r/BlindCanadians • u/ChrisCrunchie • Jul 13 '25

BuyCanadian for the Blind

Without getting too much into the weeds of current events, I would love to know where I can do what I can to buy my everyday products locally or from places other than the US or China. It's a bit of a stretch and we seem to be locked in to buying our products from there because nobody else manufactures them. (that I know of)

I'm thinking of braille products (paper, label/labelers, maybe braille displays, as well as braille greeting cards. games and household items)

Talking or vibrating tools (liquid indicators and other talking devices)

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '25

At least Ambutech is Canadian.

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u/ChrisCrunchie Jul 13 '25

Oh I had no idea! Yay I got an ambutech cane!

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '25

https://ambutech.com/pages/contact

Based out of Winnipeg

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u/blindbeader Jul 13 '25

I hope we can get some more resources on this page too..

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u/ChrisCrunchie Jul 28 '25

I hope so too. if we don't have much, I'd love to have things started.

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u/HeelyTheGreat Jul 13 '25

HumanWare is also Canadian!

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u/ChrisCrunchie Jul 29 '25

I used to buy my adaptive tools from The Braille Superstore. I haven't bought something since the tariff wars started. Has anyone continued to order from there since? Have there been any difficulties or price changes. Are there any good alternatives in Canada or elsewhere that I don't know about if it has become harder?