Today a question on the TLUG mailing list asked about peoples' experience in shopping for computer components in the College/Spadina area of Toronto.

Most of what I want can be found inexpensively enough at Canada Computer at Yonge & Sheppard, TigerDirect, or a store whose name escapes me on the north side of Sheppard just west of Allen Road. If I really want the clone-parts experience, these days I would go to Pacific Mall, which IIRC has more hole-in-the-wall PC parts places than College & Spadina while boasting IMO the world's finest food court.