Buy Local

BC Buy Local Week (December 2nd – 8th, 2024) is an annual celebration of the unique contributions that B.C. businesses make to our economy. They strengthen our social fabric and donate to local causes. They provide great jobs and support local suppliers, keeping money circulating in the community. It also helps showcase Maple Ridge local-owned businesses and local grown and local-made products found in stores everywhere.

Check out BC Buy Local Week website to learn 7 ways you can Buy Local this #BCBuyLocal Week and all year round!

What is Maple Ridge Buy Local?

Maple Ridge has partnered with BC Buy Local, a province-wide initiative working to build awareness about the importance and impact of local businesses to our community and encourage consumers to shift their spending to local businesses instead of multinational chains or on-line giants.

We encourage all local businesses to register with the Maple Ridge Buy Local initiative and show their localness. Eligible businesses can receive a free Buy Local kit and access to BC Buy Local promotional activities and resources.

We use the definition of ‘local’ that was developed by LOCO BC through research on economic and other business impacts.

Local Owned businesses are:

Private companies (e.g. single owner or partnership, employee-owned, co-operative, or social enterprise/non-profit)
Headquartered in BC
> 50% of owners residing in BC

Local Grown products are:

Agricultural products grown in BC (e.g. food, plants, fibre, wood)
Manufactured products with >50% materials grown in BC

Local Made* products are:

Wholly or largely (>50%) manufactured or processed in BC

* Can include products produced without local materials or ingredients. Local made products with local ingredients or materials can add ‘Local Grown’ if applicable.

Why buy local?

When you buy local, you keep your money in your community and start a ripple of positive impact that makes a difference socially, economically, and environmentally. You support your neighbours and friends, and you help build a thriving local economy that can provide ample goods and services, as well as meaningful jobs for more Maple Ridge residents.

Local businesses strengthen our community, connect and support us socially, and enhance employment and wealth by circulating dollars many times between businesses within the city and region. Your local buying is a vote of confidence in Maple Ridge, and you're saying 'I believe in my community and what it can do.'

Local businesses:

Create 4 out of every 10 jobs in BC
Make 31% of their purchases from other BC businesses
Keep 63% of revenue in BC, compared to 14% for multinationals
Create 8 times more jobs and revenue per ft² than multinationals
Give 24 times more per dollar of revenue than multinationals
Make up 98% of all businesses in BC and produce 34% of provincial GDP
Create 4.6 times the economic impact with each dollar earned

Research from LOCO BC—the group behind the larger BC Buy Local initiative—shows that BC local businesses generate more than double the economic impact of their chain competitors, and the multiplier is even greater compared to online giants.

How can you buy local?

It's easy to buy local!

Look for the Buy Local dots wherever you shop, dine, and play
Ask your favourite business if they're local (check the definitions above)
Check this website, a business's website or social media, as well as the websites for local business associations (including the Downtown Maple Ridge BIA) and groups to find businesses that have self-identified as local
Refer a business to this page so they can learn more and register to receive a free Buy Local kit

How can your business get involved?

Sign up to tell us about your local business and receive a free Maple Ridge Buy Local resource kit plus a chance to be featured on our social media to help show off your business to the community.

Limit one kit per eligible business or location. Must meet 'local' criteria outlined above. Kits will be delivered or mailed within 10 business days.

Business Name

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Requestor Name

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Are You...

Select all that apply.

Local Owned

Local Grown

Local Made

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Buy Local

What is Maple Ridge Buy Local?

What do we mean by 'local?'

Why buy local?

How can you buy local?

How can your business get involved?