The year 2016 seemed like a turning point for Canadian products, as the nation felt under pressure from our neighbor to the south. This feeling spurred a movement across the country to "buy local" and spend more of our dollars purchasing products made in Canada. Then Covid-19 arrived in early 2020 and this initiative was taken even more seriously as we worked to support our local economy.
The pandemic forced people to stay at home and encouraged us to become even more passionate about buying at home. We as consumers quickly became aware of the importance of shopping locally, thus contributing to the success of Canadian-made items.
Lifestyle Home Products is a proud Ontario manufacturer. We make all of our sunrooms, porch enclosures, vinyl replacement windows and exterior doors at our 150,000 sq. ft. factory in Peterborough, Ontario. 1. YOU CHOOSE IT Our specialists come and…
Our story at Lift Innovations begins at Canada’s largest makerspace, where we often collaborated on product ideas and solutions. Grinders were a prime example of a product that had not changed in over a century and could be vastly improved. We…
The Lightfoot name of Lightfoot & Wolfville Vineyards goes back eight generations in Wolfville. Originating in northern England, it referred to the swift-footedness of our forebears who traditionally worked as messengers. At Lightfoot &…
I started out with Lightfoot Knives in 1988 thinking I could make a better knife than the ones I was buying, and I’ve been a full-time knife maker ever since. I was a Machinist in my former job, and I knew how to work with steel; but it was…
Lighthouse Cake Company (formerly known as Lighthouse Bakery), was owned and operated by Joy and Lindsay Funk since 1998. In 2018 the bakery changed hands to Vikki Smith. Vikki is a Red Seal Certified baker who has worked at the bakery for many…
The exact origin of this Lighthouse Lemonade lemonade recipe is lost in the Maritime mists of our ancestry. We do know it was a cherished drink of our great-grandmother Aravess, a spirited sea captain’s daughter named after one of his favorite ships…
Welcome to Lil Bites Baking where all your favourite classic treats are available in bite-sized portions. Perfect for sharing…or not! It’s definitely okay to have more than one at a time. All of our treats are home-baked in Edmonton and…
Lil Helper is here to make your life a tad simpler. No, not by magically eliminating your student loans (sorry). But with our innovative, multi-purpose, and reusable hygiene products for the entire family – yep, even YOU. From reusable menstrual…
As a child, Lilac Bakery’s owner Chris Atkinson, his mom Linda and sister Jennifer, made weekly trips to the bakery counter at Eaton’s department store in downtown Winnipeg where they loved to treat themselves to a variety of old-style classic…
In 2005, Liz Cohoe, now sole owner and designer of Lillie And Cohoe, moved production into a 1930’s warehouse in the heart of Nelson. The airy studio-showroom, located far from the pressures of metropolitan life, allows Cohoe to freely explore…
