We're a mom and daughter team from Ontario, and like a lot of Canadians right now, we've been thinking a lot about where our money goes.
With everything happening around the tariff dispute with the US, we found ourselves wanting to shop Canadian more intentionally, but realized it wasn't always easy to know which businesses were actually Canadian-owned, especially smaller, independent ones without the marketing budget to stand out. So we decided to build something to fix that.
This site is our way of making it simple: a free, growing directory where Canadian-owned businesses can be found by the people who want to support them. No gimmicks, no ads cluttering the page, just a straightforward way to connect local shoppers with the businesses that make our communities what they are.
We're just getting started, and we're building this one listing at a time. If you're a Canadian small business owner, we'd love to have you join us. And if you're here to shop local, thank you for being part of something we truly believe in: keeping our money, and our communities, close to home.
— Mary and Jessica, proudly Canadian 🍁