Bookstores in Vancouver: list of 37 free CSV

How many bookstores are in Vancouver?

OpenStreetMap lists 37 named bookstores inside the Vancouver city boundary (136 km²), extract of 7 Nov 2026. 73% of the records list a website and 62% a phone number; 10 named bookstores have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: Albion Books, Banyen Books And Sound, BC Marijuana Party Bookstore.

Bookstores in Vancouver at a glance: most are in Downtown (6), Fairview (6), Grandview-Woodland (4); the busiest streets are Commercial Drive, Grandview-Woodland (4) and West Broadway, Kitsilano (3); records were last edited between Sep 2015 and Nov 2026; chain names include Indigo; Banyen Books And Sound and Book Warehouse list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 8 records, including Criterion Books, Iron Dog Books, Iron Dog Books, Sino United Publishing.

37named bookstores

73%list a website

10no website listed

13neighbourhoods

Download all 37 as CSV Get emails, phones and ratings

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

10 with no website7 non-chain, edited since 2022 (1 with a social page only).Filter to them
35 non-chain2 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is Indigo (2).Non-chain only
6 in DowntownBusiest street: Commercial Drive, Grandview-Woodland (4). Plan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only Downtown

All 37 bookstores, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the record

Bookstores in Vancouver, OpenStreetMap extract of 7 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
A
Albion Books	523 Richards Street, Downtown	albionbooks.ca
B
Banyen Books And Sound	3608 West 4th Avenue, West Point Grey	banyen.com	+1-604-732-7912
BC Marijuana Party Bookstorenot edited since 2015	Downtown, no street on record
Book Warehouse	4118 Main Street, Riley Park	blackbondbooks.com	+1 604-879-7737
Book Warehouse	632 West Broadway, Fairview	blackbondbooks.com	+1 604-872-5711
Book41	5601 West Boulevard, Kerrisdale
C
Canterbury Tales Bookstore	2010 Commercial Drive, Grandview-Woodland
Carson Books and Records	4340 Main Street, Riley Park		+1-604-222-8787
Criterion Books	434 West Pender Street, Downtown
Cross & Crow Books	2836 Commercial Drive, Kensington-Cedar Cottage	crossandcrows.com	+1 604-796-4159
H
Hager Books	2176 West 41st Avenue, Kerrisdale	hagerbooks.ca
Humpty Dumpty Books & Music	Fairview, no street on record	humptydumptybooks.ca
I
Indigo	1033 Robson Street, Downtown	indigo.ca	+1-778-783-3978
Indigo	2505 Granville Street, Fairview	indigo.ca	+1-604-731-7822
Iron Dog Books	2671 East Hastings Street, Hastings-Sunrise	irondogbooks.com	+1 604-215-8807
Iron Dog Books	2390 East Hastings Street, Hastings-Sunrise
K
Kestrel Books	3642 West 4th Avenue, West Point Grey	kestrelbooks.ca	+1 604-872-2939
Kidsbooks	2557 West Broadway, Kitsilano	kidsbooks.ca	+1-604-738-5335
L
Lawrence Booksnot edited since 2019	3591 West 41st Avenue, Dunbar-Southlands
Liang You Book Co Ltd	218 East Georgia Street, Strathcona		+1-604-688-2882
Lucky's Books	3128 Main Street, Mount Pleasant	luckys.ca	+1 604-875-9858
M
MacLeod's Booksnot edited since 2018	455 West Pender Street, Downtown
Massy Books	229 East Georgia Street, Strathcona	massybooks.com	+1-604-721-4405
N
Nooroongji Books	Fairview, no street on record	nooroongji.ca
O
Out on the Shelves	1555 Duranleau Street, Fairview	outontheshelveslibrary.com
P
Peoples Co-Op Bookstore	1391 Commercial Drive, Grandview-Woodland	peoplescoopbookstore.com	+1-604-253-6442
Perfect Match	545 East Broadway, Mount Pleasant	perfectmatchbookshop.com	+1-877-522-7213
Pulpfiction Books	2422 Main Street, Mount Pleasant	pulpfictionbooksvancouver.com	+1-604-876-4311
Pulpfiction Books East	1744 Commercial Drive, Grandview-Woodland	pulpfictionbooksvancouver.com	+1 604-251-4311
S
Sino United Publishing	78 East Pender Street, Strathcona	facebook.com social page	+1-604-688-3785
Spartacus Books	1983 Commercial Drive, Grandview-Woodland	spartacusbooks.net	+1-604-688-6138
T
Tanglewood Books	2306 West Broadway, Kitsilano	tanglewoodbooks.ca	+1-604-736-8876
The Paper Hound	344 West Pender Street, Downtown	paperhound.ca	+1 604 428 1344
U
Upstart & Crow	1387 Railspur Alley, Fairview	upstartandcrow.com
V
Vesperia Manga & Comics	1935 West Broadway, Kitsilano	vesperiacomics.com	+1-236-484-3597
W
White Dwarf Books	3715 West 10th Avenue, West Point Grey	deadwrite.com	+1 604-228-8223
#
温哥华not edited since 2018	Sunset, no street on record

