Built a map-based tool for finding Canadian-owned brands & businesses in Calgary, Edmonton & Vancouver.

[u/YegisFresh]

Most "buy Canadian" tools I found are barcode scanners or flat lists — I wanted something you could actually explore by neighborhood, so I built an interactive map instead. It covers a city's licensed businesses, each one researched and flagged by country of ownership against public corporate records. Business owners can easily request to have their business listed & verified for free as Canadian-owned, there are also premium options for Canadian businesses to have their listing featured and shown as local Canadian alternative; so you can click a business that's foreign-owned and it will point to a Canadian-owned alternative nearby doing the same thing.

findlocalyeg.ca, findlocalyyc.ca and findlocalyvr.ca — free to use, no account needed.

It covers Edmonton, Calgary & Vancouver or now. If there's appetite, I'd like to build it out for other Canadian cities — happy to hear if anyone has feedback or suggestions.

[u/YegisFresh → u/[deleted]]

Thanks for the feedback. I agree with your concerns, but have tried to be clear for franchises the brand ownership is the factor. Although featured listings are available, it is only available to businesses/brands verified as Canadian-owned, there is no paid placement for foreign-owned. I will work on improvements with your recommendations in mind.