Canada → Germany
Good Canadian stuff.Picked by a Canadian dad living abroad.
Clothes I'd wear. Things I'd buy for my kids. Stuff I'd want around the house.
The Canadian Dad Edit
Four ways I actually shop.
Canadian brands worth knowing
See the full directoryANIÁN
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Heavy wool, simple shapes, and West Coast workwear that makes sense in Hamburg too.
Read the profileHooké
Quebec
Warm, functional Quebec outdoor pieces with a real river-and-forest story.
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Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Muted, functional kids' rainwear made for actual wet-weather play.
Read the profileLOULOU Lollipop
Vancouver, British Columbia
Well-designed baby and feeding essentials a parent would happily keep in view, not hide away.
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Gatineau, Quebec
Focused textiles made in Quebec, with Indigenous artist collaboration integral to the product.
Read the profileKanata Blanket Co.
Richmond, British Columbia
Honest Canadian blankets and tactile family gifting without souvenir kitsch.
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Starting with Vancouver
Shop Canada like a local.
Four zones, the shops worth the walk, and directions that open straight into maps. Built for standing on a street corner, not for reading at a desk.
Open the Vancouver guide- Downtown / Robson + Pacific Centre
- Kitsilano / West 4th + nearby
- Gastown / Railtown
- Park Royal
Back in Germany?
I'm working on that.
I'm putting together a small selection of Canadian goods for Germany through Olive Beaver — starting in Hamburg and online. Nothing is for sale yet. Right now I'm finding out which brands people here actually want.
See what's comingCanadian. Living abroad. Dad.
Every trip home I notice the same thing: excellent Canadian brands that simply aren't known here. Not obscure — just absent. This is my attempt to fix a small part of that.
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Interested in testing Germany with me?
I curate rather than catalogue — a small number of brands, introduced properly.