discoToronto's best sneaker, streetwear and heritage menswear shops from Spadina to Ossington, plus the local labels worth knowing and where to buy them.
One for each kind of shopping. Every shop here has been checked open.
HAVEN built its name importing hard-to-find Japanese labels and technical outerwear, and now makes its own utility jackets, cargo pants and fleece. Appointments can be booked on its site.
CarriesAdidas, Arc'teryx, Arc’teryx Veilance, ASICS, Auralee, BATONER, Beams Plus, Birkenstock and 43 more
October's Very Own sells its owl-logo hoodies, tees and varsity jackets here. Its other Toronto stores are at Yorkdale and Scarborough Town Centre.
Livestock pairs Nike, adidas and Converse footwear with apparel from Carhartt WIP and Brain Dead, plus its in-house label, and runs raffles for limited releases.
CarriesAdidas, Adsum, And Wander, Arc'teryx, ASICS, Awake NY, Bape, Beams Plus and 64 more
A Toronto menswear shop selling designer clothing and sneakers, including Comme des Garçons, Junya Watanabe MAN, Rick Owens DRKSHDW, visvim, Our Legacy, Wales Bonner and Nike.
Carries11 BY BORIS BIDJAN SABERI, A-COLD-WALL, A.P.C., Acne Studios, Acronym, Adidas, Arc'teryx, Aries and 29 more
Our favourites first, then every shop we think is worth knowing.
All founded or based in Toronto. Five to start with, then every Toronto label we cover.
Toronto lifestyle and streetwear label co-founded by Drake in 2008, known for owl-logo hoodies, tees, caps and outerwear.
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Toronto outerwear label known for down parkas, now extending into rainwear, knitwear, footwear and eyewear; publicly listed with Bain Capital as controlling shareholder.
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Streetwear & skateToronto cult streetwear label by Avi Gold, framed as a fictional museum's gift shop, known for graphic drops and Nike, Vans and Arc'teryx collaborations.
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Toronto brand making minimalist everyday basics and bedding from directly sourced Egyptian cotton, with B Corp certification and traceable supply chain.
Profile →Official site ↗Toronto lifestyle label known for city-pride graphics, licensed sports apparel and a give-back model funding food banks and mental-health causes.
Profile →Official site ↗Every Toronto label we cover. "In Toronto at" names the brand's own store, where it has one; open a brand for details.
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Toronto brands with their own store or showroom in the city. We'll add the shops that stock each brand as we confirm them.
Spadina Avenue north of Queen: Stüssy, NOMAD and Uncle Otis within a few blocks.
3 shops in Chinatown →Lost & Found, Reigning Champ and Kotn within a short walk of Queen Street West.
3 shops in Ossington →Capsule for limited sneakers, WDLT117 for designer pieces and Over the Rainbow for denim.
3 shops in Yorkville →Gerhard on Dundas Street West, for made-where-they're-from menswear.
1 shop in The Junction →Park & Province for casual heritage menswear and Sydney's for British, Italian and Japanese labels.
2 shops in West Queen West →Livestock at 112 Spadina, the southern end of the Spadina sneaker run.
1 shop in Fashion District →Gotstyle, up a flight of stairs on Trinity Street.
1 shop in Distillery District →Toronto's Holiday Shopping By-law requires retail businesses to close on New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Canada Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day; since April 2026 they may choose to open on Family Day and Victoria Day. Businesses in the Toronto Eaton Centre, the Downtown Yonge and Bloor-Yorkville BIAs, the Distillery District and 207 Queen's Quay W. are exempt. Source ↗
The Canada Revenue Agency states that non-resident visitors cannot claim a rebate of the GST/HST paid on purchases made in Canada, so the HST added at the till is not refundable when you leave. Source ↗
Tax-free shopping and European sizes: see the Canadian Men's Clothing Brands guide.
Walk Spadina Avenue: Livestock at 112 Spadina for sneakers, Stüssy at 241, NOMAD at 310 for designer labels and Uncle Otis at 329. Then head west to Ossington Avenue for Lost & Found, Reigning Champ and Kotn.
OVO, Drake's owl-logo label; Better Gift Shop, Avi Gold's small-drop label with Nike and Arc'teryx collaborations; Peace Collective, behind the 'Toronto vs Everybody' tee; Canada Goose for down parkas; and Kotn for Egyptian-cotton basics.
Yes. OVO, Better Gift Shop, Kotn, Province of Canada, House of Blanks and Rosa Rugosa all sell through their own sites; The Legends League now sells only through its online shop.
OVO has stores in the Eaton Centre, at Yorkdale and at Scarborough Town Centre, and Kotn has stores on Ossington Avenue, in Leslieville and at Yorkdale. Lost & Found stocks Bather, and Uncle Otis carries Bather and Canada Goose Black Label.
Most must close on New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Canada Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Shops in exempt areas such as the Eaton Centre and Bloor-Yorkville can open, so OVO Eaton Centre and Capsule in Yorkville may be open when others are shut.
Brands are included if founded or based in Toronto. Shops are checked individually, and each shows the date we last confirmed it open; a shop we can't confirm isn't listed. Sale prices come from retailer feeds. Researched, not visited.
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