r/BuyCanadian

Shopify is a terrible company with the worst CEO (Tobi Lutke - look him up) who supports Nazis, and believes pensioners should be stripped of voting rights and the wealthy should have greater rights. I digress…

As a Canadian I am trying to migrate to Canadian products or at least away from American companies. This week alone, I placed two larger orders to these companies and BOTH charged my transactions using Shopify (with their new purple logo rebrand “Shop”). I’m disgusted.

One of the orders was for Marcelle Cosmetics and Lise Watier products from Quebec.

The other was Australian company Glamrdip.

I emailed both companies to ask them why Shopify, but neither responded.

Feels impossible for us to stop shooting ourselves in the foot.

Edit: tysm everyone for soso many recommendations! i can't reply to everyone but you guys are incredibly helpful <3

I've been looking for good cotton sheets in multiple colours and my searches keep leading me nowhere; I'm a maximalist and am tired of sage green and dusty blue, i want more vibrant colours and better patterns. I looked on simons, linen chest and other smaller companies but can't find anything that sticks - any ideas?

Canadian actor and comedian Bruce McCulloch will guest star in the upcoming second season of the global hit Arctic-set comedy series NORTH OF NORTH (8x30) as Military Mitch, an instructor who is hired to teach first-aid at the Ice Cove Community Centre. McCulloch is best known for his work as a member of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, including starring in the TV series of the same name.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter, director, documentarian and Inuk activist Elisapie is also set to guest star in the sophomore season. Her appearance will coincide with the debut of a new song slated to be featured in the new season. Trust us, it's going to be an amazing song!

Canadian online personalities, creatives and content creators, such as Ashley Callingbull, Braden Kadlun, Chelazon Leroux, Kairyn Potts, Kayuula Nova, Shina Nova and Scott Wabano, are set to make cameos as well. 

Season 2 will premiere in Canada on APTN+ beginning Tuesday, September 1, followed by CBC Gem, CBC TV and APTN TV on Tuesday, September 8. After its world premiere in Canada, it will then launch globally on Netflix in the Fall of 2026.

Who are you most excited to see on-screen? Most importantly, are you ready for a butch Bruce McCulloch? 😉

I wanted to share my experience with Cozey because I know they're a pretty popular Canadian furniture company and I've seen them recommended quite a bit.

This whole thing actually started on Canada Day, July 1st, when I went to their downtown Toronto location. I tried out a few of their couches and really liked the Gaia XL. I was excited about it and honestly felt pretty good about buying from a Canadian company.

I ended up ordering the Gaia XL on July 21st and was originally told it would take around 2–6 business days to fulfill. I was also having a housewarming around that time, so I was expecting to have the couch by then.

That's where everything started going downhill.

The estimated date kept changing and at one point I was suddenly being told my order could be fulfilled anywhere between August 14th and September 1st. Obviously, that was completely different from the 2–6 business days I was originally expecting.

I reached out to Cozey and went back and forth with their customer service team quite a few times. To their credit, the people I spoke with were generally nice and apologetic. One person told me they were reaching out to their logistics team to see if they could get the order moving faster.

Eventually I got another update saying the estimated shipment date was August 13th because they were waiting for inventory. After more and more emails and back and forth, they told me the order was officially going to ship and had been assigned to Canpar. They even told me the date "should not change" this time.

After everything that had happened, I asked if they could at least upgrade me to White Glove delivery. I didn't think that was an unreasonable ask considering how far off the original timeline we were at that point. They said they couldn't because my couch was being shipped from Quebec and apparently White Glove is only available when the fulfillment centre is in the same province as the delivery address. At that point I didn't even want to argue anymore. I just wanted my couch.

It finally arrived and I thought I could put this whole experience behind me. I started setting up the Gaia XL and realized...I'm missing an armrest. :\

Then I looked into it further and realized that one of the pieces they sent me is actually for a Ciello XL. A completely different couch. I genuinely couldn't believe it.

After all those weeks of delays, changing dates, emails back and forth, waiting for inventory and finally getting everything delivered, I STILL can't finish assembling the couch because I'm missing a Gaia XL armrest and somehow have a Ciello XL piece instead.

That's really what made me want to write this post.

I can understand a shipping delay. I can understand inventory being late. Things happen. But when there are this many issues with one order, it becomes really hard to brush it off.

And I'm not trying to trash the customer service employees either. Most of the people I've dealt with have actually been polite and seemed like they were trying to help. The fulfillment/logistics side of this has just been a mess.

