Looking for a gift for a friend? Family member? Find below a list of womxn, non-binary, and trans artists and businesses based in Ottawa.
If you are a womxn, non-binary, or trans artist or business owner and would like to be included in our guide, please submit your information here.
If you are a womxn, non-binary, or trans artist or business owner and would like to be included in our guide, please submit your information here.
Ifs, ands, or buttons
I make buttons, magnets and more with passion and purpose. These pieces of flair speak volumes, spark conversations, and showcase beliefs and passions. From feminist, queer and social justice themes to animal rescue to crafting obsessions - there's something for everyone. Many of my items donate towards various local causes and charities. I offer custom, bulk, and wholesale options.
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the brow guru
Noshin is an Ottawa-based Eyebrow Threading Artist. She is an exceptionally positive and professional individual, driven to help you and everyone she meets achieve beautiful eyebrows. Her precise, artistic eye and passion for beauty led her to create The Brow Guru in 2014.
Eyebrows frame your face and a good shaping can truly enhance features and boost self-confidence. Threading is a precise art and technique that has been practiced for 6,000 years. Give the gift of #blessed brows or book your own appointment today!
Eyebrows frame your face and a good shaping can truly enhance features and boost self-confidence. Threading is a precise art and technique that has been practiced for 6,000 years. Give the gift of #blessed brows or book your own appointment today!
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Andrea Stokes Art
Andrea Stokes is a textile designer and painter, embellisher of surfaces of all sorts.
Revelry Way
Revelry Way sells handmade paper party products, custom gifts and lifestyle items.
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Late Bloomer
Handmade creations with the earth in mind. Ethical clothing made locally from eco-conscious fabrics to adorn bodies and artwork made to celebrate nature.
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Poppies for Theo
Poppies for Theo is the work of Theo Young, a non-binary trans artist and anxious Canadian.
Their art explores the inherent knowledge, history, and emotion kept and propagated by plants, animals, and landscapes of this earth.
Their art explores the inherent knowledge, history, and emotion kept and propagated by plants, animals, and landscapes of this earth.
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North Shine
Chelsie started her little business when she hit a dead end when looking for a specific sunhat for her son. After that things have just snowballed and she has begun making different hats to match the season.
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Artwork By Emilie
Emilie Darlington is a freelance illustrator, painter, and muralist specializing in work that expresses connections with nature. Most often working with big blooms and bright colours, Emilie’s botanical murals can be found throughout Canada. In Emilie’s abstracts she combines organic, free-flowing paint contrasted with detailed pattern added by hand. Emilie’s botanical and abstract series are aimed at creating a targeted sensation for viewers, whether it be by scale, distortion, or immersion. These qualities are intended to evoke a shared experience for viewers, and are tailored for each piece to induce a desired emotional response or mental state. Emilie’s illustrative works have central themes of animals, patterns, and bright colours. The use of bright colour communicates a strong, positive energy, and a secondary layer of patterning is added when filling in colour using dots.
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Fragile Findings
Fragile Findings began with exclusively glitter orb necklaces, and has continued to expand ever since, as I discover new hobbies and talents! All stuffed animals, jewellery, cross stitch, and candles, are lovingly handmade here in Canada's capital!
The Hintonburg Public House
Cozily nestled in the heart of Hintonburg, The Hintonburg Public House is the type of place you will feel right at home for lunch, dinner, brunch, or order take away to enjoy at home. Treat yourself or loved ones to one of our gift bags showcasing our amazing suppliers & treats from our kitchen. Plus, check out our new ever-evolving online antiques & collectibles shop filled with all sorts of fun. Kids, beer enthusiasts, wine lovers, tchotchke fans, there is something for everyone this holiday season & beyond at The HPH.
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Feline Café
We're a not-for-profit Cat Café and Rescue here in Ottawa. In addition to visitors to our Cat Lounge, we also offer a gift shop and specialty grocery at our location where all proceeds support our rescue efforts.
