My wife bought the Barnes & Noble Nook. B&N doesn't sell to Canada but if you know someone in the US that you could ship it to then you're good. She did a lot of research and went with that one based on user reviews, price point, and the fact that, unlike the Kindle, it could handle non-proprietary file formats (PDF and ePub being the two biggest). You can also buy books from Chapters/Indigo, since both the Nook and the Kobo use the same file format. This means she can get books from the library, which you can't do the with the Kindle. The big selling point the Nook had over the Kobo for her was that the Nook allowed you to set bookmarks. Also, if you are at all handy, the Nook color can actually be hacked and turned into an Android tablet, with full access to the Android app store.