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Best college/school/university for health care

  1. University of British Columbia
  2. Kwantlen Polytechnic University
  3. Simon Fraser University
  4. Douglas College

Best place to learn a new language

  1. University of British Columbia
  2. Alliance Française de Vancouver
  3. Langara College
  4. Vancouver Community College

Bookstore with the most helpful staff

  1. Chapters/Indigo
  2. Pulpfiction Books, 2422 Main
  3. Banyen Books and Sound, 3608 W. 4th

Best women's clothing store (independent)

  1. Aritzia
  2. Spank
  3. Front & Company, 3772 Main Street

Best men's clothing store (independent)

  1. Boys'Co
  2. 8th & Main, 2403 Main Street
  3. Motherland

Best place to buy jeans

  1. dutil. denim, 303 West Cordova Street
  2. Aritzia
  3. Hudson's Bay

Best local designer clothing store

  1. Oak + Fort
  2. Nicole Bridger, 14 Water Street
  3. Devil May Wear, 3957 Main Street

Best shoe store (independent)

  1. John Fluevog Shoes, 837 Granville Street
  2. gravitypope, 2205 West 4th Avenue
  3. Umeboshi, 3638 Main Street

Best fashion accessory store

  1. The Latest Scoop
  2. Plenty
  3. Blue Ruby Jewellery

Best custom jewellery store

  1. Cavalier, 217 West Hastings Street
  2. Era Design, 1795 Venables Street
  3. The Sonja Picard Collection

Best eyewear store

  1. Bruce Eyeware, 219 Abbott Street
  2. Bailey Nelson
  3. Eyes on Burrard/Eyes on Twelfth

Best department store

  1. Hudson's Bay
  2. Nordstrom Pacific Centre
  3. Holt Renfrew, 737 Dunsmuir St.

Best shopping mall

  1. Pacific Centre, 701 W. Georgia
  2. Park Royal Mall, 2002 Park Royal South
  3. Oakridge Centre

Best furniture store (independent)

  1. Moe's Home Collection, 1728 Glen Drive
  2. INspiration Furniture, 1275 West 6th Avenue
  3. Inform Interiors, 50 Water Street

Best speciality-furniture store

  1. Montauk Sofa Vancouver, 228 Abbott
  2. Inform Interiors, 50 Water Street
  3. INspiration Furniture, 1275 West 6th Avenue

Best antique/reproduction furniture store

  1. Antique Warehouse, 226 Southwest Marine Drive
  2. Antique Market, 1324 Franklin Street
  3. Moe's Home Collection, 1728 Glen Drive

Best vintage/retro furniture store

  1. Attic Treasures and Mid Century Modern, 944 Commercial Drive
  2. ReFind, 4609 Main Street
  3. Fullhouse Modern, 1545 W 4th Avenue

Best contemporary-furniture store

  1. INspiration Furniture, 1275 West 6th Avenue
  2. Crate & Barrel, 650 West 41st Avenue
  3. Urban Barn

Best local home improvement store

  1. Home Hardware
  2. Windsor Plywood
  3. Dunbar Lumber
  4. Kerrisdale Lumber

Most reliable home internet provider

  1. Shaw
  2. Telus
  3. Novus

Best kitchenware store

  1. Ming Wo, Various locations
  2. The Gourmet Warehouse, 1340 East Hastings St.
  3. Cook Culture, Various locations

Best home-appliance store

  1. Trail Appliances
  2. Midland Appliance
  3. Coast
  4. McIver’s Appliances

Best home-accessory/decor store

  1. Country Furniture / The Other Room
  2. The Cross Decor & Design, 1198 Homer
  3. Old Faithful Shop

Best florist

  1. Celsia Floral
  2. Posy
  3. Flower Factory, 4285 Main

Best gift shop

  1. Bird on a Wire Creations, 2535 Main Street
  2. DragonSpace, 106–1551 Johnston Street
  3. Room6

Best musical-instrument store

  1. Long & McQuade
  2. Tom Lee Music
  3. Tapestry Music

Best local toy store

  1. Toybox
  2. The Granville Island Toy Company, 3298 Main Street
  3. Kaboodles Toy Store

Best sex-toy store

  1. Womyns' Ware, 896 Commercial Drive
  2. Honey Gifts Sex Store, 3448 Cambie
  3. The Art of Loving, 369 W. Broadway

Best fetishwear store

  1. Honey Gifts Sex Store, 3448 Cambie
  2. Womyns' Ware, 896 Commercial Drive
  3. Deadly Couture, 317 Cambie Street

Best tattoo studio

  1. Adrenaline Professional Body Piercing & Tattoos, 1014 Granville Street
  2. Gastown Tattoo Parlour, 105 W. Cordova
  3. The Fall Tattooing

