Thank you for this info TorontoAlex. Good to learn new words "wreckers/salvage yards" that bike shop does not want to tell me, I guess.
Did not have any luck from my bike and auto shops today, either some websites today. Such a thing I was so sure I can get easily while cutting it, but it's not.
I will stop by and give Oshawa Cycle Salvage a try. Fingers cross.