Costco Optical

excellent price, excellent lens quality, great service and warranty, good frame selection

Loblaws Optical/Superstore

excellent price, excellent lenses, best lens selection, great service and warranty, good frame selection, Canadian owned

ZenniOptical.com

online, Chinese, huge frame selection, extremely low prices if single vision with low prescription, no name lenses

Oakley Optical

(Portage Avenue)

excellent lenses, unique frames, great service (Randy), premium prices, locally owned

ClearlyContacts.ca

online, very large frame selection, low prices, but recently rising quite a bit lately, was Canadian, now owned by Essilor

Walmart Optical

it's Walmart with all it's pros and cons

The Bay Optical

the last 'independent' optician in the mall, good service, decent prices, well made

Westwood Optical

well regarded local boutique, excellent lenses, very good service, locally owned

For Eyes Optical

unique frames, excellent lenses, premium prices, you think the service is 'snooty', cachet, locally owned

Linden Ridge Optical

my insiders say a good place to find frames for small faces, locally owned