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Greeting Cards: Coeur de Tara 🍁

Name: CΕ“ur de Tara

Products: Greeting cards

Manufactured In: Quebec

Where to Buy: Online

Website: coeurdetara.com

Canadian Owned:Β 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.

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Greeting Cards/Miscellaneous: Moki & Friends 🍁

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.Β  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.

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Greeting Cards: Tree-Free Greetings Canada 🍁

Name: Tree-Free Greetings Canada

Products: Greeting cards

Manufactured In: Oshawa, Ontario (?)

Where to Buy:Β 1,600 retailers across Canada

Website:Β tree-free.ca

Canadian Owned: Yes

Tree-Free Greetings is a subsidiary of MapArt publishing, 100% Canadian owned and operated.Β  All cards are printed in Canada and the company is always interested in licensing art from Canadian artisans and photographers.

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Greeting Cards: DonaBona Cards 🍁

Name:Β DonaBona Cards

Products:Β Greeting cards

Manufactured In:Β Edmonton, Alberta

Where to buy:Β Company website or various outlets

Website:Β donabonacards.com

Canadian Owned:Β Yes

Founder and designer Sharon Krushel designs greeting cards that feature and promote Canadian artists and photographers.Β  The cards are designed in Peace River, Alberta, and they are printed in Edmonton.

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Greeting Cards: Mark It Proud 🍁

Name: Mark It Proud

Products: LGBTQ inclusive cards and gifts

Manufactured In: Toronto, Ontario

Where to Buy: Online and select retailers across Canada

Website:Β 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.

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Greeting Cards: Eagle Print Letterpress 🍁

Name: Eagle Print Letterpress

Products: Letterpress Invitations

Manufactured In: Toronto, Ontario

Where to Buy: Contact them

Website:Β 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.

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Greeting Cards: Kokocards 🍁

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.

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Greeting Cards: Hazy Jean 🍁

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 atΒ hazyjean.com

Website:Β 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!