It's especially disappointing because I really wanted to like Cozey. I went to their store, tried the couch in person and was genuinely excited about getting the Gaia XL.

I haven't left them a negative review yet because I want to see how they handle this last issue. I've contacted them about getting the missing Gaia XL armrest, so hopefully they can at least get that to me quickly.

But I figured I'd share my experience here in the meantime because if you're considering ordering from them, it's probably worth knowing what I've dealt with.

Has anyone else here ordered from Cozey recently? I'm genuinely curious if I just got extremely unlucky or if other people have had similar fulfillment issues.

I'll update this post once I see how they handle the missing armrest.

Edit: thanks for all the recos. This gives me some good ideas!
Are there furniture or mattress companies that sell something like a temporary guest bed? So I can turn a home office into a guest room once in awhile, but store away bed after? Something more comfortable than an air mattress.
Also, it’s a small room, so a foldout couch is not an option.

Bit of an odd question, but my wife and I have been invited to a more upscale costume party for a big celebration and looking for some quality medieval costumes from canada. Gta store recommendations would be ideal, but online stores also welcome.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Hi! I’m starting university soon and I’ve been looking for a new bag for the new year and have been struggling to find one. I’m really into the “city girl” type tote bags with a lot of storage and pockets. I also need to be able to fit my 14" laptop. Extra useful additions would be a water bottle holder and the bag being waterproof but that’s not completely necessary.

Thanks in advance!

(Also, this is my first time posting on this subreddit so I’m not sure if I picked the right flair so please feel free to correct me.)

What are some furniture stores I can get a queen mattress from that does not require a box spring under $1000 and offers white glove delivery services?

For context I moving into a 3-storey apartment building that does not have an elevator and need to buy a mattress from somewhere that offers complete delivery.

Thanks in advance!

Hi All,

I am located in Austria, my daughter will be visiting Canada soon for a 6 Month school exchange. I have been trying to buy some items she will need through Amazon Canada and have them shipped directly to the school in Montreal, however now after the 3rd , yes third attempt I am not sure it is worthwhile to keep trying. I place the order, the order is shipped throught "ASL Distribution", and then within a few days I am informed that the order is being returned to the seller for whatever reason. I reorder the items but the same just happens again. 3 times now!

Can somebody local please explain if this muppet show is typical of Amazon in Canada? Have you had similar experiences? Any advice would also be appreciated.

Many thanks and regards from the Alps.

Martin

Looking for Canadian-made chunky salsa. Not just “hot sauce”, but a jar of genuine chunky tomato salsa - maybe even made by Mexicans living here.

I love Mexican food, but trying to avoid mass produced, over-packaged, over-preserved stuff.

Freshly imported from Mexico would be good, if available, but prefer something local.

I went into a liquor store the other day and found a product I hadn’t seen before. Checked the back to see where it was made - it was made in a town in my province. I bought it.

I enjoyed it and thought about supporting them longer term.

It turns out, the product is owned by an american parent company and the “rights” were given to brew locally in my province.

I was about to email the company and offer them business at my own business, upon doing further research I discovered they are american owned…I feel lied to, cheated and deceived.

Is this as bad as I’m thinking?

Why do we allow this?

Anyone know good Canadian brands for steel / milanese loop watch straps? Trying to avoid Amazon and its hit-or-miss quality. Bonus points for a BC company (if i can save on shipping fees) or with a physical store in Vancouver.

If interprovincial trade barriers are coming down, why can I still not buy BC wine or Quebec beer in my Ontario liquor stores? If they're going to cave and bring back Yankee booze, they'd better fix this FAST.

I've been using B&BW body lotion, specifically "You're the One" as a daily lotion for years now, and I used to buy multiple bottles at a time so I'd restock maybe once every two years or so. Last time I bought a bunch was late 2024, and I've just finished my last bottle this morning.

However, knowing what I know now about B&BW (it's an American company ran out of Ohio and has ties to Israel, too), I'd like to find a replacement. Preferably, it would be from a Canadian company, but I'm open to ABA (anything but american).

The specific scent has become my signature scent, so if I find something that smells similar or in the same floral lily-ish realm, I'd be quite happy. I also love its texture, as it isn't as thick and greasy as many lotions and it feels nice and silky and easy to spread, absorbing quickly and not leaving me slippery.... These are not absolutely mandatory characteristics of a replacement, but it would be really nice if I could find smth with at least one of these two features: smells lily-forward or floral at least, and has a light silky texture.

(Not sure if the flair is correct, if it isn't, lmk and I'll change it!)