Meat heads rely on this Kensington Market butcher (with a second location in Little India) for its consistent array of uniquely flavoured sausages. Heritage pork with spicy rapini, wild boar chorizo and lamb shawarma sausages are a few of the fancier ones sold alongside your basic breakfast links and hot Italian. 

All three Toronto locations of this butcher shop are an excellent source for old-school, hand-cranked sausages. Popular flavours include mild Italian with fennel seeds and 10-piece packs of essential breakfast bangers. 

This all-organic butcher has locations on Queen West and Eglinton West where the summer BBQ menu bills a variety of meaty offerings. Sausage options include lamb merguez, paleo venison breakfast sausages and keto pork made with organic pumpkin seeds. 

Bloorcourt’s family-owned butcher shop has been casing up sausages for decades. They have three types based on old family recipes, including lamb, mild or hot Italian sausages and Barese, a mix of chicken and beef.

Whether from their shops in the Annex, Leslieville or their St. Lawrence Market outpost, Sausage King, you’re sure to find organic, ethically sourced meats from Ontario farmers. They offer tons of flavours, including maple bacon chicken sriracha and turkey apple sage.

This restaurant-meets-deli in Castlefield carries a strong selection of staples that are seasoned and made in-house. Wild boar sausage, rapini and fennel varieties are all made with heritage pork raised by Mennonite farmers from Bachert Meats, no antibiotics or hormones.

North York’s popular meat wholesaler specializes in Latin American BBQ essentials. Their chorizos made Argentine- or Colombian-style are always a hit. You’ll also find morcilla blood sausages and other daily offerings in store.