Ontario Made and Local Businesses
Granolala.ca has been part of Ontario Made since our early days.
With the recent focus on buying local, Canadian and Ontario made products, make sure your business is visible and included in the Ontario Made program. This page outlines some of the ways you can promote your business in the Ontario Made program.
There is no cost to join SupportOntarioMade and have them host information about your products.
There is also a program for retail stores that sell products made in Ontario.
Our Granolala can be found here on SupportOntarioMade with entries in several Food & Beverage categories.
Overview
SupportOntarioMade.ca is the website hosting the various Ontario Made elements.
Click About Ontario Made to learn about the program and the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) association which operates and funds the Ontario Made programs.
Social media presence includes #OntarioMade (hashtag OntarioMade)
You can include and utilize this hashtag to connect your business presence on social media with Ontario Made.
There are Ontario Made Awards, with a limited number of companies highlighted each year.
SEO note: Products and companies that appear on Ontario Made are included in web search results. Google, Bing, and so on. This reinforces your online presence.
Promotional Materials
You can receive no-cost Ontario Made logo stickers, roundel decals, cards, hang tags, window cling signs, and so on.
These are available in quantity if you want to apply them to each product.
Also supplied are digital images that can be used in your marketing or your printed materials, even product and packaging labels. We include the Ontario Made roundel right on the front label of every Granolala product. Several colour versions are included.

Shipping Discounts
OntarioMade has a partnership arrangement with Freightcom, which offers discounted shipping services (UPS, FedEx, Canpar, and several others).
Freightcom also owns and operates ClickShip, which is the shipping discount service we use. ClickShip has an app that integrates with our Shopify ecommerce platform. Note that Clickship and Freightcom do not offer Canada Post service. For Canada Post discounts you would look elsewhere.
Joining Ontario Made
"Qualifying manufactured goods are those that have undergone their last substantial transformation in the province of Ontario. This does not necessarily mean these goods qualify under "Made in Canada" labeling requirements as determined by the Competition Bureau of Canada."
If you make products in Ontario, you can join via this link
SupportOntarioMade.ca/manufacturers
Ontario Made for Retailers
"Eligible retailers are those that sell Ontario-made products in-store, online, or through any other channel of their choice. Registered manufacturers can qualify as a retailer if they currently sell Ontario-made products in addition to their own manufactured goods, and/or operate a physical retail store."
If your locally made products are sold in independent retail stores in Ontario, encourage those stores to create their own account on Ontario Made. Then link to them from your account. Cross promotion is a good thing!
SupportOntarioMade.ca/retailers
This link shows our Granolala company entry with several of our retail stores shown on the map below.
Submitting your products and company info
Once you have sumbitted your application and have been approved, you can log in and upload your company and product information. Be sure to include clear product photos and concise product descriptions. There are several sections to be completed, so check around to make sure you have covered them all.
If you sell to consumers (B2C) and to other businesses (B2B), confirm you have marked that.
Note that your updates to SupportOntarioMade might take a day or two to become fully visible across the website. There is also technical support available.
Finding businesses on the Ontario Made web site
To review your own business or find other manufacturers and retailers that have joined Ontario Made, search here
SupportOntarioMade.ca/explore-products
If you have questions, comments or contributions, please get in touch.
Our Contact form should be linked below, and you can email us Marion@Granolala.ca
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