Bookstores in Toronto: list of 108 free CSV

How many bookstores are in Toronto?

OpenStreetMap lists 108 named bookstores inside the Toronto city boundary (665 km²), extract of 7 Nov 2026. 50% of the records list a website and 41% a phone number; 55 named bookstores have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: A Novel Spot Bookshop, A to Z Textbook, A.K. Comics & Cards.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 11 records, including BMV Books, House of Anansi Press, Pauline Books and Media, Red Nails II.

108named bookstores

50%list a website

55no website listed

76neighbourhoods

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Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 7 Nov 2026. The CSV is under the same licence.

55 with no website27 non-chain, edited since 2022.Filter to them
82 non-chain26 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is Indigo (9).Non-chain only
6 in Mirvish VillageBusiest street: College Street, Kensington Market (4). Plan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only Mirvish Village

50 of the 108 bookstores, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the recordPicked from 50 neighbourhoods; filter below to search all 108

Bookstores in Toronto, OpenStreetMap extract of 7 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
A
A Novel Spot Bookshop	Thorncrest Village, no street on record
A to Z Textbooknot edited since 2013	Newtonbrook, no street on record
A.K. Comics & Cardsnot edited since 2019	Agincourt Centre, no street on record
ABC Books	662 Yonge Street, Bay-Cloverhill	abcbookstoronto.blogspot.com	+1-416-967-7654
Alpha Textbooksnot edited since 2019	3709 Chesswood Drive, William Baker	alphatextbooks.com	+1-416-461-3542
Another Story Bookshop	315 Roncesvalles Avenue, Roncesvalles	anotherstory.ca	+1-416-462-1104
Ayerego Booksnot edited since 2020	Regal Heights, no street on record
B
Bakka-Phoenix Books	84 Harbord Street, University
Ben McNally	108 Queen Street East, Moss Park	shop.benmcnallybooks.com	+1-416-361-0032
BMV	10 Edward Street, Downtown Yonge	bmvbooks.com	+1-416-977-3087
BMV Books	246 Queen Street West, Entertainment District
Book Bar	600 Markham Street, Mirvish Village	bookbarto.ca	+1-416-588-6333
Book City	Playter Estates, no street on record
Book Ends	North York City Centre, no street on record	torontopubliclibrary.ca
Book People on Queen	1640 Queen Street West, Little Tibet	thebookpeople.ca
Bookstorenot edited since 2013	Morningside, no street on record
C
Caversham Booksellers	262 Geary Avenue, Wallace Emerson	cavershambooksellers.com	+1 800-361-6120
Centennial College Book Storenot edited since 2015	Malvern West, no street on record
Christian Science Reading Roomnot edited since 2015	Cliffcrest, no street on record
Circus Books & Music	The Pocket, no street on record
Coles	2169 Queen Street East, The Beaches	chapters.indigo.ca	+1-416-686-7316
Cornerstone Bookstop	89 Finch Avenue West, North York
Crux Discount Theological Books	Bloor Street Culture Corridor, no street on record	cruxbooks.com
D
David Mason Books	366 Adelaide Street West, Fashion District	davidmasonbooks.com	+1 416-598-1015
Discount Textbooksnot edited since 2018	215 Victoria Street, Garden District
Doug Miller Books	650 Bloor Street West, Koreatown	dougmillerbooks.com	+1-416-482-5665
E
Emerald Comics & Sportscardsnot edited since 2020	Oakridge, no street on record
F
Flying Books at Neverland	371 Queen Street West, Queen West
G
Glad Day	32 Lisgar Street, Liberty Village	gladday.ca
Glad Day Bookshop	499 Church Street, Church-Wellesley Village	gladdaybookshop.com	+1-416-901-6600
H
Habib's Islamic Books & Fashion Store	Pine Point, no street on record
Hollywood Canteen Cinema Shop	Danforth Avenue, Danforth Village	hcanteen.com
Hopeless Romantic	1080 Queen Street West, Ossington	hopelessromanticbooks.ca	+1-437-473-7688
House of Anansi Press	128 Sterling Road, Brockton	site.houseofanansi.com
Humber Bookstorenot edited since 2018	205 Humber College Boulevard, West Humber Estates	humber.bkstr.com	+1-416-675-5066
Humberbooks.ca	3230 Lake Shore Boulevard West, The Lakeshore Grounds	humberbooks.ca
I
Impact Books	Highfield, no street on record
Indigo	2300 Yonge Street, Yonge & Eglinton	chapters.indigo.ca	+1-416-544-0049
Indigo Spirit	Don Mills, no street on record
Inhabit Books	612 Mount Pleasant Road, Davisville
L
Librarie Mosaiquenot edited since 2020	1684 St. Clair Avenue West, Carleton Village
Little Ghost Books	Bellwoods, no street on record
N
Nuts & Bolts Bookshop	Little Portugal, no street on record
P
Pannonia Books	South Hill, no street on record	pannonia.ca	+1-416-966-5156
Paradise Comics	Lawrence Park, no street on record
Pauline Books and Media	3022 Dufferin Street, Glen Park
S
Sellers & Newel	672 College Street, Little Italy	sellersandnewel.com	+1 647-778-6345
T
TCAF Shop	789 Yonge Street, Yorkville	torontocomics.com	+1-416-323-9212
The Beguiling	319 College Street, Kensington Market	beguilingbooksandart.com	+1 416-533-9168
The Scribe	375 Danforth Avenue, Greektown	thescribebookstore.com	+1-416-901-8835

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1 more record has no name on the map and is left out of the list.