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Bookstores in Vancouver with no website listed

6 of 35 named non-chain bookstores. 1 more only list a social page (website_is_social_page = yes).

Book415601 West Boulevard, Kerrisdale
Canterbury Tales Bookstore2010 Commercial Drive, Grandview-Woodland
Carson Books and Records4340 Main Street, Riley Park, phone listed
Criterion Books434 West Pender Street, Downtown
Iron Dog Books2390 East Hastings Street, Hastings-Sunrise
Liang You Book Co Ltd218 East Georgia Street, Strathcona, phone listed

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

Where they are

Map of the 37 bookstores inside the Vancouver boundary; most sit around Downtown, Fairview, Grandview-Woodland. — website listedno website, or social page only

Busiest streets

Commercial Drive, Grandview-Woodland4
West Broadway, Kitsilano3
West Pender Street, Downtown3

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

1 more neighbourhoods in the filter above.

By postcode district

V5N3
V5T2
V6R2

Chains and non-chain businesses

5% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 35 are not.

Indigo2

What the records hold

37 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	33	89%
Website (own site)	26	70%
Social or directory page only	1	3%
Phone on file	23	62%
Email on file (not shown)	10	27%
Opening hours	30	81%
Chain or brand branch	2	5%
Edited since January 2024	33	89%

Half the records were last edited in May 2026 or later.

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 37 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 136 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 2 branches each count once.

Get the complete list with emails, phones and ratings

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

Suggested source for this list

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
Star ratings
Review counts
Social profiles
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One run: about $0.44 to $0.64 for 37 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 Vancouver, Canada
2. bookstores in Downtown, Vancouver, Canada
Set Country: Canada; US state: All (nationwide).
Set Maximum leads to 300.
Start it and download the results as CSV or Excel.

Open on the Apify Store What this source returns

Or search by postcode district (3 searches)

bookstores in V5N, Vancouver, Canada
bookstores in V5T, Vancouver, Canada
bookstores in V6R, Vancouver, Canada

Other ways to build or enrich it

Prices on the Free plan: per 1,000 results plus a start fee per GB of run memory, plus Apify platform usage.
Source	What it adds	Price
Google Maps Business Lead Finder with Email & Social Links	a second Google Maps route with a different set of columns	$0.99 per 1,000 + $0.10/GB start
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 Toronto	108	50%
Bookstores in Montreal	91	52%
Bookstores in Ottawa	42	45%
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 Vancouver?

At least 37: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the Vancouver city boundary, 37 with a name (extract of 7 Nov 2026). 2 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of Vancouver has the most bookstores?

Downtown (6), then Fairview (6) and Grandview-Woodland (4); the busiest street is Commercial Drive, Grandview-Woodland (4). 13 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookstores in Vancouver have no website?

10 of the 37 named bookstores have no website on their map record; 6 of them are not chain branches. Another 1 list only a social media page as their website.

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

Run Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder with the search "bookstores in Vancouver, Canada" plus 1 neighbourhood searches such as "bookstores in Downtown, Vancouver, Canada". One run costs about $0.44 to $0.64 ($0.40 start fee (4 GB run) included), plus platform usage, for 37 to 240 rows.

Sources

OpenStreetMap extract for Vancouver, 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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