The Vancouver Cleaning Co-operative (TCC) is a worker-owned business serving clients across the Lower Mainland. Founded out of our lived experiences of exploitation, discrimination, patriarchy, and capitalism, TCC started as three women who wanted to do better for themselves and for others in the cleaning industry. As a co-op, our cleaners are also owners, and every decision we make is rooted in our mission to empower our members and support our community. Whether we’re cleaning commercial and medical offices …
Saul Good Gift Co. are pioneers in crafting meaningful gift experiences, with the goal to help folks and firms build genuine relationships. Their gift baskets are full of local artisan products. They’re on a mission to find Canada’s crème de la crème from Montréal to Vancouver, based on a network of amazing small-batch makers, bakers, chocolatiers, and social enterprises. All these small businesses weave a tapestry of Canada’s finest goods while boosting our local economy. By handpicking from the …
“Hauling Freight for Friends”
Van Kam Freightways Ltd. is a three-generation, BC family-owned and operated freight carrier. CEO Casey Henry’s grandfather started the business using his Harley Davidson hauling packages for friends back in 1947. With a legacy of 77 years, they have been proudly ‘Hauling Freight for Friends’ through eight company-owned freight service centres and 30 agent terminals across B.C., contributing to the development of many communities and industries in Canada’s most beautiful province. People & Community… …
Erika Rathje, Designer believes that designers have an opportunity and responsibility to make a positive impact in our communities and globally, including taking urgent action on the climate emergency. That’s why Erika works with organizations and small businesses to help them make a stronger positive impact through great design that engages audiences and enhances credibility. She is passionate about working with clients in environmental conservation and climate action, local food systems, social justice, active transportation, urban design, zero waste, …
Whistler Creative is a boutique creative design studio founded in 2009 based in Whistler, British Columbia. From local startups to global brands, from solo-preneurs to large corporations, we’re passionate about helping and inspiring businesses to communicate their message effectively through design. We listen and untangle your creative confusion, then craft unique, creative and usable design solutions for your individual project.
Question: How are you supporting other local businesses?
Answer: We run monthly promotions with a portion of sales donated, and we …
Founded in 1989, Recycling Alternative (RA) was among Vancouver’s first recycling companies, providing comprehensive recycling and diversion collections to the Industrial Commercial and Institutional (ICI) sector. In addition to best practices recycling programs prioritizing waste reduction, Recycling Alternative also processes recycling materials collected at our 35,000 sq ft operating facility, the greenHUB, located in the heart of Vancouver’s industrial district the Flats. Our waste consulting services include waste audits, waste diversion reporting, waste management planning, staff training, stakeholder education …
iilo Creative Alliance is a values-based creative services agency dedicated to addressing environmental and social sustainability. iilo means “thread” in Spanish (spelled “hilo”) and is pronounced “ee-lo”. We’re inspired by the idea of interdependence and the threads that connect people to each other. Because we’re all connected.
Question: How are you supporting other local businesses?
Answer: We hire local freelancers to work under our agency as an alliance and work to amplify Canadian companies, non-profits and social ventures.
We support a lot of …
Crisp is a Vancouver-based boutique marketing firm that provides Fractional CMO and contract marketing services for growing businesses across a range of industries. But we’re not an agency; we’re your marketing team. From leadership to strategy to execution, we integrate with our clients’ businesses to solve marketing problems. The result is that our clients get peace of mind knowing their marketing has purpose and is being managed the right way.
Question: How are you supporting other local businesses?
Answer: Most …
Salish Soils is a resource recovery center located on the Sunshine Coast on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the shíshálh Nation. They take waste residuals including fish, biosolids, green waste, food waste, wood waste, and turn them into value-added products, as well as offer residential recycling services.
Question: How are you supporting other local businesses?
Answer: We are the local composting facility located on the Sunshine Coast. We turn waste that local residents and businesses produce and turn it into high-quality compost. We take feedstock every day from …
Sunshine Coast Air provides unique West Coast experiences including sightseeing tours to secluded glacier lakes, tropical beaches and stunning waterfalls. Josh, owner and operator, started flying in Thunder Bay at the age of 17. His love for flying and the outdoors brought him to the West Coast where he is living the dream of seeing amazing landscapes and wildlife pretty much everyday from the best seat in the house. The …
Lulu’s Apron is a local catering business located on the beautiful Salt Spring Island of the coast of Vancouver Island.
