Being new to Toronto, I expected organic meats to be priced sky high. I was pleasantly proven wrong by The Healthy Butcher. My whole three weeks in Toronto so far, I have bought some pretty shady 'meats' in China town while I was getting acquainted with my grocer options; but never again will I buy meat that I don't know what or who and their grandmother's dog has touched it!
The prices at The Healthy Butcher are as follows:
Lean ground beef will run you in at $5.99/lb - cheaper than Loblaws by nearly $1.00/lb. I got two deeeelicious top sirloin steaks for about $20.00 (so cheap!), two large bone-in chicken breasts for $16.00 (gasp, I know, but I really wanted chicken!). Wings are $5.99/lb. Today I noticed their full birds are $4.99/lb - I'm unsure whether this is the going rate as I've never purchased one yet.
**They sell two different kinds of chicken some is organic (I believe the stuff I bought was) and the other is grain fed. The grain fed is significantly less expensive but it seems like they kind of hide it...the signs are always barely visible. If you don't specify the attendants will grab for the organic.
For fish they have Salmon, Cod, and Arctic Char. I noticed a salmon fillet was about $14.00, and I noticed that the child sized piece of cod they had was about $3.00. Fish is generally best bought at farmer's markets, in my experience.
Therefore I suggest taking your time to really pick out your meats there. As a university student who will never be a vegetarian, let me tell you that it is possible to eat local and organic on a budget!