We’ve put together a list of the best advent calendars in Canada to help you find the perfect one. Advent calendars are a fun way for kids and adults to count down the days to Christmas. We had no idea there was so many different ones to choose from. Whether this is a gift or you’re getting into the holiday spirit yourself, there’s sure to be one that’s perfect for you. We include both adult, kids and even pet advent calendars in this guide.
You might also be interested in our matching family pajamas shopping guide and our complete list of gift ideas in Canada for everyone on your list.
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Canadian Advent Calendars 2024
Candy Advent Calendar
These candy advent calendars are from La Boite A Bonbon, a Quebec based business and Canadian candy store that specializes in delicious and fresh candy. Enjoy a new treat every day for 24 days.
- Free shipping on orders over $60 in Ontario & Quebec
- On orders under $60 shipping is $3.99 to Ontario & Quebec
- $7.99 shipping to Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan
Coffee Advent Calendar 2024 Canada
The Roaster’s Pack is a Canadian coffee brand and subscription box business. For the 2024 holiday season, they’ve put together the ultimate gift for coffee lovers – a coffee advent calendar! For 25 days you’ll get to enjoy different coffee beans from 25 different Canadian coffee brands. How amazing is that! What’s even better is that this advent calendar ships for free.
- Free shipping in Canada & USA
Another coffee advent calendar is from Canadian coffee brand and local Toronto shop, Pirates Of Coffee. For 24 days you get to experience a new coffee beans from around the world. It’s the best way to enjoy and savour a new coffee flavour. This would make a great gift for coffee lovers!
Artisan Chocolate Advent Calendar
If you’re looking for a high quality artisan chocolate advent calendar check out Canadian chocolate brand and local New Brunswick shop, McGuire Chocolate. This is one of our top picks for advent calendars in Canada because it features a new chocolate bonbon flavour every day leading up to Christmas.
Umami Shop is a local Alberta business based in Lethbridge. They have so many unique food & drink products to choose from, including a chocolate advent calendar. This is also a great spot to grab gifts for cooking lovers.
Update Oct 17, 2024: Sold Out
Tea Advent Calendars In Canada
Enjoy 24 days of new teas with this tea advent calendar from T-Surprise. This makes an incredible gift for tea lovers!
Another great choice for tea advent calendars in Canada is from local BC shop and Canadian tea company, Bush Berry. This tea calendar comes with 24 individually packaged teas. All of their packaging is completely compostable! We do want to mention that this advent calendar doesn’t have the teas behind numbered doors.
Hot Chocolate 12 Day Advent Calendars
Local Quebec shop, Shop Moi Ça offers the Gourmet Village 12 day hot chocolate advent calendar. This advent calendar includes twelve different flavours of gourmet hot chocolate to enjoy leading up to Christmas.
Shop Moi Ça is one of our favourite Canadian gift shops. If you’d like to look for other gift baskets and gift ideas, it’s a great place to get a head start on your holiday shopping all in one convenient checkout!
Fishing Advent Calendar
Falvai Creative is a local BC shop based in Qualicum Beach. They’ve put together the perfect advent calendars for fishing enthusiasts. They have both a fresh water fishing tackle set and a fly fishing advent calendar, depending on the type of fishing the recipient enjoys. If you need other gift ideas, check out our top fishing gift ideas.
- They offer free shipping
Local Shops Advent Calendar
LEK Handmade Designs has collaborated with local Canadian shops to create a unique advent calendar for 2024. This advent calendar features products from seven Canadian businesses to open for 24 days leading up to Christmas. It’s the perfect way to support local Canadian shops this holiday season.
- They offer free shipping on the advent calendar
Candle Advent Calendar
Curly Candle is a Vancouver candle company that has put together an awesome candle advent calendar. You can choose between a 12 or 24 month advent calendar that features different scents, infused crystals and come in their own tin. This is a great option for candle lovers!
Enjoy 24 days of scented coconut soy candles from Vancouver candle company, Mala The Brand. This would be the perfect surprise gift for a candle lover!
Crystal Advent Calendars Canada
Another amazing advent calendar in Canada is this ‘Rocks, Minerals, & Gemstones’ calendar from Falvai Creative. This is such a unique calendar because it comes in a neat treasure box that can store your gemstones after you’ve opened them all.
