Eyeglass wearers know that the cost to purchase some cool-looking specs can get quite hefty. About 74% of Canadians actually need vision correction—that’s a lot of people having to spend a lot of money. With that being said, there are actually a bunch of brands that sell affordable yet stylish glasses in Toronto.
Here are the top places to buy affordable glasses in Toronto
Costco
Did you know that most Costco Wholesale locations have a vision centre? They accept current prescriptions from licensed doctors, optometrists, and ophthalmologists, so you don’t need to have an eye exam there to purchase eyewear. Most of its styles you get score for a bargain, and they also have contacts available for purchase.
Pearle Vision
This chain is full of deals, promotions, specials, coupons, and discounts on everything from frames to contact lenses. Pearle Vision stores are located all around Toronto and the GTA, so finding one near you is super easy. Before you drop-in, make sure to check out their Special Offers page, where they often have multiple deals going on at a time.
Glass Monocle
Whether you’re in the market for a new pair of specs or sunglasses, Glass Monocle has you covered. From high-end name brands to less expensive pairs, you’re sure to find one that totally compliments you and your style. The brand has two locations, one on Bloor Street West and Queen Street East.
Ollie Quinn
With multiple locations around Toronto, you can buy sunglasses and prescription glasses for as low as $205 at Ollie Quinn. They have a wide range of styles, from Harry Potters to steel aviators. Not to mention, they also offer eye exams. You can also order online if you can’t make it in-store!
312 Optical
Located on College Street in Toronto, 312 Optical has fashionable and innovative designs that’ll definitely get you compliments. From the tiny glasses trend to John Lennon-inspired glasses, you’re sure to find a frame that is a perfect match for your face.
Warby Parker
With three locations in Toronto, one on Queen St. West, one in Yorkdale Shopping Centre, and one at Eaton Centre, you can pick up cheap eyewear from Warby Parker. Choose from a huge selection and pay bargain prices for frames with prescription lenses. You can even get them delivered to your home! If you’re looking for something extra special, make sure to check out their limited edition glasses online.
Squint Eyewear
Founded by optician Amin Mamdani in 2003, Squint Eyewear is a flourishing brand, fully committed to providing exceptional service and a unique experience. With a focus on individualized fittings and consultations, the wonderful staff will guide you to find your perfect frames.
OPTICIANADO
Building on over 15 years of expertise in the optical industry, this independent boutique is located in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood. OPTICIANADO specializes in iconic unused vintage eyewear and contemporary independent designers.
Hakim Optical
Through diligent research of the eyewear industry, Hakim Optical offers the highest-performing technology in frames and lenses to our customers. Plus, if you find an advertised price lower than what they’re offering, the company will beat it by 10%.
Saigon Optical
This nondescript storefront in Toronto’s Chinatown is not to be missed. Forget the unassuming exterior and check out Saigon Optical‘s super cheap prices. They even have the occasional two-for-one deal at less than $150. Brands featured at the store include Gucci, Tom Ford, YSL, Cartier, and more.
Specs & Specs
If you want to go a bit more upscale and look for a specific designer, take a peek at this Queen West store before buying anywhere else. The Toronto Fashion District-based store has been in business for over 20 years! At Specs and Specs, you’ll like to find designer glasses for less than other retailers.
LF Optical
Check out one of its stores across the GTA to find thousands of frames, including boutique lines from top designers, at big discounts. Brands you’ll find at LF Optical stores include Burberry, Oliver People’s, Tory Burch, Yves Saint Laurent, Prada, and more.
Clearly
With only one location in Toronto, Clearly is well worth the streetcar or car ride downtown. Located on Queen St. West, the e-comm store-turned-storefront offers in-house contact lens fittings and eye exams. With your exam, you’ll get a $20 credit towards your next pair of glasses. Don’t need an exam? Don’t worry. You can bring in your prescription and choose a pair you like regardless. Prices start at just $50.
BonLook
Another place to look for trendy yet affordable eyewear is BonLook. The retailer has multiple locations across the GTA, and offers glasses with prescription lenses starting at $100. Each pair of frames featured in stores are designed in Montreal, so you can feel good about supporting a Canadian business and look good while you’re at it!
Dresden
Dresden glasses are built to stand the test of time—literally. Each pair come with a lifetime warranty, so you don’t have to worry about scratching up your super cool new frames. From bold to simply neutral looks, Dresden never sacrifices style.
