Advice from mums in Canada

[howcomes]

hi, I've recently arrived in Toronto and I need to buy a couple of stairgates, where is the best place to shop for them? I've tried Toys R Us but can you recommend anywhere else?

Amazon.ca doesn't seem to stock as much as the .co.uk or .com versions, is the duty fee on .com horribly expensive?

Thanks for helping!

Sears or The Bay would be your best bet. Or Wal-Mart.
Where in Toronto are you? I'm on the West Coast near Vancouver so not much use to you but am from Toronto originally, moved here in '04.

Try a Saftey Superstore they have the widestselection (google them) the location I use it in Mississauga (just outside TO) at Hwy 403 and Dundas. I think there's a location in the north of the GTA as well...

Sorry for the typos I'm on my phone

Safety Superstore, good idea. Oh and howcomes, when people refer to "the GTA" they mean "the greater Toronto area".
How do you like it do far? It's all new and strange, isn't it.

So far :)
On phone, too :o

Hi
Thanks for all the replies, it's much appreciated! I'm in Danforth now after spending the first 2 weeks in Dufferin.

So far so good, people I've spoken to have been helpful and friendly so I am enjoying our new life out here. We don't have a car so I've been out and about exploring with my 15month ds in his sling trying to keep in the shade, it's so hot here, though I guess we should enjoy it while we can as I hear the winters are something else :)

Thanks again for the replies!

wal mart wal mart wal mart.

if you can bear it.

welcome to canada!

A large Shoppers Drugmart may sell babygates.

get a baby backpack with a sunshade - over here in the wild west they are de rigeur (and a chariotcarriers three wheeler/ cycle trailer/ stroller - mozzie screen/ sunscreen or open to the elements as conditions dictate. they get through mega snow too and if you chuck a duvet in with the snowsuits, they are plenty warm enough down to about -25/30. perfect for sun or... er... what's to come)

My parents love the Danforth area, we usually go there at least once whenever I go back to visit. Yummy yummy Greek restaurants. And bookshops. And shoe stores...
There's also a really great health food store called "Carrots" in the area - interestingly, it's located in a little square of shops etc called "Carrot Common" :o