Best cellphone service provider

  1. Telus
  2. Bell
  3. Virgin Mobile

Best snowboard shop

  1. The Boardroom
  2. Pacific Boarder, 1793 West 4th Avenue
  3. North Shore Ski and Board

Best ski shop

  1. Comor, 1766 West 4th Avenue
  2. Skiis & Biikes
  3. Destination

Best ice-skate shop

  1. Cyclone Taylor Sports
  2. Sport Chek
  3. Larry's Sports, 2029 Lonsdale Avenue

Best skateboard shop

  1. Antisocial Skateboard Shop, 2337 Main St
  2. The Boardroom
  3. PD's Hot Shop, 3734 West 10th Avenue

Best sports apparel shop

  1. Arc'teryx
  2. MEC
  3. RYU

Best sporting-goods store

  1. MEC
  2. Time Out Source For Sports
  3. The Sports Exchange

Best used-sporting-goods store

  1. Sports Junkies, 102 West Broadway
  2. Cheapskates, 3644 West 16th Avenue
  3. North Shore Sports Swap, 1433 Pemberton Avenue

Best store for buying exercise/fitness equipment

  1. Fitness Town
  2. Fitness Depot
  3. Flaman Fitness

Best sustainable-goods/gifts store

  1. WALRUS

Best kayak/canoe rental store

  1. Deep Cove Kayak Centre, 2156 Banbury Road

Best sustainable-goods/gifts store

  1. Murata, 15 East Broadway

Best kayak/canoe rental store

  1. Ecomarine Paddlesport Centres

Best sustainable-goods/gifts store

  1. Oh My Gift, 2039 West 4th Avenue

Best kayak/canoe rental store

  1. MEC

Best neighbourhood/community bike store

  1. Dunbar Cycles

Best gardening store

  1. Art Knapp, 1401 Hornby Street

Best neighbourhood/community bike store

  1. Simon's Bike Shop

Best gardening store

  1. GardenWorks

Best neighbourhood/community bike store

  1. Obsession: Bikes
  2. Steed Cycles

Best gardening store

  1. Figaro's Garden, 1896 Victoria Drive

Best local bike store (chain)

  1. Reckless Bike Stores
  2. Denman Bike Shop
  3. Bicycle Sports Pacific

Best bike shop to get a tune-up/repair

  1. Ride On Again Bikes
  2. Bike Doctor, 137 West Broadway
  3. Our Community Bikes, 2429 Main Street

Best music store

  1. HMV

Best scooter dealer

  1. Motorino, 336 West 2nd Avenue
  2. Vespa Metro Vancouver, 590 Clark Drive

Best music store

  1. Zulu Records, 1972 W. 4th

Best scooter dealer

  1. Daytona Motorsports

Best music store

  1. Red Cat Records, 4332 Main

Best motorcycle dealer

  1. Trev Deeley Motorcycles, 1875 Boundary Road
  2. Carter Motorsports, 1502 West 3rd Avenue
  3. British Import Motorcycles

Best hybrid car

  1. Toyota Prius

Best art-supply store

  1. DeSerres

Best hybrid car

  1. Ford Fusion

Best art-supply store

  1. Opus Art Supplies

Best hybrid car

  1. Accord Hybrid

Best art-supply store

  1. Michaels

Best new-car dealer

  1. Brian Jessel BMW, 2311 Boundary Road
  2. Kia Vancouver
  3. Carter Motorsports, 1502 West 3rd Avenue

Best used car dealer

  1. Dueck Auto Group
  2. autoform performance inc, 1885 Clark Drive
  3. Mile's End Motors

Best auto service (independent)

  1. Pawlik Automotive, 30–966 Southwest Marine Drive
  2. Lee's Transmission
  3. Tremblay Motors, 1505 West 3rd Avenue

Best auto service (chain)

  1. Mr. Lube
  2. AAMCO Transmissions & Total Car Care
  3. Kal Tire

Best auto-body repair shop

  1. Craftsman Collision
  2. Korva World Class Collision
  3. George’s Body Shop

Best local moving and storage company

  1. Bekins Moving & Storage
  2. You Move Me
  3. Crown Mountain Movers

Best home cleaning service

  1. AspenClean
  2. Cleaning With Love
  3. Life Maid Easy Home Cleaning Service

Best funeral home

  1. Amherst Funeral and Cremation Services, 1209–207 West Hastings Street
  2. Kearney Funeral Services
  3. Valley View Funeral Home & Cemetery

Best carpet cleaning service

  1. COIT
  2. Citrus-O Carpet Care
  3. Brisas Carpet Care
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