Record stores in Ajax
Record shops reward the patient digger. Ajax, ON has 33 mapped right now. That's 33 record shops mapped around Ajax. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. Check the grading before you pay — a visual grade and a play grade are two different things.
This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around Ajax (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Cosmos Records and Love Music, plus Deja Vu Discs. If a record shop's missing from Ajax's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Ajax record lineup
33 mapped within about 40 km:
Cosmos Records
Record store
Cosmos Records is Record store on 607A Queen Street West, Toronto. Cosmos Records also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
607A Queen Street West, Toronto
Phone: +1-416-603-0254
Love Music
Record store
Love Music — Record store.
Deja Vu Discs
Record store
Deja Vu Discs is Record store.
Deja Vu Discs
Record store
Deja Vu Discs is Record store.
BellyBuster
Record store
BellyBuster is Record store on 572 College Street, Toronto. BellyBuster also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
572 College Street, Toronto, M6G 1B3
Phone: +1 416-537-1620
Home Karaoke Ltd.
Record store
Home Karaoke Ltd. is Record store. Home Karaoke Ltd. also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +1-416-291-3121
Miga music
Record store
Miga music — Record store.
Sonic Boom
Record store
Sonic Boom — Record store, found on 215 Spadina Avenue in Toronto. Also worth knowing about Sonic Boom: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
215 Spadina Avenue, Toronto
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-20:00
Phone: +1-416-532-0334
Grasshopper Records
Record store
Grasshopper Records is Record store on 1167 Dundas Street West, Toronto. Grasshopper Records also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
1167 Dundas Street West, Toronto
Phone: +1-416-534-0180
Rotate This
Record store
Rotate This — Record store, found on 186 Ossington Avenue in Toronto. Also worth knowing about Rotate This: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
186 Ossington Avenue, Toronto
Phone: +1-416-504-8447
CHIN Radio
Record store
CHIN Radio is Record store on 622 College Street, Toronto. CHIN Radio also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
622 College Street, Toronto, M6G 1B6
Phone: +1-416-531-9991
Battle Records
Record store
Battle Records is Record store on 1164 Dundas Street West, Toronto.
1164 Dundas Street West, Toronto
Zoinks Music and Books
Record store
Zoinks Music and Books — Record store, found on 1019 Bloor Street West in Toronto. Also worth knowing about Zoinks Music and Books: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
1019 Bloor Street West, Toronto
Phone: +1-416-913-8827
Kops Records
Record store
Kops Records — Record store on 395 Queen Street West. Also worth knowing about Kops Records: the map lists its hours as Su-We 11:00-19:00; Th-Sa 11:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
395 Queen Street West, M5V2A5
Hours: Su-We 11:00-19:00; Th-Sa 11:00-20:00
Phone: +1-416-593-8523
Sunrise Records
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Sunrise Records is Record store.
Bollywood 4 U
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Bollywood 4 U — Record store.
Sunrise Records
Record store
Sunrise Records is Record store.
Now and Then
Record store
Now and Then is Record store. Now and Then also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 12:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
L1J 2K5
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 12:00-18:00
Phone: +1 905-240-9040
Deja Vu Discs
Record store
Deja Vu Discs is Record store. Deja Vu Discs also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo, We-Fr 10:00-20:00; Tu, Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00.
Hours: Mo, We-Fr 10:00-20:00; Tu, Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Beach Sound Records
Record store
Beach Sound Records is Record store on 898 Kingston Road, Toronto. Beach Sound Records also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:30-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
898 Kingston Road, Toronto, M4E 1S5
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:30-18:00
Allegro Music
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Allegro Music is Record store.
RAA CD
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RAA CD is Record store.
Greek City Music
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Greek City Music — Record store.
Alexander’s Music Studio
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Alexander’s Music Studio — Record store.
Play De Record
Record store
Play De Record is Record store on 411 Spadina Avenue.
411 Spadina Avenue
LIGHTUPK
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LIGHTUPK is Record store.
Elite Music Academy
Record store
Elite Music Academy — Record store, found on Danforth Avenue in Toronto. Also worth knowing about Elite Music Academy: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Danforth Avenue, Toronto
Phone: +1-416-406-5355
Kops Records
Record storeRun by Kops Records
Run by Kops Records, Kops Records is Record store, found on 209 Danforth Avenue in Toronto. Also worth knowing about Kops Records: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 11:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
209 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, N4K1N2
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-19:00
Phone: +1-647-347-0095
Dine Alone Store
Record store
Dine Alone Store — Record store. Also worth knowing about Dine Alone Store: it has a website with more detail.
Metro Vinyl Club
Record store
Metro Vinyl Club — Record store.
Another Spin Records
Record store
Another Spin Records — Record store on 25 Bond Street East. Also worth knowing about Another Spin Records: the map lists its hours as We-Fr 13:00-18:00; Sa 12:00-18:00; Su 12:00-16:00; Mo, Tu 14:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
25 Bond Street East
Hours: We-Fr 13:00-18:00; Sa 12:00-18:00; Su 12:00-16:00; Mo, Tu 14:00-18:00
Phone: +1-289-274-7782
The Lane School of Music
Record store
The Lane School of Music is Record store on Danforth Avenue, Toronto. The Lane School of Music also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Danforth Avenue, Toronto
Phone: +1-647-317-1254
Elite Music
Record store
Elite Music — Record store, found on Danforth Avenue in Toronto. Also worth knowing about Elite Music: it has a website with more detail.
Danforth Avenue, Toronto
What the map tells us about record stores in Ajax
7 of the 33 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.
11 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.
There's a cluster: 3 of them sit on Danforth Avenue, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
The Ajax record crawl
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Cosmos Records on 607A Queen Street West, Love Music, Deja Vu Discs, Deja Vu Discs, BellyBuster on 572 College Street, Home Karaoke Ltd., Miga music, and Sonic Boom on 215 Spadina Avenue. That's 33 stops on the Ajax record crawl. 25 more are listed below.
Record digging tips for Ajax
A few things worth knowing before you work through Ajax's record stores:
- Check Discogs before big purchases at Cosmos Records. A quick price check on your phone keeps everyone honest — you and the shop.
- Check the dead wax at Love Music. The runout groove holds matrix numbers that identify pressings. Collectors live by these; a quick phone search settles it.
- The dollar bin is honest work. Nobody's getting rich off the dollar bin, but the joy-per-dollar ratio is unbeatable. Flip through all of it.
- Inspect the seams. Split seams and ring wear tell you how a record lived. Light wear is fine; trashed sleeves drag the value.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Ajax — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new record store in Ajax can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 33, or a record store we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
We don't list prices or stock — both change by the day. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 33 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Record store listings for Ajax: 33 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.