About
Proudly serving Montreal since 1988
Copies Concordia has been a print shop in downtown Montreal since March 18, 1988. Nearly four decades on, we're still on the same block — still printing for businesses, professionals and creatives who send us their work.
Established
1988
Address
2080-B Crescent St.
Status
Independent
Decades of Ink.
A Lifetime of Stories
Founded on March 18, 1988, Copies Concordia has spent nearly four decades turning ideas into things you can hold — first as a copy shop serving a university district, now as a design and production studio.
It started with a simple problem. In the late 1980s, printing in the neighbourhood was slow and restricted. An independent entrepreneur saw the gap and opened at 1520 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest — a small walk-down space, open to anyone who needed a document produced properly.
Through the 1990s and 2000s the shop became something closer to essential infrastructure for the street. In December 1997 the business changed hands, and the new owner understood that a downtown studio couldn't keep corporate 9-to-5 hours. It stayed open late, filled the floor with workstations, and held on through the years when the neighbourhood ran on printed course packs and club flyers.
What changed was the work, not the appetite for it. The city kept asking for more print, faster and in smaller runs — cards one week, banners the next, a full set of signage the week after. So the shop invested in digital presses: no plates, no minimum order, and a job that can be checked and rerun the same day.
Today Copies Concordia produces digital print for businesses and professionals across Montreal. The photocopiers gave way to digital presses and large-format machines, and the shop moved around the corner to a street-level space at 2080-B Crescent St.. Four decades in, it's still part of how this city gets things printed.
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History
Four decades
in print.
The moments that shaped the studio — from a basement on de Maisonneuve to a street-level space on Crescent.
- 18 March 1988
The opening
An independent print shop opens at 1520 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest, serving a neighbourhood that needed work produced properly and off-campus.
- December 1997
Under new ownership
The business changes hands. The new owner keeps it independent and rebuilds the studio around the neighbourhood's real hours — open late, workstations on the floor, no corporate schedule.
- Today
A 100% digital print shop
Now at street level on 2080-B Crescent St., the shop produces digital print for businesses and professionals across Montreal — cards, brochures, large format, signage and finishing.
Dates and milestones as reported by the business.
Who we help
Who do we
serve?
Different people need different things from a studio. Tell us which one you are and we'll point you the right way.
Businesses
Menus, flyers, signage, brochures and business cards. Short runs handled in the neighbourhood, so pickup is easy.
Professionals
Reports, proposals, contracts and business cards. Clean output for the documents that represent you.
Creatives & artists
Prints, portfolios, posters and zines. Talk to us about stock and finish before you commit the artwork.
Students
Theses, course packs, presentations and portfolios. Short deadlines and short runs handled right in the neighbourhood.