- They offer free shipping
Red Willow Company is another Canadian crystal store and local Ontario shop. They’ve put together a crystal and gemstone advent calendar that features tumbled and raw gemstones for every day leading up to Christmas and even a gemstone for Christmas day. We love that the crystals are packaged in a traditional style advent calendar with the little windows that you open.
6ix Wicks Candles & Crystals is another Canadian crystal store and local Ontario shop that has put together an amazing crystal advent calendar. You can choose between a 12 or 25 day calendar. This might be the only shop that we’ve seen do a gift for Christmas day.
If you or someone you know is interested in crystal gemstones, the crystal advent calendar from Curly Candle (based in Delta, BC ) would be perfect. You can choose between 12 or 24 days of raw and tumbled crystals. You might also be interested in our Canadian crystal stores shopping guide.
The crystal advent calendars from Crystal Healing Mama, a local Goderich ON shop, comes with 24 tumbled or rough crystals. Rather than have these crystals numbered, they let you intuitively picked a crystal each day.
- They offer free shipping
Travel Themed Advent Calendar In Canada
This travel advent calendar from Canadian business, The Blessed Travel Shop, is such a unique gift for travel lovers. You can choose from over 15 destinations if the recipient has a specific travel interest like our personal favourites Paris, Bali, New York or Prince Edward Island. Or you can choose the multi-destination option for products that feature various cities. Some of the travel themed products included in this advent calendar are tote bags, mugs, crewneck sweaters, greeting cards, ornaments and more. These calendars come in 8, 12, or 24 day options.
Cookie Advent Calendar
Daniella’s Desserts is a local Toronto shop that makes delicious and beautiful sugar cookies. They’ve taken their cookies and created a cookie advent calendar that has 24 cookies. Indulge in a cookie a day leading up to Christmas. Yum!
Pet Advent Calendars In Canada
Local Vancouver shop, Dante’s Doggy Delights, offers a gourmet dog treat advent calendar. This is the perfect way to help countdown to Christmas with your dog and it makes a great gift for dogs & dog lovers!
Knitting Advent Calendars Canada 2024
Eco Yarn Studio is a Canadian yarn store and local Ontario shop that has put together a yarn advent calendar. This is the perfect advent calendar for knitters and crafters who appreciate sustainable yarn practices and natural yarn. You can choose from a few colour schemes and each item is individually numbered to keep the excitement going throughout the month!
Biscotte is a Canadian yarn store and local Quebec shop that has two advent calendars that make great gifts for knitters. They have a yarn-themed calendar and one that features stitch markers (second picture below).
Luxury Advent Calendar
Soft Strokes Silk is a local Toronto shop that has put together a 12 or 24 day advent calendar. This calendar is perfect for someone who appreciates the finer things in life and knows the value of silk accessories. This advent calendar includes silk scrunchies, silk scarves, headbands and more.
- We also included Soft Strokes Silk in our Silk Pillowcases shopping guide
Self-Care Advent Calendar
Flora Dolce, a local Ontario business based in Richmond Hill, has put together a wellness and self-care advent calendar. This calendar features products like crystals, essential oils, bath bombs, lip balm, palo santo and more. They have both a 12 day and 24 day calendar.
Stationery Advent Calendar 2024
Another amazing advent calendar in Canada is this stationery advent calendar from Paper Krazed, a local St. John’s Newfoundland shop. They offer both a 12 day or 24 day calendar that is full of gifts that any stationery lover would enjoy. Things like journals, note pads, stickers, greeting cards, and more.
Local Ontario shop, The Bookish Craft House, has put together a stationery themed advent calendar. Their calendar includes stickers, bookmarks and a mix of keychains and/or ornaments, coaster, etc.
Cats & Books Advent Calendar
Gryphon Merch Press is a local Ontario shop based in Waterloo. They have put together an advent calendar that’s for cats & book lovers. You can see some examples of the items below! These would make a great gift for cat lovers.
Book Advent Calendar
Local Ottawa shop, Booktalk Box, has put together a book advent calendar for 12 or 6 days leading up to Christmas. You can choose between different genres from young adult, fantasy, romance, or a mix.
