• Unleash your Creativity

  • Imagine with passion

  • Build it here

  • A community of makers

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.Thomas Carlyle

Who are we?

We are a community of makers

If you are a maker, you should join us and help create one or more makerspaces in the Niagara Region.

The objective of this group is to find existing makerspaces and to help create new ones to enable creative individuals to make what they can imagine.

Artist

Just need a place to work.

Carpenter

Looking for tools and a workshop.

Inventor

Electronics and software tools

Designer

Need a 3D printer to make my prototype

Mentor

I have skills to share

Local MakerSpaces


Creative Hub

The Niagara Artists Centre and Carousel Players have partnered to study the potential of a Creative Hub in downtown St. Catharines. The work to analyse the needs of the arts community began in late 2019 and was temporarily delayed in the first few months of the pandemic. The project is now moving forward — quickly.


St Catharines Public Library

3D printing is open to the public at the Central Library. Bring in your 3D design file (.stl, .obj or .thing) on a USB drive and staff will print it for you. Cost of printing is $5.00 plus HST for all prints up to and including 30 grams of filament, plus an additional $0.15 for each additional gram.


You can use their 3D printers, carving machine, and embroidery machine to make your dreams and designs a reality!

Niagara Furniture Bank

Niagara Furniture Bank is building a community woodworking workshop in downtown St Catharines.


Niagara Tool Library

Tom Jakop is creating a tool library and needs your help. Please complete his survey.


The FOUNDRY

A community workshop where you can learn from others, make things and play with technology, art, science, food and more. Makerspaces, events, classes.


Art Aggregate

A collaborative workshop for artists and makers with a good selection of tools in Hamilton. Private studios available. Rapid prototyping, classes, exhibitions.


The Exploratory

Niagara College Digital Media Lab and Makerspace. For students, faculty and staff only.


Brock Library

Brock University library has a 3D printer for use by students. A community makerspace is being planned.


Space Available?

We are looking for workshop space. Perhaps you know of a vacant space we could rent.

Tools

We will list tools available to community members here!

What are we making?

Join us and build your dreams.

Come for the tools…

Stay for the people!

Get in Touch

If you know of any makerspaces, community workshops, classes or other information of interest to makers and dreamers, please help by telling us about them.

To meet other Niagara Makers, join us at

[email protected]

This site is available. If you are a Niagara maker, it can be transferred to you.