Bookstores in Toronto with no website listed

27 of 82 named non-chain bookstores; 12 below, the rest in the filter or the CSV.

A Good Read341 Roncesvalles Avenue, Roncesvalles, phone listed
Ben McNally108 Queen St. East, Financial District
Cornerstone Bookstop89 Finch Avenue West, North York
Flying Books at Neverland371 Queen Street West, Queen West
Inhabit Books612 Mount Pleasant Road, Davisville
Little Island Comics323 College Street, Kensington Market, phone listed
Mabel’s Fables540 Mount Pleasant Road, Davisville
Papelaria Portugal220 Ossington Avenue, Ossington
Pauline Books and Media3022 Dufferin Street, Glen Park
Scorpio College BookstoreWest Humber Estates, phone listed
She Said Boom393 Roncesvalles Avenue, Roncesvalles, phone listed
West End Comics1716 Queen Street West, Sunnyside

Show all of them Every kind of business in Toronto without a website

Where they are

Map of the 108 bookstores inside the Toronto boundary; most sit around Mirvish Village, Kensington Market, Downtown Yonge. — website listedno website, or social page only

Busiest streets

College Street, Kensington Market4
Roncesvalles Avenue, Roncesvalles3

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

64 more neighbourhoods in the filter above.

By postcode district

M6R3
M4L2
M4W2
M5B2
M5T2
M6G2
M6J2

Chains and non-chain businesses

24% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 83 are not.

Indigo9
Book City4
BMV Books3
Christian Science Reading Room3
Coles3
Type Books3

What the records hold

109 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	72	66%
Website (own site)	54	50%
Phone on file	45	41%
Email on file (not shown)	8	7%
Opening hours	40	37%
Chain or brand branch	26	24%
Edited since January 2024	82	75%

Half the records were last edited in Dec 2025 or later.

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 109 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 665 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 26 branches each count once; 1 unnamed left out.

Get the complete list with emails, phones and ratings

Businesses to contact, not customer enquiries ("leads" for your own business are a different product).

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Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder

It searches Google Maps for the same category and city and can add emails from each business website.

Emails
Phone numbers
Websites
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Review counts
Social profiles
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One run: about $0.51 to $0.64 for 108 to 240 rows ($0.99 per 1,000 + $0.40 start fee (4 GB run)), plus platform usage ($0.80/hour).

Free plan prices; it includes $5 a month (Apify pricing).

How to run it, step by step

Open Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder on the Apify Store and sign in or create a free Apify account.
Paste these 2 searches into Search phrases, one per line; the neighbourhood searches catch businesses a citywide search misses.
1. bookstores in Toronto, Canada
2. bookstores in Mirvish Village, Toronto, Canada
Set Country: Canada; US state: All (nationwide).
Set Maximum leads to 300.
Start it and download the results as CSV or Excel.

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Or search by postcode district (7 searches)

bookstores in M6R, Toronto, Canada
bookstores in M4L, Toronto, Canada
bookstores in M4W, Toronto, Canada
bookstores in M5B, Toronto, Canada
bookstores in M5T, Toronto, Canada
bookstores in M6G, Toronto, Canada
bookstores in M6J, Toronto, Canada

This free list or a run of your own

Compared	The free CSV here	Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder
Rows	108 named bookstores	what Google Maps returns, up to your limit
Phones	45 on file	yes
Emails	8 on the record, not shown	from each website (54)
Cost	free	about $0.51 to $0.64 ($0.40 start fee (4 GB run) included), plus platform usage

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Yelp Business Search & Review Scraper	Yelp listings with ratings and review counts	$0.99 per 1,000 + $0.10/GB start
Website Contact Page Email & Phone Crawler	reads the websites in the free CSV and returns the emails and phone numbers published there	$0.99 per 1,000 + $0.10/GB start
Facebook Business Page Finder by Keyword & City	finds the Facebook pages of businesses that have no website	$0.99 per 1,000 + $0.10/GB start

Bookstores in other cities

City	Named	Website listed
Bookstores in Montreal	91	52%
Bookstores in Ottawa	42	45%
Bookstores in Vancouver	37	73%
Bookstores in Edmonton	30	27%
Bookstores in Calgary	25	72%
Bookstores in Winnipeg	17	29%
Bookstores in Hamilton	17	29%
Bookstores in Victoria	11	64%
Bookstores in Paris	595	50%
Bookshops in London	324	58%

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Questions

How many bookstores are there in Toronto?

At least 109: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the Toronto city boundary, 108 with a name (extract of 7 Nov 2026). 26 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of Toronto has the most bookstores?

Mirvish Village (6), then Kensington Market (5) and Downtown Yonge (4); the busiest street is College Street, Kensington Market (4). 76 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookstores in Toronto have no website?

55 of the 108 named bookstores have no website on their map record; 27 of them are not chain branches.

How do I get phone numbers and emails for bookstores in Toronto?

Run Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder with the search "bookstores in Toronto, Canada" plus 1 neighbourhood searches such as "bookstores in Mirvish Village, Toronto, Canada". One run costs about $0.51 to $0.64 ($0.40 start fee (4 GB run) included), plus platform usage, for 108 to 240 rows.

Sources

OpenStreetMap extract for Toronto, checked 2026-11-07
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Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder on the Apify Store, checked 2026-11-13

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