This shelf profiles the independent and small regional self-storage operators in Durham and the east GTA. The national chains are excluded by design: this directory exists for the operators the chain directories leave out.
Every profile is built from public sources and carries the date it was checked. Prices appear on a card only when the operator has confirmed them with us. Any operator who wants a profile changed or removed gets it done on request.
Grouped by city and nothing buys position: no operator can pay to move up this page.
33 operators profiled, 41 locations. The count is computed from the cards on this page and it is never padded with chain facilities.
33 operators profiled · 30 hold a website · 0 have confirmed prices yet. The last number is the one this shelf exists to move.
Shopping by city? Six of these groups also sit on their own page: Oshawa, Whitby, Pickering, Clarington, Scarborough and Markham.
No operator on this shelf has verified their profile yet. Verification opens with our contact round: when an operator confirms their details, their card moves up here and carries the confirmed date.
Built from public sources and checked on the date each card states. Any operator can confirm, correct or remove their profile on request — confirmed profiles move to Verified above.
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Oshawa is the independent-rich end of Durham, with six facilities run by local operators rather than chains. For context while confirmations are pending, the average asking rent across all Oshawa facilities is $175 a month and the average for a 10x10 unit is $190.
FindStorageFast city average, checked November 2, 2026
Small regional
Run by the Valiant Group, which also runs the Whitby facility carded below.
Prices confirmed by the operator will appear here.
Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Small regional
Run by BRI Property Management, which also runs facilities in Port Perry and Uxbridge on this shelf, plus Peterborough and Fenelon Falls outside it.
Prices confirmed by the operator will appear here.
Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Single-site independent
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Single-site independent
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
No website found
Single-site independent
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
No website found
Single-site independent
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Whitby's shelf holds four local operators running five facilities between them. For context while confirmations are pending, the average asking rent across all Whitby facilities is $217 a month and the average for a 10x10 unit is $228.
FindStorageFast city average, checked November 2, 2026
Single-site independent
Prices confirmed by the operator will appear here.
Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Small regional
Two Whitby facilities, on Tricont Avenue and South Blair Street, with further sites in Stratford and St. Marys.
Prices confirmed by the operator will appear here.
Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website 2 locations
Single-site independent
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Small regional
The Whitby facility of the Valiant Group, the operator behind Airport Self Storage in Oshawa.
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Pickering's shelf is thin and worth saying so plainly: two local operators against a row of national chains on the same roads.
Single-site independent
Prices confirmed by the operator will appear here.
Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Local operator
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Ajax's shelf is empty and the page says so plainly: both facilities profiled here in the first pass have changed hands to institutional operators, so nothing in Ajax counts as independent today. Ajax demand is real, but it is chain-served for now.
Clarington is the layer the first census missed: nine facilities run by eight local operators across Bowmanville, Courtice, Hampton and Newcastle, four of them with no website at all.
Small regional
The Bowmanville site of a two-site local operator; its Courtice site is carded below.
Prices confirmed by the operator will appear here.
Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Small regional
The Courtice site of the operator carded above.
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Single-site independent
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Single-site independent
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Single-site independent
Storage yard in Courtice with the office in Oshawa.
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Single-site independent
Vehicle and outdoor storage.
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
No website found
Single-site independent
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
No website found
Single-site independent
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
No website found
Single-site independent
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
No website found
Five independent facilities serve Port Perry, two of them side by side on North Port Road.
Single-site independent
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Single-site independent
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Single-site independent
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Small regional
Run by BRI Property Management, the operator behind Durham Multi Storage in Oshawa.
Prices confirmed by the operator will appear here.
Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Single-site independent
Also listed as All Port Self Storage.
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Uxbridge has one independent facility, run by the same BRI operator behind two other cards on this shelf.
Small regional
Run by BRI Property Management, the operator behind Durham Multi Storage in Oshawa.
Prices confirmed by the operator will appear here.
Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
One facility serves Brock township, in Beaverton. Searches for Cannington and Sunderland found no Ontario facilities at all.
Single-site independent
Prices confirmed by the operator will appear here.
Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Scarborough's shelf runs six operators deep and includes facilities the big aggregators never carried at all.
Small regional
Three locations: Markham, Scarborough Central and Scarborough East. Locally owned.
Prices confirmed by the operator will appear here.
Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website 3 locations
Small regional
Also runs sites in Etobicoke and Mississauga, outside this shelf.
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Small regional
Family-owned, operating in Ontario for over 35 years.
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Single-site independent
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
No website found
Small regional
Green Storage's operating Scarborough facility, on Birchmount Road.
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Small regional
The Victoria Park and Danforth facility, opened in September 2026. Vaultra also runs the Markham facility carded below.
Prices confirmed by the operator will appear here.
Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Markham's operators include one facility you could walk past without seeing: Telson Road Mini-Storage sits below street level, per its own site.
Small regional
The Markham location is the one on this shelf. Zoom Zoom also runs facilities in Thornhill and Brampton.
Prices confirmed by the operator will appear here.
Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Small regional
Vaultra's Markham facility, on McCowan Road.
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Single-site independent
A lower-level facility, not visible from the street, per its own site.
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Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
Own website
Single-site independent
Prices confirmed by the operator will appear here.
Profiled from public sources, November 2, 2026 — operator confirmation pending
No website found
The same shelf, another state. Jellyfish also profiles the independent and small regional storage operators of North Carolina, from Charlotte to Asheville, under the same rules: public sources, checked dates and prices only when the operator confirms them.
We profiled your facility from public sources and we will be in touch to confirm your prices. If anything on your card is wrong or you would rather not be listed, say the word and it is corrected or removed. There is no fee to be profiled and no fee to be removed.