12 stores · curated ORBIS register
Handmade soap bars feature at Rocky Mountain Soap Company's Banff Avenue shop, alongside the Alberta-founded maker's plant-based skincare range. Elora's neob Lavender Boutique sells soaps and essential oils connected to its grower's lavender farm near Niagara-on-the-Lake. The Mill Street boutique also carries dried blooms and scent blends, extending its range beyond finished skincare. Tofino Soap Company uses Vancouver Island botanicals in handcrafted soap and organic hair care, following the company's establishment in 2010.
Banff Avenue, Banff
Founded in Alberta, Rocky Mountain Soap Company makes 100% natural, plant-based soaps and skincare. Its Banff Avenue store is among the best known for the maker's handmade bars.
Best for Natural handmade soaps and skincare
8 Mill Street West, Elora
The Elora boutique of a Niagara lavender grower, stocking essential oils, blends, soaps and skincare distilled from lavender grown at its farm near Niagara-on-the-Lake. The Mill Street shop carries the full range of scents and dried blooms.
Best for Lavender skincare and essential oils
Ottawa / Canada
3 Trees on Main Street in Ottawa carries clothing and accessories, along with soaps and candles for the home.
Best for Clothing, and goods for home and body
ByWard Market, Ottawa
Adaawewigamig, meaning "place of trade" in Anishinaabemowin, opened at 55 Byward Market Square in Ottawa on June 19, 2022 as an Indigenous-owned social enterprise supporting Assembly of Seven Generations. It carries products including Kokum Scrunchies, Mitsoh, Moccasin Joe, Cedar Canoe Candles, Uasau Soaps and Awazibi Maple Syrup, and hosts workshops for Indigenous youth.
Best for Indigenous-made goods and workshops
Tofino / Online
Tofino Soap Company has hand-crafted natural soap, candles and organic hair care from Vancouver Island botanicals since 2010, keeping packaging under 6% plastic. The brand sells through its own online store and wholesale to boutiques, spas and resorts including the Wickaninnish Inn.
Best for Soap & Body Care
Vancouver / Canada
The Garden Shop at VanDusen Botanical Garden operates from the Visitor Centre at 5151 Oak Street in Vancouver, selling locally made soaps, kitchenware, garden honey, seeds, and gardening books alongside a seasonal plant patio. A sister Seed Collectors Store has sold VanDusen-harvested seeds online since 2002, with proceeds supporting the garden.
Best for Garden, gifts, home-decor, seeds
Bonavista
East Coast Glow is a natural apothecary in Bonavista making plant-based bar soaps, sea-salt bath bombs and balms with wildcrafted island botanicals such as fir needle and fireweed and distillations of pure iceberg water. Founders Karen and Roger run the line as a refillable, mail-back-for-recycling operation rooted in Newfoundland ingredients.
Best for Handmade Newfoundland soap and skincare
Golden, British Columbia
The Golden Artisan Co-op on 9th Avenue North gathers handmade work from local makers, from soaps and pottery to textiles and regional honey. Run as a rent-based cooperative, every item on its shelves is made by hand rather than bought in wholesale.
Best for Locally handmade goods
Tofino / Canada
House of Himwitsa sells fairly traded Northwest Coast First Nations masks, carvings and jewelry, plus soap, apparel and pottery, from its native arts and gift centre on Main Street in downtown Tofino. The gallery runs a full Shopify store alongside its walk-in shop and adjoining lodge.
Best for Fairly traded Northwest Coast First Nations masks, carvings and jewelry, plus soap
85 Water Street, Charlottetown
From a Water Street studio, Moonsnail makes more than 150 soaps and body-care products in small batches, from shampoo bars and bath salts to balms, facial oils and candles. The nature store leans on simple plant-based ingredients and carries lines for babies, men and dogs.
Best for Handmade natural soap and body care
Fan Tan Alley/Chinatown, Victoria
Saltspring Soapworks has made natural skincare products since 1979, beginning with an artisanal soap bar that grew into a four-generation family legacy. The company's liquid soaps are made with all-natural, sulphate-free ingredients.
Best for Natural handmade soap
Twillingate / Canada
The Twillingate Museum's Craft Shop sells handmade Newfoundland and Labrador crafts including hooked mats, mummer dolls, Labradorite jewelry, soapstone carvings, and berry jams and jellies, much of it made by local artisans. The museum also hosts mat-hooking workshops that help keep the traditional craft alive.
Best for Craft Shop, Newfoundland Handicrafts
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