I finally gave up, as both EB Games or Futureshop still have no clue on when/if they'll be selling the game in Toronto. So I went to Gamersgate and bought it online last night. Installed it no problem.
Only problem is I'm using Windows VISTA and my printer is a Lexmark P4350 (about a year old) and stupid Lexmark of course hasn't released Vista drivers yet. So I can't print out the manual (I downloaded the user manaul from gamersgate, it gives you a PDF version when you buy the game online). So I'm just reading it on my computer in PDF format. But I'd prefer a "printed" out/hard copy so I can read the manual sometimes while playing.
Anyways... I'm at least enjoying the game now

I wonder how many Canadians have used gamersgate? Probably a lot since we can't buy it in stores. Not that I'm blaming Paradox. I know it's coming eventually to Canada, just that I can't wait any longer.