Trade Shows Made Easy with Canada’s Best Lightweight Signs

A striking booth can make the difference when you want to convey your message in a bold, crisp, and impactful way. From setting up a sleek portable booth display to a full-scale trade show booth, choosing the perfect signage is crucial—it ensures your brand stands out, captures attention, and leaves a lasting impression.
At Mr. Printer, your trusted printing company in Ontario, we specialise in printing high-quality, lightweight portable signage solutions that make you stand out—no matter where you are in the world!
With decades of experience within the industry, we know that a perfect portable signage solution combines durability with portability. Let’s take a look at the top sign options that will boost your booth’s performance at any event.
How Portable Booth Displays Give You a Winning Edge
The Power of Portability
In the haste of the modern business era, portable booth displays enable brands to transition between multiple events with efficiency, promptness, and ease.
- Speedy Setup: Quick and effortless setup. Most portable booth signs can be set up in minutes.
- Compact Transport: Requires less space, similar to a person sitting in the back seat or a bag stored in the boot space.
- Professional Appeal: Vibrant appeal with modern design styles that silently announce your brand's quality and appeal to customers.
What Makes a Great Portable Booth?
When choosing signage for your trade show booth, look for these three essential qualities:
- Lightweight: Materials like foamcore, coroplast, and tension fabric reduce weight without sacrificing impact.
- Durable: Your signage must endure shifting, changing weather conditions, and recurring usage.
- Easy to Assemble: Retractable mechanisms, pop-up frames, and modular components ensure quick setup anytime and anywhere.
Now, let’s explore the top trade show booth signs that meet these criteria and help you build a winning portable booth.
Signage Solutions for a Seamless Trade Show Experience

1. Pop-Up Retractable Banner Stands
It is the most recommended portable booth, pop-up retractable banner stand that comes with flashy styles and quick setup apparatus.
- Why They Work: Portable banner stands are retractable and provide a refined and sophisticated look with an easy setup mechanism.
- Best Use: Ideal for showcasing brand messages, promotions, or product highlights.
- Availability: Prices starting at $195 CAD, these stands come with proper portable carrying cases and complete colour printing.
2. Custom Vinyl Banners
Multipurpose and dazzling, custom vinyl banners work best for interior and exterior usage, like trade show displays.
- Why They Work: Sturdy, all-weather ready, and available in multiple sizes, these are best for enduring usage.
- Best Use: As backdrops, table skirts, or wall signage to reinforce your brand.
- Availability: Prices starting from just $25 CAD, with options for grommets, hems, and pole pockets.
3. Foamcore Signs and Posters
The foamcore signs are suitable for interior booth signage that gives a radiant visual and are extremely lightweight.
- Why They Work: The elegant print quality and quick set & wrap up facilitate the accentuated visuals of your brand.
- Best Use: Tabletop signage, directional signs, or promotional posters.
- Availability: Starting at $25 CAD, available in custom sizes and finishes.
4. Coroplast Outdoor and Directional Signs
Budget-friendly and sturdy enough signs made of coroplast, for indoor and outdoor use, that fulfil your trade show requirements.
- Why They Work: Weatherproof and lightweight, they’re easy to transport and set up.
- Best Use: Directional signage, booth identifiers, or branded messaging.
- Availability: Starting at $25 CAD, with options for stakes, grommets, and custom sizing.
5. Lightweight Signboards
The foamcore and coroplast signs with high-grade printing are affordable, compact, handy, and suitable for walls or tables.
- Why They Work: Easy to carry, durable, and budget-friendly.
- Best Use: Directional signage, product highlights, or branding accents.
- Availability: Foamcore signs and posters start at $25 CAD; coroplast signs also begin at $25 CAD.
6. Banners for Trade Show Displays
The trade show banners are crucial for your booth's visual communication and advertising punch. Whether it's hung overhead or displayed on walls, they help to grab the spotlight for your brand.
- Why They Work: Versatile, customisable, and creates a longing effect in the customer's mind.
- Best Use: To create zones, guide traffic, or showcase your logo.
- Availability: Custom sizes and finishes available for all banners for trade show displays.
The Local Partner You Can Trust: Signs and Printing in Canada

Trade shows across Canada—from Toronto to Vancouver—face challenges like weather, transport, venue rules, and tight deadlines. That's where a local guide with expertise comes in to assist you at any instance.
With a Leading Expertise and experience for over 45 years, Mr. Printer is an Etobicoke and Ontario-based printing solutions company that provides you with the most reliable and supreme signage solutions for your brand during trade shows, with the finest understanding of the Canadian business context. Our differentiators are:
- Local Expertise: We know the venues, the timelines, and the expectations.
- Durable Materials: Our signs are built to withstand transport and repeated use.
Final Thoughts
Whether you need a quick turnaround or a fully customised trade show booth in Ontario, we’ve got you covered. Our services include:
- Trade show booth printing.
- Custom vinyl banners.
- Foamcore and coroplast signage.
- Pop-up and retractable displays.
We’re not just printers—we’re partners in your success.
Ready to Make Your Trade Show Stress-Free?
Don’t let heavy, complicated signage slow you down. With Mr. Printer’s lightweight, durable, and portable trade show signs, you’ll set up in minutes and make a lasting impact. From retractable banners to custom vinyl signs, we deliver fast, reliable solutions across Canada.
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