Now more than ever, local businesses need our support!
Far too many Canadian businesses have been hard-hit by the pandemic and are struggling. Also, supporting small business has a beneficial ripple though our economy – a BC study found that local businesses recirculated 2.6x more revenue back into the economy compared to chains!
So if you’re looking to add some pieces to your wardrobe, shopping from Canadian clothing brands can not only give you beautiful, unique pieces but also support amazing independent fashion labels, and a Canadian made clothing industry. Plus most of these brands incorporate sustainability into their business and products so you’re making a kinder choice for the planet too. 💚
I loved putting this list together and found some new brands I hope to support soon. I know you’ll discover some great Canadian slow fashion brands too! x
Symbol quick guide:
🌿 – Sustainable Materials
🧵 – Sewn/Made in Canada
♻️ – Low Waste Initiatives
🐰 – Proud Vegan Brand
🎁 – Gives back to charities or organizations
➕ – Plus Sizing
❤️ – A brand I personally own and love
(Please note: this list does contain a few affiliate links)
Clothing Brands
18 Waits – menswear 🧵
Alder – women’s active & outdoor clothing 🌿➕
Aleur – loungewear 🌿🧵
Allison Wonderland – womenswear, eco-friendly line “Pillar” 🌿🧵
Anián – women’s & men’s casual shirts & hats 🌿🧵♻️
Anne Mulaire – womenswear 🌿🧵♻️➕
Anthology35 – womenswear 🧵
Arraei – women’s natural clothing 🌿🧵➕
Arturo Denim Co. – jeans & denim repairing 🧵🐰➕
Ashabi – bamboo clothing & accessories 🧵
Atelier B – women’s, men’s & children’s clothing 🌿🧵➕
Batik Boutik – women’s & men’s clothing, accessories & home good featuring African textiles
Beaton – women’s clothing, lots of linen 🌿🧵➕
Bellantoni – womenswear 🌿🧵♻️🐰
Beth Richards – swimwear 🧵
Birds of North America – cute & colourful women’s clothing 🧵
Blue Sky Clothing Co. – womenswear 🌿➕
Bodybag by Jude – womenswear 🧵
Buttercream – casual knitwear 🧵➕
Calita – women’s underwear 🌿🧵
Cedar & Vine – minimalist linen capsule collection 🌿🧵
Cherry Gardens – minimalist loungewear 🧵
Cherry Velvet – vintage style dresses & accessories 🧵➕
Daub + Design – yoga & activewear 🧵
Duffield Design – womenswear 🌿🧵
Earth and Elle – natural fiber bras & underwear 🌿🧵
Ecologyst – active & outdoor apparel 🌿🧵(some products)🎁
Eliza Faulkner – womenswear 🧵
EMK – women’s, men’s & children’s clothing 🧵➕
Encircled – women’s knitwear 🌿🧵❤️
Eve Gravel – womenswear 🧵
Fortnight – lingerie & intimates 🧵
Franc – women’s basics 🌿🧵🐰➕
Free Label – womenswear 🌿🧵🐰➕
Gaia Dubos – womenswear 🌿🧵
Glasnost – waxed cotton raincoats 🧵
Granted – handknit sweaters & wool accessories 🧵
Gus Sloan – jumpsuits 🧵➕(made to measure)
Harly Jae – womenswear 🌿🧵
Hernest Project – women’s sleep & loungewear 🌿
Hilary MacMillion – womenswear 🐰🎁➕
Hoi Bo – women’s clothing & accessories 🧵
Horses Atelier – womenswear 🧵
Jennifer Glasglow Design – womenswear 🌿🧵♻️
Kaela Kay – colourful womenswear 🧵➕
Kotn – cotton tees & basics (watch my review)
La Monarch – womenswear ♻️
Leckie Apparel – womenswear 🌿🧵
Lights of All – womenswear 🌿🧵♻️🐰🎁
Lola & August – luxury lingerie 🧵
Londre – swimwear 🌿🧵
Lumber Jill Apparel – flannel wraps & coats 🧵
Made by Josephine – womenswear 🧵
Mary Young – women’s & men’s underwear & intimates 🧵🎁
Meemoza – womenswear 🌿🧵
MeMi Collective – womenswear 🌿🧵
Message Factory – women’s & men’s casual & knit clothing 🌿🧵
Mettamade – women’s knitwear 🧵🎁➕
Miik – women’s knitwear 🌿🧵♻️
Mildred – womenswear 🧵
Minnow – swimwear 🌿🧵♻️🎁
Msichana – colourful womenswear from artisan fabrics & accessories ♻️➕
My Inner Fire – yoga & activewear 🌿🎁
Nettle’s Tale – women’s clothing & swimwear 🌿🧵🎁➕
Nomi – minimalist linen clothing 🌿🧵
NoMiNou – yoga & activewear featuring artist collaborations 🌿🧵
Norden – winter coats, parkas, raincoats & light jackets 🌿♻️🐰
Obakki – womenswear & homegoods
OkayOk – unisex & kid’s tees & streetwear 🧵
Ovate – minimalist womenswear 🌿🧵
Power of My People – button down shirts & work/casual wear🧵➕
Prairie Sweater Co. – women’s casual, maternity, & nursing clothing 🌿🧵➕
