Hi Joe, just noticed your thread and more specifically your location, Montreal. there is a luthier in my small town (Magog) who builds classical guitars mainly but he also builds steel strings.

http://www.brunoboutinluthier.com/angl/home.html

He just built a guitar for a well known artist in Quebec (Vincent Vallières) and if you visit his website, you can see some his work.
regards
Michel