kwalka was giving away kanthal in various gauges over in the
modding forum, he sent me 200' for 3.50$
Not sure how much he has left though
Also there are 2 co-ops for #500 mesh going on right now, one is full and almost fully shipped and the other ends on the 31st (it's about 2.50$ for an A4 sized sheet)
neither are Canadian, but both are 100x cheaper and larger sized than anything you'd get from a vendor here
with 100' of 28g, 100' of 30g and ~13 sheets of #500 mesh I don't see myself running out anytime soon either (all for about 50$ total, probably on the high side)