Buy and Shop Indigenous in BC
byIt’s a great time to consider shopping and consuming Canadian products, and you can go a step further to support local when you purchase your goods, services, and experience from these Indigenous owned and operated businesses in BC.
Buy and Shop Indigenous in BC
You can also search: Buy BC, the Feed BC Directory, and the Shop First Nations Online Guide. If you have any more to add to the list, please let me know!
Coffee & Tea
Food & Grocery Items
St. Jean’s Cannery & Smokehouse
Restaurants & Eateries
Fashion & Retail
Vancouver & Whistler
Bill Reid Gallery: Featuring traditional and contemporary artwork and accessories, including hand-painted sculptures, fine jewellery, and art prints. This charitable organization also has two street-level locations. Proceeds from all purchases support local Indigenous artists and artistic and educational programs.
Decolonial Clothing: Shop online or in person at 269 E Georgia St, Vancouver. Indigenous owned and operated clothing brand.
Massy Books: Indigenous-owned and operated. Shop online or in person at 229 E Georgia St, Vancouver.
Love the Land Apparel: From Talaysay Tours.
Skwachays Gallery: The first Indigenous boutique hotel in Canada. Skwachays hosts an in-house gallery with online shopping services featuring Indigenous artwork, including original paintings, framed limited edition prints, jewelry, pottery, wood carvings, and giftware. A social enterprise owned and operated by Vancouver Native Housing Society.
Stó:lō Gift Shop: Located at Stó:lō Nation on the Coqualeetza grounds. Shop one-of-a-kind, authentic Indigenous and Indigenous-inspired arts, crafts, paintings, prints, glassware, cards. Pick up your online order at the store in Chilliwack or have it shipped directly to your door.
Heaven N Earth Native Art Gallery and Cultural Studio: (340B Wallace St, Hope) Teresa Walker & Brook Tobacco are a mother/daughter team and company who make authentic hand made indigenous products featuring items such as mixed media bead work, pine needle, birch bark, cedar bark jewelry and baskets. Including an assortment of drums, rattles, leather work, bone, semi-precious stone and medicine products, from the Nlhazkampx, Okanogan, Lakota, and Cree nations.
Squamish Lil’ wat Cultural Centre: Authentic and exclusive handcrafted Northwest Coast First Nations art and merchandise in Whistler. Shop online or visit the centre and choose from a selection of Indigenous handcrafted works of art, home accents, clothing and accessories, jewellery, pottery, baskets, and books.
Okanagan
Coyote’s Gifts at Nk’Mip Cultural Centre: Open weekdays for holiday shopping from 9:00am to 3:30pm in Osoyoos. Download a coupon from their website to receive a 10% in-store discount on handcrafted, locally made items and Indigenous-inspired jewellery, moccasins, housewares, blankets, clothing, and toys.
Vancouver Island
Culture Shock Gallery: Indigenous owned and operated, rooted in the rich traditions of the ‘Namgis people of the west coast of Canada. Cedar, silver, and abalone are the mood in this Alert Bay gallery.
U’ mista Cultural Centre: Alert Bay, Kwakwa’kaʼwakw Territory. Order one-of-a-kind hand-carved masks and prints by popular Indigenous artists online for pickup within four hours. Free shipping within Canada and the US for orders over $100 CAD.
I-Hos Gallery: Traditional and contemporary Indigenous art from the Northwest Coast, including masks, prints, gold and silver jewelry, and wood carvings. The physical gallery is located between Courtenay and Comox on Vancouver Island, on the original K’ómoks Village site.
Cedar House Gallery: Gallery, studio, and centre for community and conversation in Ucluelet. Owned by a Tla-o-qui-aht artist, the gallery is currently open by appointment. The art showcased is made by local Nuu-chah-nulth artists and Indigenous artists from around British Columbia.
Wildflowers & Co.: Based in the unceded traditional territory of the Ligwiłda’xw people (Campbell River) strives to stock its digital shelves with 75% local and 25% North American products. Wildflowers & Co. supports small shops, women in business, and Indigenous small business owners. Local and high-quality products, including apparel, jewelry, home decor, and artwork.
Totem Design House – Totem Design House is an Indigenous lifestyle and clothing brand that is 100% Indigenous woman owned and operated by Erin Brillon (Haida & Cree). Totem Design House is an award winning social enterprise and certified eco-friendly business recognized as a leader in the field of Indigenous business.
Ay Lelum–the Good House of Design: A second-generation Coast Salish design house in Nanaimo.
Beauty & Wellness
Travel & Transportation
Skwachàys Lodge (Vancouver area)
Talaysay Tours (Vancouver area)
Ahous Adventures Tofino (Vancouver Island)
Kiixin Tours (closed for 2025 – Vancouver Island)
Iskwew Air (Vancouver – Vancouver Island)
Gulf Island Seaplanes (Vancouver – Vancouver Island)
Thunderbird RV (TBRV) Park and Cottage Resort (Vancouver Island)
Salish Seaside RV Haven (Vancouver Island)
Best Western Tin Wis Resort Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations (Vancouver Island)
Homalco Wildlife & Cultural Tours (Vancouver Island)
Klahoose Wilderness Resort (Sunshine Coast)
Lakeshore Resort and Campground (Columbia Valley)
St Eugene Resort (East Kootenays)
Haida Style Expeditions (Haida Gwaii)
Attractions & Resources
Digital Indigenous Sport Gallery at BC Sports Hall of Fame
Indigenous Cultural Centres to Visit in Southern BC (Nk’mip Desert Cultural Centre, Sncewips Heritage Museum)
Christian White Master Haida Artist at the Bill Reid Gallery
Nuxalk Strong – First Exhibition of its Kind at the Museum of Anthropology
Indigenous Business Award Archive
Check out past BC Achievement Foundation – Indigenous Business Award recipients in a variety of categories, from construction and contracting, to environmental solutions, restaurants and retail services.
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2024
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2023
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2022
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2021
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2020
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2019
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2018
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2017
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2016
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2015
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2014
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2013
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2012
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2011
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2010
- BC Achievement Indigenous Business Award 2009