Shop Local: The Best Online Holiday Stores Across Canada

This year, you may feel like you only have two choices for holiday gift shopping: you can buy online through everyone’s go-to and make a trillion-dollar company even richer, or you can get off the couch, put on something more tailored than sweatpants, brave the cold and go to the mall or your favourite shopping district to support Canadian businesses. These don’t have to be your only choices, though. There are plenty of Canadian retailers that sell their wares online and ship throughout Canada, so you can still shop local without having to leave your couch. Here are some of the best online holiday stores across Canada.

RetroFestive.ca

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Retro Festive

If you want a tree topper that looks like a Tardis or maybe the ugliest Christmas sweater imaginable, RetroFestive.ca is the online store for you. Christmas Central can only dream of such a great selection of quirky retro and pop culture-themed gifts, decorations and even accessories for your bar carts. Retro Festive’s Oakville, Ontario storefront is closed due to Covid, but their online shop is thriving. They offer warehouse pickup or local delivery.

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Your Holy Land Store

is a great option for Hanukkah decorations and fun gifts like Hanukkah nail decals. You’ll also find Hanukkah menorahs and dreidels as well as jewellery, Judaica and home decor. Your Holy Land Store is based in Vaughan, Ontario.

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Vegan Supply

With more people adopting a vegan lifestyle, it’s useful to have a one-stop shop where you can get gifts for the vegan in your life as well as food that you can serve so that they too can enjoy the holiday feast. Vancouver-based Vegan Supply sells a wide array of gifts that are free of animal products, as well as vegan foods and snacks, including vegan holiday roasts.

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West Coast Gardens

Potters Christmas Store

might be the largest of its kind in Western Canada but at the time of writing, the Surrey-based garden centre has only a limited online shopping service. Nearby West Coast Gardens however, is a great alternative. One of Canada’s best online plant stores, West Coast Gardens sells a wide variety of gardening supplies and plants. These include tree saplings that you can turn into little Christmas trees and then plant in the garden once the holidays are over. Note that most of their pots and gift products can be shipped Canada-Wide. Plants can only be delivered within the BC Lower Mainland & Fraser Valley area.

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Christmas Forever

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Christmas Forever

If you can’t get to Christmas Forever‘s huge showroom in Vancouver, you can get all your Christmas decorating needs through their online store. Trees, ornaments, wreaths, figurines, crackers, stockings, bells and of course all the string lights you didn’t know you needed are available here.

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Putti Fine Furnishings

Toronto-based Putti Fine Furnishings is a multi-department boutique specializing in home decor, clothing and accessories for women and children and toys. It’s a good bet if the style you’re looking for is old-world charm. There’s a great selection of Christmas and Hanukkah decor, accessories, fragrances and tableware.

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Santa & Me

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Santa & Me

is great for stocking stuffers for the kids: snow globes and other ornaments, piggy banks, mugs, baby items and the like that you can get personalized. You can also get table decorations, tree toppers and stockings here. Santa & Me is headquartered in Calgary.

The Lemonade Stand

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The Lemonade Stand

Want to go with pastels this holiday season? The Lemonade Stand is a creative vintage studio and their style is farmhouse with lots of gentle pastels. They sell home decor and furniture, bath and body products and accessories like scarves. You can also get paints, paintbrushes and DIY kits to make your own gifts and decorations. The Lemonade Stand is based in Uxbridge, Ontario.

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River Select

No matter how stunning your festive holiday table looks, it’s going to be rather pointless without delicious food. River Select‘s salmon products can be appetizers or they can be the star of the show. The cooperative of First Nations fisheries from British Columbia harvests wild salmon in a sustainable way and you can simply order online. A very handy feature on their website is a collection of mouthwatering recipes.

Canadian Tire

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Canadian Tire

If you have a no-nonsense approach to shopping, Canadian Tire is where you’ll find gifts for everyone from Granny to the family dog. While not a typical small retail outlet, many stores are franchise stores and all employ people in the local community. You can also buy your holiday decorations here. Their CANVAS Designer Series (pictured here with this Canadian map cushion) highlights a different Canadian designer each year. Canadian Tire will ship your purchases to you or you can pick them up in-store.