When I was younger, every single Dollarama item was priced at exactly $1 before tax (prices inched up to $2 for some products a decade after, but the majority o

When I was younger, every single Dollarama item was priced at exactly $1 before tax (prices inched up to $2 for some products a decade after, but the majority of items were still priced at $1). On average, the quality of most items ranged between passable and decent. Most university students I knew bought household items from Dollarama and for the most part it would be fine. I find that Dollarama is just more mainstream in Canada than dollar stores are in the U.S. You would find Dollaramas in mall basements and other medium rent places. The key was to have some idea of the quality floor of the product one was buying. Winter mittens for example. Unless you really try, it's hard to make winter mittens that suck -- there's just not that many ways to go wrong. I still have mine from a decade ago and they're fine. I still wear mine in the winter.