I’ve been doing the ‘buy Canadian’ thing for a few years now. I actually enjoy the game of trying to find cool folks making cool stuff and I know that there are others like me just like there are people who lack the time or inclination to do the research.
I also think it can be tricky for people looking at starting a business to be able to identify a need.
So what’s a product you don’t know of a Canadian alternative to?
Personally, it’s cast iron cookware. Meyer makes great stainless stuff, but there isn’t a single foundry making cast iron cookware in Canada. I’ve actually started emailing a few to see if I can find a Canadian foundry that would be willing to batch produce cast iron skillets. Finding a local brand already doing it would be a LOT easier!
Almond and almond derived products are almost all American.
I think California has ~80% of the almond market which is absolutely absurd considering the water demand for producing almonds.
I’ve switched to oat milk in my coffee but am still divesting from almond flour…
Try Yupik. I think we found almonds from Spain there. https://yupik.com/en/
Recently bought a giant bag of Yupik pumpkin seeds and they were from China which wasn’t stated online or I wouldn’t have bothered. Very disappointing, had to return them.
I was looking at their site and I can’t tell where the almonds are coming from. All I see is “Prepared in Canada”.
Island Nut Roastery
Nuts to You
Sunco
I have switched to Nut to You peanut butter, it’s actually quite good, even compared to Costco’s Organic PB. It’s miles beyond trash like Kraft PB.