We are using Colonial in Victoria (at the direction of our designer) and a few other friend have also recommended them. They have been around a long time and offer all types of counter tops at reasonable prices. In the next few days we will be off to Surrey to a stone yard called Hari Stones (that name kills me) to pick out our granite slab to be shipped to Victoria for our reno.
We also looked at quart and it is a great product, comes in allot of interesting designs and is maintenance free. But I find granite is natural and the flow of the rock formations patterns cannot be recreated but you then have to deal with sealing it every year or so.
Go to Colonials Victoria show room near Mayfair Mall, they have lots of samples to look at and make sure you buy 3mm+ thick at a minimum.
Then there is the back splash tiles to choose, that is way harder to select. Then the cost of tile are running at $40 per sq ft for the nice stuff to $20 per sq ft for the ok stuff plus installation. Who would have thought a back splash was going to cost so much.
Good luck and be prepared to open up your wallet, one thing leads to another in a kitchen reno.