Optical Thirty8
Located on Queen St. West, Optical Thirty8 is known for its wallet-friendly optical services and a wide collection of eyewear, which includes affordable frames amongst the assortment. The store also hosts great promotions and packages on prescription eyewear from time to time. If you aren’t in Toronto, you can also find Optical Thirty 8 locations in Mississauga, Scarborough, Aurora, and Vaughan.
Bailey Nelson
Bailey Nelson is a popular Australian-based brand that specializes in stylish, affordable, and high-quality eyewear in Toronto. Its popularity speaks for itself, with multiple locations in the city, you’re sure to find one close by. Here you’ll find styles ranging from classic tortoiseshell wireframes to acetate pairs in bright colours. The in-store opticals also offer fair-priced eye exams, so you can update your prescription before you shop its wide selection of frames ranging in price!
Oscar Wylee
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The Australian eyewear company, Oscar Wylee, has become known for providing high-quality, trendsetting, and affordable optical glasses and sunglasses. The brand just recently expanded into Canada with locations in Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Ontario. It offers a ton of designs—we’re talking over 300 SKUs—to choose from, plus new collections get released every month. Between the customizable options ranging from blue light, prescription, sunglasses, and more, there’s something for everyone!
Now’s your chance to win your very own frames from the Oscar Wylee Giveaway. One individual will win two pairs of either sunglasses or glasses that can be chosen from the site, as well as choose the customization of the lenses with blue light or UV protection. Due to Ontario regulations for eyewear, the glasses have to be non-prescription.
All Canadians (excluding those in Quebec) are welcome to enter for a chance to win. The giveaway begins Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at 8 a.m. EST on our Instagram. Find the contest dates and details below. Good luck!
Check out how you could win two pairs of glasses from the Oscar Wylee Giveaway!
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Are you on the hunt for your dream eyewear but just can’t seem to find the right style? Well, then say hello to Oscar Wylee.
The brand boasts over 300 SKUs of trendsetting glasses and sunglasses, made from premium materials to choose from—seriously the options are endless.
Oscar Wylee first entered Canada in September 2021, and now has five locations which include West Edmonton Mall, Halifax Shopping Centre, CF Chinook Centre, CF Market Mall, and CF Sherway Gardens, with more to come!
We got to take an exciting trip to the CF Sherway Gardens store and we definitely weren’t left disappointed. Once you enter the location, you’re greeted by a super friendly staff that are willing to help you find whatever it is you’re looking for.
Everywhere you look, you’ll find new frames to browse — crafted from premium materials like titanium from Japan and plastics from Italy, offered in bold and neutral colours, and available in an extensive selection of timeless and trending styles like the sleek cat-eye and oversized wireframes.
Plus, if you find a design you love, ask to customise it to your liking. Make them either glasses or sunglasses, add blue-light lenses and a prescription, or even change the colour of the lenses.
And, the brand always has a Buy 2 from $199 deal going on, which means you won’t break the bank on your new purchase.
They also new collections every month, making it easy and affordable to curate frames for every season and every look.
What more could you ask for?
Happy shopping!
Here are our top Oscar Wylee eyewear picks that we’re shopping right now!
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Whether you wear prescription glasses or not, you may want to try out blue light lenses. With many of us working from home nowadays and constantly staring at a screen, our eyes definitely need protection. Blue light-blocking glasses can help reduce eye strain and help our eyes to focus better. There are a handful of stores where you can even shop online to grab a pair of new specs.
Here are places to purchase stylish blue light glasses.
Warby Parker
Choose from a huge selection at Warby Parker and pay bargain prices of $150 for a pair of frames with prescription lenses, plus add blue light filtering for an extra $50! Take the online quiz to find your perfect pair.
Clearly
Clearly isn’t only known for its trendy and affordable frames and lenses —the brand also advocates for people in other parts of the world who may not have access to glasses. So, you can shop all your favourite, economically-friendly looks, whilst knowing that with every pair purchased, you can opt for the company to donate a pair to someone in need on your behalf.
BonLook
Another place to look for trendy yet affordable eyewear is BonLook. The retailer offers glasses with prescriptions lenses starting at $145 and you can add the blue light protection at checkout. Each pair of frames featured in stores are designed in Montreal, so you can feel good about supporting a Canadian business and look good while you’re at it!
Ollie Quinn
Ollie Quinn has a wide range of styles, from Harry Potters to steel aviators, and not to mention, the company also offers eye exams. For orders made online, Ollie Quinn has free shipping, and if you don’t like what you get, you can return them for free too!
DIFF Eyewear
DIFF Eyewear uses premium materials and maintains exceptionally high standards for quality and social responsibility. Since 2015, DIFF has donated over 1,500,000 pairs of reading glasses to individuals in need around the world—how awesome is that?
