peasant Cheese Shop, Calgary
- Say Cheese Fromagerie
- Springbank Cheese, Calgary
SASKATCHEWAN
MANITOBA
NOVA SCOTIA
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
If a cheese shop you frequent is not on the list, please leave a reply with the particulars.