Calgary, Alberta
Souvenir apparel programs for Calgary retailers
Drawn, digitized and stitched in Vancouver, for the more than a thousand retail doors that reorder every season
Statistics Canada counted 8.3 million domestic visits to the Calgary and Area tourism region in 2024, the sixth highest of any region in the country. Calgary is the air gateway to Banff, Lake Louise and Kananaskis, so half its souvenir buyers want mountains and the other half want the Stampede. Cowichan designs already sell in the city, and Alberta accounts as a group have ordered 38,191 garments from us since January 2023.
What sells on Stephen Avenue
Two racks: mountains and western. For the mountain rack, Alberta's top reorder is Bridge Text Grizzly, and the same artwork localizes to Calgary with the Rockies skyline behind the tower. For the western rack, the Stampede in July is the single largest retail moment of the year, and a Calgary wordmark in a ranch lettering style sells at the grounds, the airport and Chinook Centre. The city is year round, so fleece and hoodies keep moving through the chinook winter.
- Grizzly, elk and mountain range embroidery localized to Calgary
- Stampede week wordmarks on tees and caps, ordered in May
- Applique hoodies for the Flames season crowd
Getting stock to Calgary
Ground courier from Vancouver reaches Calgary in about 2 business days, which makes mid-season reorders realistic. We plan a spring build in April, a Stampede order that lands by the last week of June, and a fall wave in September. Reorders go through your rep. If you carry both a downtown and an airport location, we localize the same design to each so the two stores do not compete on identical stock.
Any town in Canada
Not your town yet. It will be.
Every design on this site localizes to any town, park or shop name in Canada. Same minimums, same lead time.
Ground courier from Vancouver to Alberta: 2 to 3 business days
Questions
What Calgary buyers ask
What is the minimum order for a Calgary shop?
Twelve pieces per design. A first program for a Calgary shop usually opens with a few designs on tees and adds fleece and caps once the season shows what sells.
How long does shipping to Calgary take?
About 2 business days by ground courier from Vancouver. Orders leave our Vancouver floor once the run is stitched, and reorders go out on the schedule your rep sets with you.
Can the designs say Calgary?
Yes. Every design in the catalogue is namedrop-ready: the artwork stays and the lettering becomes Calgary. Designs are drawn, digitized and stitched in Vancouver, and namedrops are included with the program at no art charge.
How do reorders work?
Through your rep, sized to your season. Reorders run on a standing schedule from the Vancouver floor so a hot colour never leaves a hole in the wall.
Also in Alberta and the Rockies
Ground courier from Vancouver: about 2 business days