Bailey Nelson
Bailey Nelson is a popular Australian-based brand that specializes in stylish, affordable, and high-quality eyewear in Toronto. Here you’ll find styles ranging from classic tortoiseshell wireframes to acetate pairs in bright colours. Prices start at $145 for prescription frames so you can look great and stay within budget.
Glass Monocle
Whether you’re in the market for a new pair of specs or sunglasses, Glass Monocle has you covered. From high-end name brands to less expensive pairs, you’re sure to find one that totally compliments you and your style.
Peepers
A 4th-generation, family-run company, Peepers is continuously reinventing the spectacle. The brand began with a quest to find upbeat eyewear, and that light-hearted spirit is embedded in everything Peepers does. From its unique designs to a caring customer experience, its family’s legacy is dedicated to the pursuit of fashion. Today, it creates stylish, optical quality reading glasses, blue light glasses, and sunglasses.
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Whether you’ve been wearing glasses for as long as you can remember, or you’ve just started, finding frames at your local optometrists office is always a gamble as far as style goes, and they’re almost always overpriced (minus a select few places).
But nowadays, with the luxury of having the internet at our fingertips, we also have the ability to browse, what seems to be, an endless list of reasonably priced and fashion-forward eyeglasses.
Here are the top five places to buy affordable glasses online:
Clearly
Instagram/@clearlyca
Clearly isn’t only known for their trendy and affordable frames and lenses —they also advocate for people in other parts of the world who may not have access to glasses. So, you can shop all your favourite, economically-friendly looks, whilst knowing that with every pair purchased, the company is donating a pair to someone in need. With prices as low as $29, and a countless list of designer brands to choose from, such as Derek Cardigan, Joseph Marc, Love, and Michelle Lane, you can have a fresh new set of spectacles, or sunglasses, delivered to your front door, and the priceless feeling of knowing you contributed to a noble cause.
EyeBuyDirect
Instagram/@eyebuydirect
EyeBuyDirect’s easy-to-use website and first-purchase incentives are enough to make you want to buy a pair of glasses, even if your vision is 20/20. Their entire selection is designed and manufactured in-house, so there is no middle-man. Your order will come straight from the factory to your front door. Like Clearly, you can rest easy knowing that with every purchase, you get to donate a pair to a country of your choice. You can narrow down your search by gender, shape, size, colour, material, and rim, to figure out exactly which ones will compliment your eyes and your face. With styles as low as $9, and a site that allows you to carefully choose your prescription and PD effortlessly, you really can’t go wrong.
Zenni
Instagram/@zennioptical
The Zenni motto is that they believe eyeglasses should be affordable enough for everybody. They truly live up to that belief, with prices starting at $6.95 for single vision prescription glasses, in any colour, shape, or size you’d like. If you’re not sure what type of frame would be best suited for you, you can always take their Face Shape Quiz to find out. All designs are manufactured in-house, and delivered straight to your door.
iLook Glasses
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iLook Glasses is a Canadian company that prides itself on exceptional customer service. They offer stylish and affordable eyewear, starting at $39. But that’s not even the best part — the best part is their return policy. If you aren’t pleased with your new set of glasses, for any reason, you have 365 days to return them!
SmartBuyGlasses
Instagram/@smartbuyglasses
Another reliable Canadian company, SmartBuyGlasses is a trendy, online eyewear company that provides a highly interactive, modern, and personalized approach to choosing the right glasses for you. Whether you’re looking for a more popular brand of frames such as Kate Spade or Michael Kors, or you’re looking for something more niche and inexpensive, such as Polaroid, Clear Readers, or a SmartBuy in-house design, they’ve got you covered. With over 100 brand options, prices starting at $22.95, and a virtual try-on feature, you are sure to find the perfect prescription glasses, or sunglasses for you, that can be delivered right to your home.
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Luxury eyewear retailer from the US, Oliver Peoples will enter the Canadian market this year with its first standalone stores this year. The brand will be opening its first Canadian store at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre. A Vancouver location is also in the works, with details to be revealed in the future. Oliver Peoples has over 30 stores internationally, according to its website.
Oliver Peoples is the latest international eyewear retailer to enter the Canadian market. According to Retail-Insider, over the past 24 months, Canada has seen more international eyewear retailers enter the country than at any time in our history. Other popular brands that have joined the Canadian market include Warby Parker, Illesteva, SEE, Bailey Nelson, Ollie Quinn, Mujosh, Optical Center, and Acuitis.