Activity Advent Calendar For Teens & Tweens
Canadian business, Mystery Interactive, specializes in putting together unique advent calendars and mystery games. These activity advent calendars would be perfect for teens, tweens and adults too!
Socks Advent Calendar
12 days of fun socks from moJJa Socks (based in Mississauga, ON) takes a different spin on advent calendars. This is a great gift to give on Christmas and open for the 12 days after Christmas. You can purchase for men and women, boys and girls.
Kids Activity Advent Calendar
Local Ontario shop, Little House Crafted, has put together an awesome kids activity advent calendar. These made in Canada wooden token can be put in your own little bags or envelopes. You can also purchase their Christmas countdown sign that comes with 24 draw string bags.
Divine Arts By Archana (based in Brampton, ON) has created a kids activity advent calendar that is a great spin on traditional advent calendars. This calendar is the perfect way to spend some quality time with your kids. For 24 days enjoy a winter or holiday themed activity. A few examples include having a snow ball fight, writing a letter to Santa, and making a card for someone special.
Crayon Advent Calendar
CRYNS Custom Creations is a local Ontario business that has put together a great advent calendar for kids who love to colour. For 24 days you can discover a new handmade non-toxic crayon in fun shapes to enjoy.
Crayola Kids Advent Calendar
Grab the Crayola kids advent calendar from Caribou Gifts (based in Toronto, ON) for 24 days of creative projects for your kids. This will help build the excitement and encourage creativity right up until Christmas day.
- $27.99 plus shipping – free pick-up available in Toronto, ON
Do It Yourself Fillable Advent Calendars
If you’d like to create your own advent calendars, the Canadian businesses below will help you get started planning out your very own advent calendar.
Reusable Advent Calendars
Hunter Kouture (based in Fergus, ON) has a great collection of do-it-yourself advent calendars that you can use from year to year. Just fill the bags with your own little treats and you’re good to go!
Fillable Boxes Advent Calendar
If you’d like to fill your own advent calendar these boxes from local Ontario shop, Nerdy Words Inc, work great. These allow you to completely customize your advent calendar to the recipient.
DIY Paper Advent Calendars
Sofs Designs (based in Saint-Lazare, QC) has a few DIY advent calendars to choose from. All of their calendars require you to put the boxes together yourself. This is a fun activity for the whole family. Then you can fill the boxes with your own little gifts and treats.
Maple Syrup Advent Calendar
Ontario-based and family-run maple syrup farm, Thompsontown Maple, offers advent calendars that are maple themed. For 24 days enjoy surprise items like maple syrup candies, Sugarman’s rub, chocolate, granulated maple sugar and more.
Update Oct 18, 2024: They are not selling these right now but we will update this guide if they start to.
More Canadian Advent Calendars
Soja & Co. is a Canadian candle company and local Quebec shop that has put together a really impressive advent calendar that features their hand poured candles. For 24 days you get to enjoy a new candle scent. This makes a great gift for Grandma or anyone who loves candles.
Market Candle Company, another Canadian candle company and local Ontario shop, has put together a 24 days of tealights advent calendar. You get to enjoy a new soy wax tealight candle everyday as you get ready for the holidays!
Squish Candies is a Canadian candy store and local Quebec shop that has a candy advent calendar available. Count down to Christmas with yummy candies!
A few of the advent calendars that we feature below from different local Canadian businesses are all available from Shop Moi Ça, one of our favourite online Canadian gift shops.
They have candy, chocolate, bath bomb, tea and hot chocolate advent calendars available so you can easily shop for everyone on your list from one store.
- Free shipping in Ontario & Quebec on orders of $80+
- $9.95 shipping on orders under $80 in Ontario & Quebec
- $14.95 shipping to all other provinces
Update October 18, 2024: All of their advent calendars are sold out except for the 12 days of hot chocolate.
These are some of the best advent calendars in Canada for the 2024 Christmas season. We’ll continue to update this list as we discover more calendars we know you’d enjoy.
Below are more recommendations for advent calendars in Canada from our local shopping community on Instagram:
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- Saponaria Bath Bombs & Soap Advent Calendar – Canadian bath bomb business and local Quebec shop
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