Metals 'R' Us vs Millennium Alloys: per-foot out west, per-inch out east
Millennium Alloys lists sharp per-foot prices from Kelowna ($5.32/ft on 1″ 6061 round in June 2026) with free local delivery. The trade: 4 ft minimum lengths, 3 of our 6 basket items priced online, and freight confirmed after you order. We price the exact inch, cover the full list, and show shipping in the cart.
Metals 'R' Us vs Millennium Alloys
| Metals 'R' Us | Millennium Alloys | |
|---|---|---|
| Sticker price | $32.69 for a 36″ 6061 bar | $5.32/ft on the same bar▸ edge |
| Exact lengths | Any length, 1″ to 96″, cut free▸ edge | 4 ft minimum on that bar |
| Catalogue coverage | 6 of 6 basket items priced▸ edge | 3 of 6; plate is call-for-pricing |
| Shipping visibility | Live rates in cart, $42-55 measured▸ edge | Confirmed after you order |
| BC Interior buyers | Parcel from Dartmouth | Free local Kelowna delivery▸ edge |
| Small orders | $40 minimum, exact pieces▸ edge | Minimum lengths set the floor |
| Certs (MTRs) | Available on request▸ edge | Not addressed on their public site |
Should you buy from Millennium Alloys or Metals 'R' Us?
If you're in the Okanagan and your cut list fits their catalogue, Millennium Alloys deserves a hard look: their per-foot sticker prices on the bar they list are genuinely low, and local Kelowna delivery is free. If you need exact lengths, a fuller range, or a shipping number you can see before paying, that's the case we built for. We checked both stores against the same six-piece cut list in June 2026, and the honest answer splits by what you're ordering.
We sell metal in Canada, so read this knowing we have a side. Every number below is dated June 2026 and came from their public site or our live store, and where we couldn't verify something, we say so instead of guessing. For the whole field in one read, start with where to buy metal online in Canada.
Where does Millennium Alloys beat Metals 'R' Us?
Sticker price per foot, on the items they cover. Millennium lists per-foot prices on most of their bar and sheet, and the numbers are sharp. In June 2026 their 1″ 6061 aluminum round bar listed at $5.32 a foot. Three feet of it is $15.96 of metal; the same 36″ piece costs $32.69 on our racks. That gap is real, we're not going to pretend otherwise, and on covered items their sticker is one of the lowest we found in Canada.
They're also the local option for a real region. The shop is in Kelowna, BC, and local delivery there is free. If you're in the BC Interior building something this week, a low per-foot price plus free local dropoff is a strong pair, and no shipped order of ours beats a free truck that's already in your neighbourhood.
Where does Metals 'R' Us beat Millennium Alloys?
Three things showed up when we priced our standard six-piece basket there in June 2026. First, minimum lengths: that $5.32-a-foot aluminum bar sells in 4 ft minimum pieces, so the smallest order of it is $21.28 of metal whether you need all 48″ or not. Our model starts at 1″ and prices the exact length you type, so a 17″ part costs 17″ of money.
Second, coverage. Millennium priced 3 of our 6 basket items: the 6061 round ($5.32/ft), a 1/8″ x 1″ mild steel flat ($1.41/ft), and 1/2″ 304 stainless round ($3.95/ft). The brass hex and the 1045 round weren't in the catalogue, and 6061 plate showed "Call For Pricing". Nothing wrong with that, but a mixed cut list means a second supplier or a phone call. The same six pieces rang up complete on our store at $130.70.
Third, the shipping number. Outside free-delivery Kelowna, their shipping is coordinated and confirmed after you order. Ours shows live courier rates in the cart before you pay: on that $130.70 basket, $42.42 to Halifax, $50.99 to Toronto, $54.73 to Calgary in June 2026. We couldn't price their freight on the same basket without placing an order, so the landed comparison past Kelowna stays honestly unknown. What we can say is that you'll know our total before checkout and theirs after.
| Six-piece test basket, June 2026 | Millennium Alloys | Metals 'R' Us |
|---|---|---|
| Items priced online | 3 of 6 | 6 of 6, $130.70 total |
| 1″ 6061 round, 36″ of metal | $15.96 at $5.32/ft, sold in 4 ft minimums ($21.28) | $32.69, cut to 36″ exactly |
| Shortest piece you can buy | 4 ft on that bar | 1″ on any bar |
| Shipping cost visibility | Confirmed after ordering; free local Kelowna | Live rates in cart: $42-55 on this basket |
When is Millennium Alloys the right call?
Full-stick quantities of the alloys they list, anywhere their truck or a cheap freight lane reaches. If your build wants whole feet of 6061 or 304 and you're flexible on lengths, their per-foot stickers are hard to argue with, and a Kelowna address makes it free to find out. Treat the after-order shipping quote as part of the price and you'll make a fair comparison.
Buy from us when the cut list is specific: exact lengths, mixed materials, brass or 1045 or plate in the same order, certs on request, and a shipping number you can see at midnight before committing. Our pieces cut free to ±1/8″, ship up to 96″ anywhere in Canada, and the per-inch model means short parts stop costing full-stick money. Small orders have a $40 minimum, and here's how that works in practice.
How do you compare Millennium Alloys and Metals 'R' Us fairly?
Price the landed order, not the per-foot line. Take your real cut list, round it up to their minimum lengths, add their confirmed freight once you have it, and put that against our cart total with the live rate showing. Sometimes their sticker advantage survives the rounding and the freight; on specific-length work it usually doesn't. The going rates by material are in our June 2026 price guide if you want the full board while you compare.
Got a cut list you'd rather have priced both ways? Send it through a quote request and we'll give you our number in CAD, cuts included, usually same day.
Price your real cut list both ways, minimums and freight included, and the right answer falls out on its own.