"Fair" Stores

As for labels, look for “Union Made” which is the best guarantee that your clothes were not made by underpaid workers, as “Made in Canada” is no guarantee. Products which have the “Transfair” label are nationally certified as being traded ethically.

Ten Thousand Villages / Dix Mille Villages
Ten Thousand Villages trades with third world people, marketing their crafts and stories. Along with having stores across Canada, you can also shop online www.villages.ca and order over the phone 1.877.BUY.FAIR. Also check out their Montreal and Toronto stores.

The UNICEF Store www.shopunicef.ca
50% of the amount of the purchase goes directly to UNICEF’s humanitarian programs. Their cards are also available at Jean Coutu, Archambault, Pier 1 imports, Rona, IKEA Canada, and Overwaitea foods. They have a store in Montreal at 4474 Saint-Denis. They also have a store in Montreal.

American Apparel www.americanapparel.net
Easily the most popular of the sweat-shop free retailers, these guys not only have an on-line website, but they also have stores in Canada in Montreal and Toronto, coming soon to Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Kingston, and Ottawa.

In Montreal
Coop La Maison Verte www.cooplamaisonverte.com 5785 Sherbrooke W, Montreal
This coop’s mission is to offer ecological alternatives to products we us in our daily life. They offer a newsletter highlighting new products, green workshops, are a drop-off point for the Consumer Supported Agriculture program, and have a very strict ethical purchasing policy to ensure you’re making a clean purchase.

The UNICEF Store www.shopunicef.ca
4474 Saint-Denis, Montreal

Ten Thousand Villages www.tenthousandvillages.com
4282 Saint-Denis, 5674 Monkland, Montreal

In Toronto
Alternative Grounds www.alternativegrounds.com 333 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto
Along with having lots of coffee, they're selling Holiday Cards for Amnesty International this year.

Beach Solar Laundromat 2240 Queen St East, Toronto
This laundromat uses solar power for all of its heating needs.

Blue Moon 375 Danforth Ave, Toronto
This store offers fair trade gifts and home accessories.

Ten Thousand Villages www.tenthousandvillages.com
2599 Yonge St., Toronto

Grassroots Store www.grassrootsstore.com
372 Danforth Ave, 408 Bloor Street W, Toronto
Grassroots Environmental Products are not just a store, but a community. Their stores offer eco-friendly products such as school supplies, baby care, and household cleaners, as well as offering workshops on how to make your own.

For lists of other fair-trade providers, try Canada’s Fair Trade labelling organisation,
Transfair www.transfair.ca, has a national database, including over 30 providers of Fair Trade products in the Montreal area alone. Local organisations, such as Montreal-based Equiterre’s website, www.equiterre.qc.ca, lists over 100 Fair Trade providers. If you’re looking to buy environmentally-conscious organics, Canadian Organic Growers www.cog.ca has a national database of local stores which sell organic products in a neighbourhood near you.

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