Have you checked out Lee Valley tools.

Not the cheapest place but might be a start.

Negotiate for a better price.

Here's a link that might help
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=1&cat=2,2280&p=49657

you might be able to order from the US at a reasonable price.

I know someone who did for some low volume drippers that are no longer sold here. I see Rainbird has a special on drip lines 250' etc. At least have a look.

Good luck

For the amount of irrigation material this guy needs, I would suggest checking farming, agricultural, greenhouse supplier stores. A search on the yellow pages for such businesses should help.

Lee Valley isn't bad. For small quantities they are quite reasonable, and they have other great garden stuff. LV is a better place for microirrigation than Home Depot or Rona.

I've tried the guys in the yellow pages. Here's the scoop:

Edmonton is a climate with cool summers, usually with some rain. Agriculturally it's dryland farming. (Wheat, barley, canola...) Most people water their lawns with a hose and sprinkler, as it usually only needs to be done every other week for about 2 months of the year. There is a small market for residential automatic irrigation.

Golf courses are the market for larger stuff. Mostly big sprinklers, not micro irrigation.

Very few people do drip irrigation on an aggricultural scale.

At this point I've discovered two dealers in southern Alberta, one in central BC and an online store based in Toronto.

When you buy remote, you often get a good price on the stuff, and then get hammered on the shipping. When you buy from the U.S. you get hammered by the exchange rate and the hassles of getting it across the border too.

My ideal is to find soemone I can buy stuff from locally even if htey order it in from a regular supplier. If it shares a truck with a bunch of other stuff, I don't get hammered as hard by the shipping.

Another ideal I have is to find people who know more than I do about setting this stuff up. One outfit lost all credibility with me when they tryied to convince me that 1/2 poly line would have no problem carrying 50 gallons per minute, and looked at me blankly when I started talking about head loss.

If irrigation supplies are not available in your area, why not look into BC. So I did some checking online and this www.irrigationbc.com came up. In their membership list are several companies that offer supplies such as http://www.irrigation.ca/. Perhaps you could try once more looking in Alberta. I'd start off by inquiring with nurseries and greenhouses that should know where to search these things.

Ianna

since you are after a substantial quantity, I think you should contact Rainbird - if this will suit your purpose - and see if they will ship for free.

Here's a link for their Dripline clearance. I think with the exchange you will still be ahead.

http://store.rainbird.com/LandscapeDriplineClearance.htm

It's not a hassle getting stuff across the border.

look for netafim drip products. Better and easier to work with than the homeowner grade.

Here is a link that might be useful: canadian irrigation

Just came across this useful thread.
I used to order drip irrigation parts from Northern Garden Supply in BC but their business had closed since last year.
I have ordered non-drip irrigation parts from SprinklerDepot (http://www.sprinklerdepot.ca/shop/english/home.html) a few times and quite happy with them.

I found Irrigation Direct last year but have not order from them yet. I would have to this year. They are located very close to me.

Theres a good irrigation supply store in Lethbridge, Alberta. Just google irrigation Alberta. They also have online ordering. A little closer than Ontario.

I've dealt with them too. They carry netafim stuff. Top of the line, and roughly twice the price. I'm cheap.