Their frames are “anti-logo” which the company says “appeals to refined consumers”. Oliver Peoples’ frames are known to be worn by celebrities and to be on the more expensive side.
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Source: Retail-Insider.com
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Tucked away in Yorkville is Canada’s first SEE Eyewear, a premium boutique featuring high quality, exclusive designs, with 40 stores across America.
Located at 153 Cumberland St., the sleek new store offers limited numbers of each frame, with sometimes only two per colour for each city or store. “It really is the closest thing to custom eyewear made just for you,” founder Richard Golden says. “It is ideal for people who want a unique look that no one else will have.”
Working with select artisans from over 17 different countries, SEE’s in-house team is able to craft fashion-forward, original styles at accessible prices. Styles range between $199 and $599 for eyeglasses and include single vision plastic or polycarbonate lenses. And to celebrate the Canadian launch, SEE will donate a portion of sales to Toronto Public Library Foundation from November 8 to 30.
While Toronto is the first Canadian home for SEE, Golden hopes to expand even further with plans to add more locations throughout the city, as well as other Canadian towns.
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Buying sunglasses and glasses online has been something many Canadians are becoming more comfortable with. While five years ago many of us may have shied away from taking the plunge and buying glasses online, technology and great company’s have made the process easier and worry free.
One of our go-to places to buy sunglasses online is SmartBuyGlasses who are coincidentally celebrating 10 years in the business, supplying sunglasses and eyeglasses to the masses at affordable prices.
Originally launched in Australia, SmartBuyGlasses went on to set up a logistics centre in Hong Kong and partnered with Unite for Sight, a non-profit organization that empowers communities worldwide to improve eye health and eliminate preventable blindness. Additionally, SmartBuyGlasses incorporates the buy one, give one model. If you buy a pair of glasses they will give a pair to someone in need. At this point, it’s our opinion that SmartBuyGlasses developed the trifecta for making a successful online brand. They launched a robust and helpful e-commerce website, they secured themselves as a logistical powerhouse and partnered with charitable companies looking to change the world.
The later additions of great content and a Virtual Try-On feature, SmartBuyGlasses turned themselves into a small s-commerce player in Australia into a global powerhouse providing stylish glasses, in a fun online environment at great prices.
We don’t like to give kudos to any website or product that we haven’t tried, so lucky for us we did and we were very pleased with the selection, service, and price.
When you visit the website you’ll notice that SmartBuyGlasses offers a wide selection of your favourite designer glasses at really affordable prices.
So here’s what you really want to know:
Selection
The selection of products was very robust. The easy to navigate SmartBuyGlasses.ca website houses every brand you could ever want. Ray Ban, Tom Ford, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Balmain, Burberry, Fendi, Kate Spade, Porsche Design, Persol and so many more. While we couldn’t’ find the newest of the new, SmartBuyGlasses did have a great selection of current models.
Additionally, SmartBuyGlasses houses a collection of their own brands of sunglasses. The in-house collection stands out with a couple of key brands. LMNT glasses are modern interpretations of the most coveted styles of glasses and look to cater to the fashion-focused. Our favourite house brand would have to be Oh My Woodness! which crafts glasses out of wood. Not only are these glasses uber stylish, every item purchased from the Oh My Woodness! Collection will help plant life-saving trees in Haiti, Madagascar or Nepal! The program helps rejuvenate areas. Trees give life, they’re essential for not only animals but also for millions of the world’s most vulnerable people.
Every item purchased from the Oh My Woodness! Collection will help plant life-saving trees in Haiti, Madagascar or Nepal! Trees give life. They’re essential for not only animals, but also for millions of the world’s most vulnerable people…
The prices are good. Not only is most of the inventory already 10% -30% off, SmartBuyGlasses offers a Best Price Guarantee on many of their models. That means that if you find a lower price, SmartBuyGlasses will match it.
Ordering Process
The ordering process was pretty simple. If you’ve ever ordered something online before you will be able to navigate the website. Additionally helping to make your decision process easier, here is a Virtual Try on tool that allows you to see the glasses on your face before you make a purchase and there is a section to easily input your glasses prescription information.
Delivery Process
From order to door the process took about two weeks. The products arrived in a nice clean white box and game with everything you could want with your glasses. Branded case, cleaning tools and carrying case.
If you are looking for a pair of sunglasses or eyeglasses, SmartBuyGlasses is a great option. They have all the designer brands, the website is easy to use and best of all for StyleDemocracy readers, the price is good!