john, in event you don't go that route, you might check out intheswim.com

i am in alberta and bought a solar reel, cover and blanket from them. the reel was the midlevel for 200 u.s. and it's working great. i found that a lot cheaper than the local pool store.they ship fedex so i did get some brokerage fees (would be about say 35 canadian for this value of item) but their shipping and handling was only 8.99! i've now bought twice from them. the 2nd purchase was 2 bags of zeobrite for my sand filter. the first option i checked out was to get it from an online pool store in winnipeg, but they wanted 100 bucks for shipping!