Prana Vida – women’s yogawear 🌿🧵
Preloved – women’s lounge & casualwear from deadstock fabric 🌿🧵♻️
Rock & Prairie Clothing Co. – small collection of women’s staple pieces 🌿🧵♻️➕
Salt – women’s & men’s clothing 🌿🧵
Saltwater Collective – swimwear 🌿🧵➕
Sarah Sue Design – womenswear 🌿🧵♻️➕
Selfish – swimwear 🌿🧵
Sessa Wearables – women’s & men’s clothing from deadstock fabric 🌿🧵♻️
Siggi – colourful women’s clothing 🌿🧵
Simone’s Rose – womenswear 🌿🧵➕
Smash + Tess – women’s, men’s & children’s loungewear 🧵
Smoking Lily – women’s & children’s clothing, accessories, & home textiles
Sokoloff Lingerie – lingerie & intimates 🧵
Tamga – womenswear 🌿❤️ (check out my video about styling colour and pattern with Tamga)
Tentree – casual & outdoor apparel 🌿🎁❤️
The Good Tee – women’s, men’s & children’s fair trade basics 🌿
The Sleep Shirt – Pjs, nightshirts & loungewear 🧵➕♻️
Thief & Bandit – hand-printed womenswear 🌿🧵➕
This is J – women’s, men’s & children’s pajamas & loungewear 🧵
Tony Chestnut Design – womenswear 🧵
Uniform – women’s natural casualwear 🌿🧵
Unika Swim – swimwear 🌿🧵➕
Ursa Minor – womenswear 🧵
Wolfe Co. – women’s & men’s lounge & casualwear 🌿🧵
Yoga Jeans – women’s jeans & denim 🧵
Accessory Brands
457 Anew – recycled & upcycled bags 🌿🧵♻️
Alice + Whittles – natural rubber boots & recycled shoes 🌿❤️
Anupaya – hats & homegoods 🧵(some products)
Berg + Betts – Watches with upcycled leather straps
Brave Soles – leather shoes & bags ♻️ (recycled tires in some products)
Duval – leather bags 🧵
Erin Templeton – leather bags 🧵♻️ (some recycled leather products)
Friday Sock Co. – men’s, women’s, & kid’s patterned socks
Mariclaro – upcycled bags 🌿🧵♻️
Poppy Barley – women’s & men’s leather shoes & accessories 🎁
Pyrrha – recycled precious metal jewellery 🌿🧵♻️❤️
Rok Cork – cork bags 🌿
Stay Home Club – various accessories & homegoods 🧵(some products)
Unbelts – elastic belts 🎁➕❤️
Canadian Stores Carrying Multiple Sustainable & Ethical Brands
Arc – women’s clothing, underwear, & accessories
Azura Bay – underwear, lingerie & loungewear
New Classics – women’s clothing & accessories
Zinnia Textiles – women’s, men’s & children’s clothing & accessories
Children’s Clothing & Accessories
Bajoue – baby & kid’s clothing & accessories 🌿🧵
Jax + Lennon – baby, children’s & adult clothing 🧵
Les Petite Natures – baby & kids clothing 🌿🧵
Little & Lively – baby, kids, & youth clothing 🧵
Lux and Dae – kid’s accessories 🧵
Mini Mioche – baby & kid’s clothing & accessories 🌿🧵🎁
Mini Street – kids & “mommy + me” clothing 🧵
Modern Baby – baby clothing & accessories 🌿🧵
Nooks Design – baby & kid’s wool footwear & accessories
NudNik – kid’s zero waste clothing 🌿♻️
Parade Organics – baby & kid’s clothing & accessories 🌿
Pure Colour Baby – baby & kid’s clothing 🌿🧵
Rain People – baby & kids clothing & bonnets 🧵
Simply Merino – wool baby, kid’s & adult clothing 🧵
Soft Soul – cork baby & toddler shoes/slippers 🌿🧵🐰
Trucs d’enfants – gender neutral baby & kids clothing 🌿🧵
Wee Woollies – wool baby & kid’s clothing 🧵
Also be sure to check out Shop Local Canada! They have a HUGE directory of Canadian businesses and even a discount club where can can get exclusive deals on Canadian brands.
Is there a brand I missed? Please share them in the comments!
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christian
Wuxly Movement! – Canadian made outerwear that uses sustainable/innovative materials while being animal-free !
Fiona Cook
Anne Mulaire is launching more inclusive sizing on April 12!
Katie
First of all thank you so much for making this list. Also Please include Seed! https://theseedstore.ca/collections/products
Gina
So glad I discovered this list. Thank you for putting it together.
A couple maritimes slow fashion/ made in Canada companies I have clothes from:
Birdie & Bub https://birdieandbub.com/
Bambee apparel https://www.bambeeapparel.com
Poison Pear https://poisonpear.com/
D Hall
It would be great to have information as to where the materials including raw materials are not sourced from countries using forced labour as an example.
