Annex Photo & Digital Imaging

Toronto, Canada

4.3

Closed now

8 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 416-922-0920
Website:
www.annexphoto.ca
Address:
362 Bloor Street W, Toronto, ON, M5S 1X2
The Annex
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
930 ftLowther Avenue
0.2 miSussex Avenue
0.3 miHarbord Street
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Today

Today 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Toronto) 11:28 PM Thursday, June 12, 2025

Business hours

Monday 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Tuesday 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Thursday 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Friday 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Description

Specialties

Open 7 days a week: passport photos, visa photos, electronic visa photos for the United States, infant passport photos, citizenship photos, immigration photos, permanent residence photos, China visa photo, Brazil, Germany, India, Vietnam, Korean passport photos, Japanese passport photos, medical exam Photos, Law Society photos, LSAT exam photos, etc.

We also specialize in digital printing, large format printing and offer a variety of frames including poster sized frames and other odd sizes. We develop 35 mm and 120 mm film, colour as well as black & white and offer a large selection of films both colour and black & white.

History

Established in 1976.

Opened as Direct Film in 1976 purchased by Yogish Varade in 1992 and purchased by myself, Tom Hamilton in 1998. I started as a photographer in 1970 at Arcade Photographic Studio in downtown Toronto. In 1975 I relocated to United Camera and Collis Camera on St. Clair Avenue West serving to commercial photographers, wedding photographers and film and videographers. In 1987 myself and a business partner opened St. Clair Camera and installed an one hour minilab. Annex Photo became fully digital in 2000 and offers both analog and digital services.

Meet the Business Owner

tom H.

Business Owner

photographer, darkroom technician, minilab operator digital consultant

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8 reviews of Annex Photo & Digital Imaging

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Place rating: 5
East Williamsburg, NY
If you’re willing to pay the price for film, this is the place. Certainly not cheap, but they have 1 hr, 1 day and 3 day prices for developing so there are options. And they are very friendly people.
Also I love the little stamp card they give you! You get bonus gifts after you go in to get so many rolls developed, and after 10 I believe you get a free roll developed. Great incentive to return!
Place rating: 4
Toronto, Canada
Great place. Only a bit more than $ 9 to develop a roll off of a disposable camera (three-​day service), compared to $ 25 at Rapid Photos (1 week service). Annex Photo is definitely where I go to develop my disposable camera photos.
Place rating: 5
Toronto, Canada
I have gone to Annex Photo three separate times for immigration photos/​travel visa photos, and I can say with confidence that this is a great place to go for this type of service.
They are very quick even at lunch time. They give you a minute to look in the mirror if you want, then they take your photo right away. The photo is always ready for pickup within 10 – 15 minutes (you can wait in the store but I like to walk around outdoors). With tax it currently costs $ 15.85 for two photos, which can be more expensive than other places, but it is 100% worth the cost for the experience.
I went there for my photos during the process of becoming a permanent resident (needed photos for the application and then for the PR card a year later) as well as for a photo to apply for a visa to visit China. I will definitely go there again if I need any more photos of this kind. They know the requirements for each type of photo and it’s a completely no-​hassle process.
After having such great service there I am considering using them for other services such as film developing.
Place rating: 4
Paris
Très bonne solution pour faire ses photos de passeport ou de visa, amenez les dimensions et montrez les au photographe, il se chargera du reste. Comptez environ 10 minutes d’attente pour les photos.
/​/​Good solution to your passport and visas photos. Just bring the measurements and the photographer will take care of it. Expect a 10 minutes waiting for your pics.
Place rating: 4
Toronto, Canada
I have come here for passport photos and visa photos. Important to note: I am very skilled at losing my passports and often need visas.
It should really be 3 stars because he overcharges but I’m handing him the extra star because: bro knows what he’s talking about, the store is so conveniently located for students, and the whole process for passport and visa photos is under ten minutes tops. I don’t know how they process people so quickly, but they do. He says wait 15 minutes, but it’s more like 7−10mins.
Owner/​photographer/​cashier is in his mid 50s, always there, really relaxed and efficient man. He offhand knew the photo requirements for the Brazilian agency (all agencies have different ones). He will chat with you about your trip if you desire, or let you browse the shop in peace (not much to buy, honestly, everything is overpriced and out of date).
I will continue coming here for passport and visa snaps because he’s cheap and quick. But bastard overcharges, I tell ya.
Place rating: 2
Toronto, Canada
Although the service is friendly, the color accuracy is terrible. I suspect they need to calibrate their printer. I’m a professional photographer and was hoping to get my prints developed here due to the location convenience but their images consistently come out with a green hue/​tinge to skin tones, etc. I’m going to TIW from now on.
Place rating: 5
Toronto, Canada
Excellent service. Made sure I was happy with each of my enlargements before sending them to print. I go here often and am very happy with the quality.
Place rating: 5
Toronto, Canada
Really nice experience with these guys. Walked in to get some visa photos taken and they were friendly, fast and professional.
Pricewise, they’re a little expensive ($ 13/​$ 14 for the first ‘set’ and $ 6 bucks for each set after that — a set being two photos), but it was worth it to have everything taken care of in the space of 15 minutes. Especially when I consider the fact that up until I put my shoes on to go out the door, I actually thought visa photos and passport photos were the same thing. Yeah, the whole «Passport photos are NOT the same as visa photos! Bring this sheet with you to your photographer,’ didn’t give it away until I was actually leaving for Shoppers.
There’s a lovely man who works here (he may have been the owner) and it was literally, «There’s the mirror, have a seat here, snap, is this okay? Pefect, come and collect them in 15.» He was no nonsense, fast and efficient without making you feel like you were super rushed/​he wanted you out of there.
I still look like a zombie in my photos but it was definitely the most pain-​free errand I’ve ever been on.