November Sale
Dozens of products, in all our categories, on sale until November 30
Creative Gifts for Kids!
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Crayola Super Tips Washable Markers Set of 20 Colours
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Staedtler Watercolour Paints Set of 24 Tubes
Artist Brush Set of 6 Nylon/Wood
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Beeswax Crayons Chubby Set of 24 Colours
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Prismacolor Scholar Coloured Pencils Set of 48 Colours

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2026 Planners
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Planner Slim Weekly Pocket Size 6 1/2 X 3 ½ 2026
On Sale
Brownline Executive Daily Planner, 10-7/8" x 7-5/8" , Trilingual, Black
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Indigenous Collection 2026 Weekly Planners
On Sale
Planner Brownline Weekly 4 3/4 X 3 Pocket Appointment Book 2026
Brownline Executive Weekly Planner, 6-3/4" x 3-1/4" , Trilingual, Black
Brownline Executive Daily Planner, 10-7/8" x 7-5/8" , Trilingual, Black

On Sale Until Nov 30
Until November 30
Elora Mesh-Back Multi-tilter Office Chair - Black
Until November 30
BIC Brite Liner Highlighter, Chisel Tip Assorted Colours - 5 Pack
Until November 30
Hilroy Cambridge Ivory Colored Pad Pk of 3
Until November 30
07.mm Red Zebra SARASA dry X20 Retractable Gel Pen - 46830
1.0 mm Red Zebra SARASA dry X20 Retractable Gel Pen
0.5mm Red Zebra SARASA dry X20 Retractable Gel Pen - 46730

Clearance
Unbeatable deals on high-quality items!
Gallery Profile Cradled Birch Boards
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Golden High Flow
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Letter Statonery Sets
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Voyager Notebook Refills
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Jotter Mini Lined Notebooks 3pk
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Rhodia Dot Pads
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Rhodia Graph Notebooks
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Five Star Flex Notebinder
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What’s New
Newly arrived or on the way!
Double-Sided Colour Themed Cardstock Pads 12x12"
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Archival Masking Tape
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Unicorn 10-Colour Retractable Pen
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Monkey Eraser Pencil Topper
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Aluminum Frames
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Notebooks / Journals / Diaries
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Moleskine Cahier Notebook Large Plain Brisk Blue 3-pack
Moleskine Cahier Notebook Large Plain Kraft 3-pack
Moleskine Cahier Notebook Large Ruled Kinetic Pink 3-pack
Moleskine Cahier Notebook Small (Pocket) Plain 3-pack
Moleskine Cahier Notebook XL Plain Black 3-pack
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Clairefontaine Blank Notebooks A5
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Rite in the Rain Top Spiral Tan Notebooks
Rite in the Rain All-Weather Field Binder
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Rhodia Notebook Stapled Lined Orange
Rhodia Meeting Notebooks

Whether it’s work or pleasure, we give you the tools to create with passion!
Located in beautiful Nelson, BC
Family owned for 50+ years
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Free Shipping
To businesses & institutions within the West Kootenays, with deliveries weekly.
Free Shipping Over $100
On orders going to BC, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Office Furniture is excluded.
Free shipping over $150
On orders going to the rest of Canada. Office Furniture is excluded.
Worldwide
We offer shipping to the rest of the World.

Reviews
Wayne Lundeberg
Great place. Locally owned, everything you need for office supplies or art. Friendly helpful staff and good prices.
Kimberley Cutler
Placed an order online and it was delivered right to my door in Trail BC the next day! They always have a wonderful selction of art supplies.
Amazing Felted Fibre Arts
In the world of art and office supply and copy services Cowan’s above and beyond excellent with consistancy and easy to work with always.
Penny York
Great store, great service, I was super impressed. From office to art supplies they had practically everything you could need, and were very familiar with everything they sell.
Lucas Hart
Went to Cowan’s for some advice and it was actually cheaper there than Amazon. By a lot. How many retail establishments can say that?
Jeffrey Horton
If Cowan’s doesn’t have it, they can get it. The best stock of art and office supplies in town.
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Questions?
Bricks & Mortar
Come to our Nelson store where you can get help, and use our samples to get a feel for our products
Speak to our staff
Our staff are highly knowledgable of our entire product inventory
Read our art blogs
We have blog posts to help our customers understand our products and their versatitlity
Custom spaces
Get in touch with our office furniture specialist to get the office space of your dreams

