Olive BeaverCanadian Dad living abroad

Back in Germany

Fell in love with something Canadian?

It's a familiar problem: you find a jacket, a blanket or a pair of kids' boots in Canada, and then you're back home and nobody here has heard of it. I'm working on that.

The idea, honestly stated

I'm putting together a small curated selection of Canadian goods for Germany through Olive Beaver — starting in Hamburg and online. Small, on purpose. A handful of brands done properly beats a catalogue done badly.

Right now this is demand validation rather than a storefront. I'm gathering which brands people here actually want, and in what order. That's what decides who I approach.

Request a brand

Two minutes, no account needed. Just tell me what you'd buy.

How this works

  1. 1

    You tell me what you'd buy.

  2. 2

    Those signals help me prioritise which Canadian brands I approach.

  3. 3

    If a brand becomes genuinely available, people who opted into updates hear about it.

Tell me what you want.

Pick a brand from the ones I've profiled, or name a Canadian brand I've missed. Every entry is a demand signal — it genuinely changes the order in which I approach brands.

This is a signal, not an order.

Request a brand

Choose a brand, or tell me about one I should know. No email needed unless you want updates.

I store the brand and your rough location. No tracking pixels. Your email is stored only if you tick the box above, and it is used for nothing except telling you about that brand. Privacy notice.

In the meantime, the guides are the useful part.

Canadian Dad's Vancouver Guide