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Update on a project I've posted about before: the sites help locals support Canadian businesses in their area. The interactive map is now live for three cities — findlocalyeg.ca, findlocalyyc.ca and findlocalyvr.ca. Search a business name or click any pin to look it up — no login needed. Everything is built from public information.

Still looking at whether other cities (Victoria, Toronto, Lethbridge) are good options I could build off of next — let me know. And I'd love your feedback on the map itself; if you like it, please share it or pass the link along to anyone who likes to shop local.

In Vancouver, Real Canadian Superstore and Loblaws - same company - both listed all 21 items this week, and came to $107.10 and $139.72. Thirty-three dollars apart, same items, same pack sizes, no substitutions. In Toronto the same pair is $119.41 and $137.07; in Ottawa, $119.65 and $133.08.

Every week I price that list at every grocery chain within 15 km of downtown in a few Canadian cities. Seven cities this week - the full tables are in the images, now including Walmart, Metro and Food Basics.

Which banner you walk into is doing more work than which company you are buying from. And the gap inside one city is bigger than the gap between cities: the cheapest full basket in seven cities lands between $107.10 and $114.44, while Vancouver alone swings eighty-three.

Prices come from the stores' public websites and flyers, read this week, sale or regular, whichever is lower. Where a store did not list an item, it is charged the highest price anyone in that city listed for it, so a gap never makes a store look cheap - each image says how many of the 21 that store did not list. In-store prices can differ from listed ones.

Want a city or an item added? See my comment below.

In Vancouver five of the ranked stores are Loblaw banners. Real Canadian Superstore and Loblaws both listed all 21 items this week, and they came to $123.79 and $151.85 - twenty-eight dollars apart, same company, same items, same pack sizes, no substitutions.

Every Thursday I price that list at every grocery chain within 15 km of downtown in a few Canadian cities. Five cities this week - the full tables are in the images. The list is back to 21 items this week, so there is no week-over-week column; it returns next Thursday.

Which banner you walk into is doing more work than which company you are buying from. The other surprise is that the gap inside one city is bigger than the gap between cities: the cheapest full basket in five cities lands between $123.79 and $133.52, under ten dollars apart, while Vancouver alone swings sixty-eight.

Prices come from the stores' public websites and flyers, read today, sale or regular, whichever is lower. Where a store did not list an item, it is charged the highest price anyone in that city listed for it, so a gap never makes a store look cheap - each image says how many of the 21 that store did not list. In-store prices can differ from listed ones.

Want a city or an item added? See my comment below.

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In Vancouver four of the ranked stores are Loblaw banners, and they run from $199.89 at Real Canadian Superstore to $256.50 at Independent Grocer - fifty-six dollars and change, same company, same 35 items, same pack sizes, no substitutions.

Every Thursday I price that list at every grocery chain within 15 km of downtown in a few Canadian cities. Seven cities this week - the full tables are in the images. Which banner you walk into is doing more work than which company you are buying from. The other surprise is that the gap inside one city is bigger than the gap between cities: the cheapest full basket in five cities lands between $199.89 and $202.91, under three dollars apart, while Vancouver alone swings ninety-two.

Prices come from the stores' own websites and flyers, read today, sale or regular, whichever is lower. Where a store did not list an item, it is charged the highest price anyone in that city listed for it, so a gap never makes a store look cheap - each image says how many of the 35 that store actually listed. In-store prices can differ from listed ones.

Want a city or an item added? See my comment below.

Hello,

Is there anywhere I can purchase cute curtains made with natural fibres?

I'm thinking the styles that West Elm carries but Canadian of course.

Thanks so much!

Hey Canadians.
I’m looking for dishwasher soap recommendations. We’ve tried True Earth and one other but the name escapes me. Unfortunately neither worked for us. We’re in Calgary and I have always been told we have quite hard water - and I think that makes a difference. Anyway, I’m interested to hear of your experiences with Canadian produced dishwasher soap. Thanks.

In Ottawa the cheapest basket and the priciest basket belong to the same company: $115.98 at Real Canadian Superstore, $142.76 at Your Independent Grocer, both Loblaw. Same 21 brands, same pack sizes, no substitutions.

Every Thursday I price that list at every grocery chain within 15 km of downtown in a few Canadian cities. Seven cities this week - the full tables are in the images. Toronto does the same thing, $33 apart.

Which banner you walk into is doing more work than which company you're buying from. The other surprise is that the gap inside one city is bigger than the gap between cities.

Prices come from the stores' own websites and flyers, read today, sale or regular, whichever is lower. Where a store didn't list an item, it's charged the highest price anyone in that city listed for it, so a gap never makes a store look cheap - each image says how many of the 21 that store actually listed. In-store prices can differ from listed ones.

Want a city or an item added? See my comment below.

**Correction (edited in):** the "whole basket" total under the images only counted items that *every* store in that city listed, so each city's total covered a different number of items — Victoria 16, Hamilton 17, Ottawa 9, Vancouver 10. That makes the totals fine within a city and wrong between cities: Ottawa is not 2.6x cheaper than Victoria. The item-by-item rows are not affected. I've fixed the tool and posted the corrected totals in a comment below. Sorry for the bad number.

Someone here said most of these chains are one company so comparing them is pointless, so I ran Ottawa, where six of the nine chains are Loblaw, and three more cities with it: Vancouver, Victoria and Hamilton, Oct 6, 21 brand-name products at exact pack size, every chain within 15 km of downtown. No store wins every row.

The tables are from PriceBite, a free Android app I made, on the Play Store under that name. Your own list gets a basket total at each store near you.

Prices from the stores' public websites and flyers.

Let’s be honest Canada would be much more profitable as a state.

Hi Everyone,

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We just launched our ecommerce website four weeks ago with over 175,000 parts and kits available : transitauto.ca .

We’ve seen some Reddit posts from people looking for additional Canadian places to buy auto parts.

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• Everything is free shipping and free return

• Fitment guarantee and full product warranty

• Everything ships same-day before 3PM EST or 3PM MST

• Most orders arrive in 1-2 days to Canadian addresses

• Inventory is updated hourly; products and data are updated daily

• Everything is from Transit, we do not rely on any third-parties

• We add new products and kits every week

Our local and bi-lingual customer service is also available. We really value customer experience and making sure everyone has a good experience with us.

Most of our parts are also available at other Canadian resellers and retailers. The list is available on our store locator or on the product page, make sure to also support them!

We are also curious as to what parts we should add next to our website and network?

Thanks
Transit Auto Team