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Shops and showrooms to pick up a lamp, pendant or sconce

Lighting can transform a room, adding ambiance and style. Toronto is home to a range of exceptional lighting stores, offering a wide selection of light fixtures to suit every taste and need. Whether you’re looking for modern European imports or locally crafted luminaires, these shops have it all. Here are some of our top picks to brighten up your home, both indoors and out:

Lightform Toronto - The Best Lighting Stores
Lightform Toronto - The Best Lighting Stores

LightForm

LightForm’s sprawling showroom espouses the raw aesthetic of the Engelite lamp factory, the building’s former tenant. Imports from international designers include exciting collections from Foscarini, Moooi, Estiluz, Parachilna and Roll & Hill.

AM Studio

AM Studio’s versatile custom lighting studio is home to intricate and imaginative fixtures handmade in Toronto. The showroom also carries ready-made beauties from Brokis, Bomma, Vibia, Siemon & Salazar and Lasvit.

hollis+morris

Founded by Mischa Couvrette, hollis+morris, is a contemporary lighting and furniture studio that specializes in minimal pieces – some with a futuristic bent, and all manufactured on site.

Light fixture from Design Within Reach, Lighting Stores Toronto
Light fixture from Design Within Reach, Lighting Stores Toronto

Design Within Reach

Design Within Reach’s lighting collection, available at their Toronto showroom, showcases modern elegance with fixtures from renowned brands like Flos, Moooi, and Artemide. Their curated selection of light fixtures includes iconic designs, from sculptural pendants to sleek floor lamps, offering a blend of innovation and timeless style for every space.

Table lamp by Kiosk
Kiosk - Lighting Stores in Toronto
Bocci light at Kiosk, Toronto

Kiosk

Kiosk’s space is an architectural tour de force: dramatic staircases and a catwalk lead through three floors of high-fashion and contemporary lighting brands such as Flos, &Tradition and Bocci.

Dark Tools - Best Lighting Stores in Toronto
Dark Tools - Best Lighting Stores in Toronto

Dark Tools

Dark Tools’s showroom exemplifies how architectural lighting systems define space and deliver ambiance. Uncover such unconventional lines as BuzziSpace, Pallucco and Petite Friture among familiar favourites like Artemide and Viabizzuno.

Lodes Easy Peasy Table Lamp part of the light fixtures at Casa Di Luce in Toronto
Lodes Easy Peasy Table Lamp part of the light fixtures at Casa Di Luce in Toronto

Casa Di Luce

Casa Di Luce’s scrupulous selection of modern European residential light fixtures is available at their Toronto store, featuring classics from Luceplan and statement pieces from Lodes, Foscarini, and Vistosi.

Artemide Showroom - Best lighting stores in Toronto
Artemide Showroom - Best lighting stores in Toronto

Artemide

Toronto’s Distillery District hosts this Italian lighting brand recognized for its iconic collaborations with renowned designers. Established in 1959 by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza, Artemide, has been a worldwide leader in lighting design and technological innovation.

Moooi at Robinson lighting store in Toronto
Moooi at Robinson lighting store in Toronto

Robinson

As far at lighting stores in Toronto go, Robinson Lighting & Bath is not one to miss. This lighting specialist operated more than 32 locations across Canada, in addition to its well-stocked online shop. It’s a must-visit lighting store in Toronto for those with expansive design styles and tastes.

Luminaire Authentik Toronto offers a wide rage of light fixtures
Luminaire Authentik Toronto offers a wide rage of light fixtures

Luminaire Authentik

Luminaire Authentik is a Quebec custom lighting manufacturer that we’re lucky to have among our best lighting stores in Toronto. Known for its Scandinavian aesthetic, made-in-Canada craftsmanship and limitless customization options, Luminaire is a must for lovers of modern design. Check out their lighting store in Leslieville.

Bouquet Sconce at Bonne Choice in Toronto
Bouquet Sconce at Bonne Choice in Toronto

Bonne Choice

The Bonne Choice showroom is a visual embodiment of design’s circular nature, where the lines between old and new are blurred to create a collected aesthetic. In this Toronto lighting store, find retro lighting with timeless appeal from the likes of Alchimia and Arteluce.

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For the first 16 years of my life, the bat cave at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)—a reconstruction of an actual cave in Jamaica—was among my favourite places in the city. The cave was decorated with cast stalactites and wax bat models, which hung from the ceiling and threw jagged shadows on the walls. A few other features imbued it with spooky verisimilitude: the drip-drip-drip sound effects, the mirrors arranged to create the illusion of infinite depth, the strobe lights strategically placed to make the shadows flutter. When I visited as a five-year-old, the bat cave scared me. When I visited as a stoned fifteen-year-old, it scared me even more. Then came the renovation.

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