Chef Danya Smith grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, where their household’s three main ingredients were family, friends and good food. Blessed to have parents who loved to travel (and took her with them!), Danya was exposed to a world of flavours at an early age. While her friends watched cartoons, Danya focused on the Food Network. Her cooking …
SOLscapes Landscape Design Inc. is an ecologically sustainable landscaping company that services the Sea-to-Sky Corridor between West Vancouver and Whistler, brought to you by a team of urban farmers and horticulturalists. We work with both homeowners and local businesses. We focus on environmentally friendly land care, growing edible and indigenous plant landscapes and connecting the community to their food and land through education. We are committed to your gardens, to this environment, …
Aboriginal & Eco-Tours (formerly Talaysay Tours) offers you authentic Aboriginal cultural and eco-tourism experiences in and around Vancouver, Squamish and the Sunshine Coast. We also offer on-line Live virtual tours via Zoom, including corporate tours for your employees. Our First Nation guides will share ancient and contemporary stories, legends, and our Aboriginal ways of living as we take in the sights of old growth forests, wildlife, beautiful northwest coast views and the flora and fauna of the season. Join us as we share our …
Silverback Treeworks Ltd. is a locally owned, locally operating business specializing in high quality, safe and affordable tree care. We have been proudly serving the Sea to Sky corridor since 2007 and continue to provide the highest quality tree care to our community including Vancouver, North / West Vancouver, Lions Bay, Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton. Our experienced team of arborists are passionate about helping you to make informed decisions on any of your tree management needs. Silverback Treeworks Ltd. …
Good 2 Go Tirecraft Squamish is an independently-owned location of TIRECRAFT, a Canadian founded and operated business specializing in providing superior tires, wheels, accessories and automotive services through independently owned locations nation-wide. Our extensive range of products and services backed by superior expertise mean you can rely on TIRECRAFT for trustworthy advice, honest suggestions and competitive prices. We provide more than tires! Our skilled technicians can help you maintain your vehicle and address any mechanical issues, from minor tune-ups …
Duolynx Design & Print is based Langley BC, and has been serving Walnut Grove / Port Kells and the Lower Mainland since 2008. We pride ourselves on working with, and supporting our community. We often donate our time and printing to worthy local causes, fundraisers and events dear to our hearts. Small businesses support each other and the community of Township of Langley is a wonderful example of this. Our company is extremely proud of our in-house work. We …
For almost 20 years Well Seasoned ~ a gourmet food store has been the Fraser Valley’s go-to for all things gourmet! In our retail store, you will find a huge selection of hard to find ingredients, spices, cooking supplies and homemade prepared foods. There are hundreds of products sourced from small-scale local and Canadian artisan food producers, we take pride in knowing who makes the food and ingredients we sell. We also offer …
Art Rental & Sales is a not-for-profit business operated by the Vancouver Art Gallery. Since 1952, the program has promoted emerging and mid-career Canadian artists through the rental and sale of their artwork. All the artwork in the rental program is consigned by artists who receive the majority of the fees collected, while the remaining proceeds support programming at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Choose from over 800 contemporary artworks consigned to us by local artists. Rental fees start from …
Mills (formerly Mills Office Productivity) is a British Columbia-based provider of Business Supplies, Educational resources, and professional Printing services. Established in 1949 as a family-owned company, Mills has since expanded to encompass 6 locations throughout B.C. These include offices and distribution centers in key cities such as Vancouver, Prince George, Kelowna, Trail, Terrace, and Smithers.
Mills takes pride in delivering a personalized experience through their dedicated customer care team and account managers. Unlike impersonal call centers with automated voice systems, Mills …
Fluid Creative, a Vancouver-based creative agency focused on developing innovative and effective branding solutions, has been building natural brands for over a decade. With category leaders including Seventh Generation, Almond Fresh, and Kettle Brand Chips, Fluid works with clients in a collaborative way to deliver growth to their business and bring their brands to life.
C-Shore Communications Inc. offers expert public relations and writing services to create effective communications programs for private and public sector clients. The full-service strategic communications agency was founded in 1998 and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. cshore.ca
Great Little Box Company is an award-winning manufacturer and distributor of custom and stock packaging solutions, specializing in corrugated boxes, custom displays, labels, flexible packaging, folding cartons, rigid boxes and specialty and protective packaging. With over 30 years of packaging experience and recognized for its excellence in customer service, GLBC can provide your business with an efficient, one-stop shopping service.
Modo is a member-owned not-for-profit carsharing co-op with 300+ locations in Metro Vancouver. It started in Vancouver’s West End in 1997, was the first carsharing co-operative in North America and the first English-speaking carshare in the world! Modo helped carsharing start up on four continents, and they continue to lend a helping hand whenever they can. Modo donates carsharing to support the great work of more than 60 local organizations, including Take a Hike Foundation, Qmunity, Eastside Culture Crawl …