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Well-made things from Canadian makers and brands.

Well-made things from Canadian makers and brands.

Well made, made here

Anián

Modern Melton Wool Shirt

Anián cuts and sews this melton wool shirt in Vancouver from cloth milled in Prato, Italy. The dense recycled weave is sturdier than its drape suggests.

$150–300

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Anián

The Field Coat

The Field Coat is Anián's dye-free field coat, cut and sewn in Vancouver from recycled wool. We think it makes the best case for the company's whole method.

$150–300

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Quartz Co.

Champlain Heritage Parka

The Champlain is a winter parka from Quartz Co.'s Heritage line, sewn in the company's own Montreal factory. The down is 650 fill power and traceable to its source.

$300+

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Quartz Co.

Sofia Heritage Parka

The Sofia is a women's winter parka from Quartz Co.'s Heritage line, sewn in the same Montreal factory as the Champlain. We think it is built for the bus stop in January.

$300+

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Viberg

Service Boot 2030 BCT — Nemesis Cotto

The Service Boot is the leather boot Viberg is known for, made in Victoria on the 2030 last. Stitchdown sews the upper to the midsole, so it can be resoled over and over.

$300+

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Viberg

Navvy Boot BCT — Nemesis Olmo

The Navvy is Viberg's heavier, plainer boot, made on the same Victoria line as the Service Boot. Over two hundred operations go into a pair, all in Viberg's own shop.

$300+

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Lambert & Fils

Sainte 32

The Sainte 32 is a wall lamp from Lambert & Fils that reads as sculpture with the light off. The studio assembles it by hand in its own atelier in the middle of Montreal.

$300+

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Lambert & Fils

Bolda 01A

The Bolda 01A is Lambert & Fils' plainest lamp, with one globe, one arm and no ornament. Nothing else the Montreal studio sells costs less, and we do not call it cheap.

$300+

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Places

Everything we love, from a town in Canada you can point at on a map

Everything we love, from a town in Canada you can point at on a map

Everything we love, from a town in Canada you can point at on a map

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Anián

Anián cuts and sews recycled-wool clothing in Vancouver, British Columbia, from wool milled in Italy.

Quartz Co.

Quartz Co. sews its Heritage winter parkas in its own factory in Montreal, Quebec, the only line we list.

Viberg

Viberg is a fifth-generation family bootmaker in Victoria, British Columbia, making leather boots since 1931.

Lambert & Fils

Lambert & Fils is a lighting studio in Montreal, Quebec, prototyping and assembling its fixtures in its own atelier.

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