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A maintained field guide
A small, maintained set of useful places to start when buying Canadian or building a Canadian business.
These are pointers, not endorsements. Verify a seller, product, program, or eligibility requirement before buying or applying.
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maplemaps.ca
Searchable list of Canadian-controlled brands and local independent businesses, with ownership notes and sources.
Best for: Useful for ownership checks; read the source note, and remember the leaf addresses ownership rather than manufacturing or sourcing.
thecanadalist.ca
Searchable database rating products on Canadian ownership, manufacturing, and sourcing.
Best for: Useful for checking a specific product; affiliate relationships must be read alongside the score.
maplemaps.ca
Bilingual navigation app with live traffic, local-business listings, and ownership markers for Canadian brands.
Best for: Useful for finding Canadian-owned and independent businesses while travelling; the mobile app is currently in beta.
competition-bureau.canada.ca
Authoritative guidance on the meaning of Canadian origin claims.
Best for: Use as the ground truth rather than restating legal thresholds on this site.
ehlist.ca
Canadian SaaS alternatives to US products across multiple categories.
Best for: Publishes ownership, data-residency, support, and scoring criteria; listings are represented as non-pay-to-rank, subject to verification.
well.ca
Canadian online retailer for health, wellness, beauty, baby, household, and food products, including a dedicated Canadian-brand shop.
Best for: Useful for broad online shopping; a Canadian-brand label does not establish where every product is manufactured or sourced.
Disclosures such as affiliate funding, paid listings, government support, and membership restrictions appear on each entry when they apply.
Canadian ownership, Canadian manufacturing, and Canadian sourcing answer different questions. A label or directory score may cover one without covering the others. For the legal meaning of origin claims, use the linked Competition Bureau guidance rather than a summary here.