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The Dragon Boat Festival has always held special meaning given my heritage. While Canada Colour isn’t about any one culture, it is about place. And this festival, which brings together so many of Vancouver’s communities, feels like the right setting for our first public appearance.

The feature is part of an ongoing series called "Homegrown Business", which is exactly how I think of Canada Colour. Local ideas, made here, with care. That the branding is coming through—that people are picking up on what we’re really about—means a lot.

There’s no shortage of wall art that screams “Canada.” A bear in a canoe. A Mountie beside a moose. A red-and-white collage of clichés you’ve seen a hundred times before. But what if you want something more deliberate—less about shouting, more about speaking quietly to who you are and where you’re from? That’s where we come in. At Canada Colour, we believe your walls should say something about you—without looking like a souvenir rack from the airport gift shop. We take the provincial and territorial flags of Canada—their shapes, symbols, textures—and refine them down to their most essential elements.  What It...

It’s month three of Canada Colour, and if there’s one theme that’s emerging, it’s this: building trust takes time.