This holiday season, make your shopping count. With Buy Social Canada’s Certified Social Enterprise Gift Directory, you can discover unique social enterprise gifts that give back. When you #GiftSocial and buy from a social enterprise, every purchase helps create more resilient communities and local economies. Explore sustainable gifts made in Canada and share the joy of giving with purpose.

Align your gifts with your values

No matter what you’re looking for, this is a great time to align your gift giving with what matters most to you.

For example, ordering donuts for an event from Do Good Donuts in Toronto also creates employment and skills training opportunities for people with disabilities.

In Lillooet, BC, The HUB Store sells locally made art, crafts, clothes, household good, cards, food, treats, and other gifts. All proceeds are reinvested into The HUB Lillooet’s work to support the local non-profit sector, artists, farmers, small business operators, and other change makers, which in turn supports a more resilient local community and economy.

If you or your giftee are passionate about environmental sustainability, homewares from Organic Lifestyle support their mission to create healthier homes by reducing exposure to harmful chemicals, and support Canadian businesses in their supply chain.

These are just a handful of examples showing that there are social enterprises that make the gifts you’d like to give, while delivering additional benefit for local communities.

How to #GiftSocial

Whether you’re looking for personal gifts for family and friends, or for corporate gifts and catering in your organization, social enterprises are ready to deliver quality gifts while creating tangible change in community.

To #GiftSocial:

1. Search the Buy Social Canada Certified Social Enterprise Gift Directory to find social enterprises by location or social value.
2. Choose one or more social enterprises selling the types of gifts you’d like to give and check to see if they sell online if they’re not located in your community. Many social enterprises do.
3. Explore their websites to find out how to purchase from them.
4. Choose meaningful gifts for the important people in your lives.
5. #GiftSocial and give back to community!

Shop our Gift Directory to give a gift that gives back.