Good point. Around here (central Ontario) we have Princess Auto, which has taken over the "black hole" role, but in most other areas Canadian Tire is probably the place.

If you wanted to build a sixty foot tall killer robot you could probably get all the parts and tools you needed with one trip to Princess Auto. It's our version of a craft store wink

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