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Blue Nebula Works
Handmade geek and pop culture jewelry.
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Nokideye Creations
A shop run by an Algonquin mother/daughter duo that includes beaded earrings, art prints, stickers, patches, and more!
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Wild Olive Trees
Wild Olive Trees offers the highest quality handmade wooden goodies from locally sourced, primarily reclaimed wood. From serving boards to home products to Montessori-inspired toys, there's something for everyone.
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Orchid Doula Services
Orchid Doula Services provides individualized, trauma-informed doula care and perinatal education to birthing people and their families. Owned and operated by Deirdre Bain (she/her), Orchid Doula Services provides parents with emotional, practical & educational support to ensure they have the best start to their parenting journey. Deirdre offers a wide range of services, to meet each family’s needs. From prenatal coaching, birth support & postpartum care, to a wide range of educational opportunities to expand your knowledge about birth & parenting, your baby and your body. Deirdre believes that by supporting health for parents, they'll impart health unto their children, which will in turn create a healthy society.
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Little Queer Feminist
Gillian Isabel (she/her) is a 17-year-old queer maker passionate about social action. She creates fun jewelry using gemstones and other materials, as well as social justice related buttons. 100% of profits are used to pay folks she collaborates with via her Instagram, to donate and to redistribute to community members and organizations in need.
Lucky little queer
Lucky Little Queer is a bisexual, non-binary feminist artist named KJ Forman. KJ works as a freelance illustrator at their home studio in Ottawa, Canada. They create visual art speaking to their LGBTQ experience that has a feminist and sex-positive focus. Lucky Little Queer’s goal is to create positive, affirmative pieces that can be used as a tool to connect and bond with other marginalized people in a way that celebrates lived experience and resilience.
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Select Aesthetics
Art is fashion, poetry, paintings and more. Select Aesthetics exists to illustrate just that. Select Aesthetics provides curated items that reflect the vastness of what art is. Our items are offered in limited quantities as we are committed to the idea of uniqueness.
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Bonnie & Klyde creations
Our mission is to help as many people as we can from basic needs kits for those in need, to reusing bark we find on our nature walks.
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Things you need to hear most
Rooted in self-love, Things You Need to Hear Most is Samukele Ncube's debut collection of poetry. It was created through reflection - after asking herself, "What do I need to hear most right now?"
This collection serves as a powerful reminder that you are more powerful than you know. You are a gift and your existence helps to shape the world in a way that is so magical and can only be brought about by you. All you need to do is be yourself.
Things You Need to Hear Most will be released on February 14, 2021.
This collection serves as a powerful reminder that you are more powerful than you know. You are a gift and your existence helps to shape the world in a way that is so magical and can only be brought about by you. All you need to do is be yourself.
Things You Need to Hear Most will be released on February 14, 2021.
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Genderqueer Tarot
Genderqueer Tarot aims to create a trauma-informed, queer and trans inclusive space for self exploration, reflection, and healing.
All tarot readings are deeply centred in the present moment, include absolutely no spiritual bypassing or wild predictions about your death.
All tarot readings are deeply centred in the present moment, include absolutely no spiritual bypassing or wild predictions about your death.
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Sunny Street Creative Studio
Sunny Street is a multi-disciplinary creative studio that specializes in illustration, murals, graphic design and branding, window art, and more. We create captivating visuals and bring ideas to life. Our work is always focused on crafting the perfect visuals to highlight what makes you and your project unique.
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Clay Play
Clay Play Ottawa is an e-shop creating hand built, quality ceramics. Our designs combine minimalism and elegance to brighten up and organize any space. A University Student who turned her hobby into a passion project, Mikaila, the creator loves to experiment with textures and lines. Keeping the colour scheme neutral allows her to showcase shadows and textures. Playing with clay brings us joy, and we hope our pieces make you smile every time you see or use them.
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