Organic Coffee (Canadian)

As we travel through Canada, we search for organic coffee that’s roasted, blended, and sold in Canada. Canadian coffee. Canadian roasters, brands, and shops. Below, I’m sharing the details I’ve gathered from their websites, in order of what appears to be the most sustainable first. The next best thing if one can’t visit Canada? Buy this coffee online, directly from them.

Salt Spring Coffee

salt spring coffee

  • café on salt spring island, bc canada

  • 100% certified organic coffee

  • 100% fairtrade

  • 100% regenerative organic certified

  • the very first coffee in canada certified regenerative organic

  • highest standard in world for soil, ecosystem, and farmworkers

  • support long-term direct fairtrade partnerships

  • work with the same coffee farmers year after year

  • highest quality, organic, green coffee beans

  • crop to cup

  • hand roasted

  • small batch

  • uniquely rich, smooth coffee

  • subscriptions

  • certified b corp

Equator Coffee Roasters

equator coffee roasters

  • cafés in ontario canada

  • 100% certified organic coffee

  • fairtrade

  • inclusive (respect towards others, no place for hatred or bigotry of any kind)

  • small-scale

  • carbon responsible

  • member-owners of cooperative coffees (green bean buying co-op and importer)

  • subscriptions

  • private label (for grocers, cafes, non-profits, gifts, special occasions)

  • certified b corp

Kicking Horse Coffee

kicking horse coffee

  • café in the canadian rockies … invermere, bc canada

  • most appear certified organic

  • fairtrade

  • subscription

  • deals

Reunion Coffee Roasters

reunion coffee roasters

  • café in roncesvalles neighbourhood, toronto canada

  • certified organic options

  • fairtrade options

  • sustainable packaging

  • kosher

  • subscriptions

  • family owned

  • private label

  • swiss water process

  • rainforest alliance certified

  • veritree tree planting projects

  • bullfrog powered

  • certified b corp

49th Parallel Coffee Roasters

49th parallel coffee roasters

  • coffee shops in vancouver and montreal canada

  • certified organic options

  • filter roast

  • direct trade

  • crop to cup

  • meaningful long-term relationships with producer partners

Balzacs Coffee Roasters

balzacs cofee roasters

  • cafes in toronto and ontario canada (authentic french tradition)

  • organic options

  • fairtrade options

  • 100% arabica beans

  • small-batch roasted blends

  • biodegradable and recycled cups, straws, cutlery

  • 100% compostable, certified biodegradable, coffee pods

  • certified green restaurant

  • first coffee company in canada certified with LEAF

  • second harvest

  • food rescue partnership

  • strive to use as many local, organic products as possible

  • support environmental NGEA (next generation energy alternatives)

  • support planet in focus environmental film festival

  • partnered with canadian author to create certified BIRD FRIENDLY® blend

  • donate to pelee island bird pbservatory (PIBO)

  • female leadership

32 Lakes Coffee Roasters

32 lakes coffee roasters

  • cafe and bakery on the sunshine coast … powell river, bc canada

  • organic options

  • hand-picked high-altitude arabica beans

  • weekly custom roasting

  • subscriptions to your door

  • ocean friendly

  • green business

  • carbon neutral

  • rainforest certified

  • swiss water process

  • women owned

Muskoka Roastery Coffee Co.

muskoka roastery coffee co.

  • in huntsville, ontario canada

  • organic options

  • small batch

  • compostable pods

  • rainforest alliance certified

  • bullfrog powered

  • certified b corp

6 Beans Roasting

6 beans roasting

  • in salmon arm, the heart of the shuswap canada

  • organic options

  • small micro-farm transparency from farm to cup

  • specialty-grade coffee

  • fluid bed/air roasted

  • not heated with fossil fuels

  • subscriptions

  • canadian family small business

  • supports…

    • farms’ philanthropic endeavors

    • local food action society

    • united health care workers of bc

Baden Coffee Company

baden coffee company

  • cafe in baden, ontario canada

  • organic options

  • fairtrade

  • small batch roasted

  • canadian family business

Bows Coffee Roasters

bows coffee roasters

  • cafe in victoria, bc canada

  • organic options

  • quality and intention

Gothrider

gothrider

  • in québec canada

  • organic options

  • fairtrade options

  • rebellious and edgy

  • balance of strength and flavor

Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters

midnight sun coffee roasters

  • café in whitehorse, yukon canada

  • organic options

  • small, family-owned

  • small batch

  • micro-roast

  • since 1997

Brulerie Du Quai

brulerie du quai

  • cafe in carleton-sur-mer, québec canada

  • organic options

  • subscriptions (20% discounts)

  • transparent about origins of beans

  • to control budget (help avoid price hikes), choose…

    • subscription (discounts + limited selections)

    • loyalty program (earn points for discounts)

    • bulk purchase (to reduce impact of price fluctuations)

    • accessible profiles (alternative to rare coffees)

    • recent harvests (optimum freshness, preservation of aromas)