By Canadians, for Canadians. Spend your money wisely.
Name: Tender Heart Gift Co.
Products: Handmade gift cards
Manufactured In: Ajax, ON
Where to buy: Etsy
Website: tenderheartgiftco.etsy.com
Canadian Owned: Yes
Although it is relatively rare for us to post Etsy shops, I thought this one was especially sweet. Tender Heart donates 20% of the sale of each card to cancer support and research. They have a large variety of handmade cards, and also offer custom orders.
Name: Cœur de Tara
Products: Greeting cards
Manufactured In: Quebec
Where to Buy: Online
Website: coeurdetara.com
Canadian Owned: Yes
Coeur de Tara is named after Tara, a gentle mare who inspired the company founder. Coeur de Tara’s cards frequently feature beautiful natural landscapes or animals and are made from 100% recycled paper and are printed in Canada at a printing house with 0 carbon emissions.
Cards appear to be priced at $4.95 each, which is very reasonable compared to some of the exorbitant card prices you’ll find in stores, and free shipping is available with a 10 card order.
Name: Moki & Friends
Products: Original character-branded greeting cards & mini buttons
Manufactured In: Greeting cards: Montreal, Quebec; Mini buttons: Vancouver, BC
Where to Buy: Online and select Canadian gift and stationery boutiques
Website: getmoki.com
Canadian Owned: Yes
Moki is home to Big mo (a moose), Barrie (a brown bear), Buzzie (a beaver) and Beau (a polar bear), the Canadian Capers. According to the creators, “With the Great Canadian outdoors as their playground, these bold characters celebrate the joys of friendship, sports and adventure in a fun, modern and innovative greeting card line-up made with love in Canada!”
The company also makes character buttons for the Canadian Capers.
Name: Tree-Free Greetings Canada
Products: Greeting cards
Manufactured In: Oshawa, Ontario (?)
Where to Buy: 1,600 retailers across Canada
Website: tree-free.ca
Canadian Owned: Yes
Tree-Free Greetings is a subsidiary of MapArt publishing, 100% Canadian owned and operated. All cards are printed in Canada and the company is always interested in licensing art from Canadian artisans and photographers.
Name: DonaBona Cards
Products: Greeting cards
Manufactured In: Edmonton, Alberta
Where to buy: Company website or various outlets
Website: donabonacards.com
Canadian Owned: Yes
Founder and designer Sharon Krushel designs greeting cards that feature and promote Canadian artists and photographers. The cards are designed in Peace River, Alberta, and they are printed in Edmonton.
Name: Mark It Proud
Products: LGBTQ inclusive cards and gifts
Manufactured In: Toronto, Ontario
Where to Buy: Online and select retailers across Canada
Website: markitproud.com
Canadian Owned: Yes
Celebrating life’s big (and not so big) moments with LGBTQ inclusive cards. Proudly designed and printed in Toronto, Canada. The gifts appear to be made outside of Canada.
Name: Eagle Print Letterpress
Products: Letterpress Invitations
Manufactured In: Toronto, Ontario
Where to Buy: Contact them
Website: eagleprint.ca
Canadian Owned: Yes
Eagle Print Letterpress is a print shop based in Toronto, offering letterpress printing since 2006. All printing is done in house using vintage cast iron presses.
Letterpress provides an intriguing alternative to everything mass-produced and glossy. They are committed to reducing their environmental footprint on Planet Earth by using paper made from 100% recovered cotton fibres and low VOC soy based Canadian inks.
Name: Kokocards
Products: Greeting cards
Manufactured In: Toronto, Ontario
Where to Buy: Online and some boutique retail stores in Toronto
Website: Kokocards.ca
Canadian Owned: Yes
Kokocards makes custom and themed cards for all occasions, as well as corporate greeting cards.
Name: With Love From Bex
Products: Greeting cards
Manufactured In: Designed in Brampton, printed in Windsor, Ontario
Where to Buy: Etsy
Website: etsy.com/ca/shop/
Canadian Owned: Yes
Designer Rebecca has created a unique line of greeting cards, colourful and clever. Look beyond the big American card retailers for your next purchase!
Name: Hazy Jean Inc.
Products: Greeting cards
Manufactured in: Toronto and Vaughan, Ontario
Where to buy: At various independent brick and mortar retailers across Canada. Retailers can purchase wholesale at hazyjean.com
Website: hazyjean.com
Canadian owned: Yes
Hazy Jean is a friendly Canadian greeting card company that designs and manufactures their cards in Canada and always will. Their cards are printed on FSC certified paper using vegetable-based inks and never wrapped in plastic. They’re a friendly, local, environmentally conscious, socially responsible greeting card supplier!