Verena Erin
The important this is not avoiding certain countries (forced labour unfortunately happens everywhere, including Canadian and US factories), but hopefully buying from brands you trust are ethically sourcing and fairly paying everyone in their supply chain. The best thing to do to try and ensure this is ask questions about their material sourcing and manufacturing and see how transparent the brand is willing to be!
Marcela Saitua
Great list – but, I have to say that I am going a little stir crazy. I need clothes for a 12-year-old boy. So many places to shop for women’s, men’s and baby clothes. Most sites have kid’s clothing sizes that only go up to toddler sizes or, if you’re lucky, size 6/7. Any suggestion for a 12-year-old?
LVS
A wonderful store that focuses on Canadian-made clothing and accessories is Victoire. They have closed their Ossington location in Toronto but still have a brick and mortar in Ottawa, and an excellent online store.
Valentina Duran
Thanks for sharing this list! 🙂 I have another brand that I want to share as I love it. Indiarts Collective, a vancouver based social enterprise that offers handmade, ethical products co-create with artisans in South America. Every product is so well made and support traditional and indigenous artisans in Latin America. Check them out! http://www.indiartscollective.com
liz cohoe
Check Lillie & Cohoe Handmade luxury hats. Designed and manufactured in Nelson BC. for 29 years using natural and luxury fabrics, some dead stock fabric as well. Staff employed for 20 years +
Chantal Sloan
Vie Boutique – vieboutique.ca
All upcycled clothing
Catherine Leclerc
Samara & Co gathers Canadian eco-conscious brands + they give back.
http://www.samara-co.com
Hilary Barber
And Os and Oakes!
Hilary Barber
Hi! You could add Today’s Modern Bébé, Second of November, Petits Villains and Happy Apple to the kids list.
Brit
Please add Wolfe Co. Apparel and Goods. All of their clothes are made in Toronto and they outsource accessory production to local artisans across Canada.
Aya
Nomi Designs has some beautiful linen pieces
https://www.nomidesigns.net/
aya
Trucs d’enfants for children’s clothes!
https://trucsdenfants.com/
Alexis Scott
This is such a great list! I’m finding a lot of companies selling underwear sell bralette but not a supportive bra. Does anyone have any suggestions for me??
Verena Erin
Have you looked at my bra roundup? https://mygreencloset.com/sustainable-bras/ There are some more supportive options 🙂
Erica
Dish and DU/ER Denim https://duer.ca
we are stories https://wearestorieshandmade.com/
Mackenzie
Thought of another one: Ola Dubois in Victoria uses upcycled materials.
Mackenzie
Lennard Taylor, EMK Clothing, Made by Josephine all in Winnipeg are other ones to add.
Naomi
Great List!
May I suggest Oona Clothing – based in Vancouver, making underclothes for all sizes and genders. Tina sources fabric locally and hand makes the clothing, including silk screens.
http://www.oonaclothing.com/blog/
Meredith
PixieMood has excellent vegan material/cruelty-free bags!
Loxy
I think The Sleep Shirt fits some of your categories: http://www.thesleepshirt.com/about/
Loxy
Thought of two more: https://anianmfg.com/ and https://www.alderapparel.com/
Verena Erin
These are both great! Thanks for sharing!
Erica
Great list; nice to see a lot of my favourites already on it.
These are some of my other favourites. The following are for kids.
L&P Apparel/LP Apparel. https://lpapparel.ca
Miles /Miles baby https://milesbaby.com/
Faire Child (Rain Clothing) https://fairechild.com/
Coccoli https://www.coccoli.com/
Ambler (hats, slippers, t-shirts) https://amblermw.com/
Opelle (the most gorgeous handbags you can imagine) https://opellecanada.com/
Natalie
This is a fantastic list, thank you! I would suggest adding Smoking Lily, a personal favourite. Victoria based with a shop in Vancouver, they use sustainable fabrics and deadstock, design and sew everything themselves, and strive for a zero waste manufacturing process.
Verena Erin
Oh yes! I know of them, can’t believe I forgot 🤦♀️ Thanks!
Abby
IndiArts Collective is a great one based in Canada. All of the products are ethically made and traded from communities in Latin America, with an emphasis on selling mostly bags. 🙂
https://www.indiartscollective.com/
Aya
Oh, and Betina Lou as well!
Aya
Thank you for the list! Love Encircled and Franc very much 🙂
Lowell MTL is a great company – got a nice leather tote bag from them 🙂
Uppdoo as well!
Cathy
Thanks for this list, which I will be using again and again. Check out Marigold Montreal, Créations Encore, Rien ne se Perd and Maillagogo, all lovely Québec clothing brands (all made locally).
Anna
Fluevog shoe!
Sarah
Both women’s wear- Prana Vida Style, and Mettamade 🙂
Heather Stewart
This is J
Little and Lively
Jack and Lennon
All great companies with a lot to offer!
Nayane Morais
I think Mejuri is a canadian Brand for ethical jewellery… I’m Brazilian but I have been living in Canada for almost 3 years now and I love when I find some Canadian sustainable brand. Love your blog <3
Maddie
Accessory brand – Jewels by sjb 🙂
MamaSquirrel
I have enjoyed dealing with Duffield Design in Ontario.