14 Canadian-Made Soap Brands to Perk Up Your Handwashing Routine

With the uncertainty of American tariffs and a potential trade war looming, it’s more important than ever to shop Canadian — and what better way to do that than by treating yourself to a brand-new nourishing soap? From small-batch brands based in Yukon to global favs hailing from Vancouver, the Canadian hand soap market is filled with a wide array of health-conscious, innovative and luxurious products that’ll leave your hands feeling oh-so-soft and clean. Support a local brand and spice up your sink routine? Say less!

Paume

As a leading force in the handcare world, Paume creates nourishing and eco-conscious products that are as good for your hands as they are for the environment. Offering a wide array of luxurious, specially formulated hand gels, serums, balms and more, it’s easy to see why the company is loved by countless everyday customers and celebrity nail stylists alike.

Lovefresh

This Toronto-based brand is all about elevated daily essentials, including their prized Everyday Bar soap. As a traditional olive oil-pressed cleanser, you can rest assured that the bar is 100% natural. Plus, it’s available in several soothing scents such as Eucalyptus and Sage, Lavender and Olive, Grapefruit and Lemon and more.

Guests on Earth

With a focus on sustainable home care products, this Toronto-based company offers a leading selection of soaps crafted to leave your hands feeling happy. Packed with nourishing ingredients such as aloe vera, shea butter and salt from the Dead Sea (yes, you read that right), they’re not exaggerating with their claim of offering the “richest, most hydrating foam in town.”

Anto Yukon

This small-batch body care company’s products are inspired by the Canadian wilderness and created in the founder’s Yukon studio. Locally collected and processed wild botanicals are incorporated into select soaps, oils and salts, with all products made using only natural ingredients and scents. Plus, the colourful packaging features artwork by Meghan Hildebrand, an ex-Yukoner now based in Powell River, BC.

Graydon Skincare

Based in Toronto, Graydon Skincare is a plant-powered and clinically-approved face and body care brand that’s made for sensitive skin. Their vegan All Over Soap made with ingredients such as lavender, grapefruit and rosemary is ideal for anyone who’s looking for a quality cleanser that can be used anywhere on the body — from hands to feet and everywhere in between.

Woodlot

This Vancouver line of home and body basics offers natural, plant-based products infused with essential oils. Their range of soaps is rooted in family traditions from the Mediterranean coast and made with a nourishing blend of oils and butters. Plus, it’s available in calming scents like Cascadia, Recharge and Cinder.

Good Juju

Although they may specialize in laundry and hair care, Good Juju also knows skin, which is why their Charcoal Body Wash bar is the perfect gentle hand soap. Its charcoal removes impurities while moisturizing your skin with nourishing, rich ingredients such as coconut, olive and avocado oils. Plus, its Lavender-Cedarwood-Rosemary scent is the floral-fresh-woodsy fragrance combination of our dreams.

Bathorium

Best known for their leading bath soaks, it’s a little-known secret that Bathorium also offers a stellar bar soap. Ideal for dry and dehydrated skin, this soap is made of nourishing shea butter, goat milk, coconut oil and 100% Palo Santo essential oil from Ecuador. It’s also entirely free of sulphates, allergens and crafted from sustainably farmed ingredients, so you can fully indulge in your new favourite soap without a worry in the world.

Cocoon Apothecary

This plant-based line of skincare products is vegan, biodegradable and made with ethically-sourced ingredients. Their products are packaged in glass  jars (instead of plastic), with a recycling program in place to collect and reuse bottles in an effort to reduce waste. The brand currently offers two liquid hand washes — the Touchy Feely hand soap scented with lavender and rosemary and the Kahuna hand soap scented with lemongrass and ylang ylang — and bar soaps in varieties like patchouli, peppermint and coffee scrub.

Rocky Mountain Soap Company

Offering both bar soaps and liquid hand wash, this Canmore, AB-based company’s focus is handcrafting 100 per cent natural products made with simple ingredients. Their bar soaps use ingredients like pumpkin, calendula, orange juice and fair-trade, organic shea butter while their liquid castile soap comes in scents like vanilla coconut, lemongrass and lavender.

La Belle Excuse

This Quebec olive oil company isn’t just stocking our kitchens, but also our bathrooms with its range of bar soaps and hand washes. The Refreshing hand soap comes in a sleek black-and-white glass bottle, and the minimalist packaging also extends to the brand’s Exfoliating Sea Salt bar and kitchen soap, the latter of which was created to rid hands of all garlic, onion and fish smells.

Enamour

This Montreal brand offers plant-based products free of perfume, parabens, alcohol and petroleum for the whole family. In an effort to minimize waste, its soaps are developed to have multiple applications. The Pure Baby soap, for example, is made of olive oil, coconut oil and shea butter, and cleanses both skin and hair.

Saje

Saje, beloved maker of essential oils, bath salts, deodorants and diffusers, also makes several types of foaming hand washes — in scents like Tingle Mint and Liquid Sunshine — as well as bar soaps made with ingredients like cinnamon, honey, oats, lemongrass and eucalyptus.

Fruits & Passion

Founded over 30 years ago, this Quebec company is inspired by Italian traditions and makes body and home care products using cold-pressed olive oil and olive tree extracts. Its line of hand soap comes in varieties like Lime Zest and Cypress as well as Sanguinelli Orange and Fennel.

With files from Stephanie Davoli