Canada Day is celebrated on July 1 and marks the anniversary of the enactment of the Constitution Act, 1867. This act united three colonies into a single country called Canada within the British Empire.
Canada Day is going virtual in many communities across our country, and helping celebrate digitally, now is the perfect time to enjoy made-in-Canada apps.
Our country is home to numerous developers whose apps help millions worldwide improve their personal health, make life easier, discover a love for cooking at home, get creative, and of course, entertain.
Here Are Celebrate Canada Day With These Made In Canada Apps
Focus on Your Health:
Breethe
Breetheis Meditation & Sleep (Montreal) reduce stress and sleep better in only 5 minutes, with your personal mindfulness coach available 24/7.
RunGo
RunGo is the Best Routes to Run (Vancouver) — running outdoors or inside your home is a brand new experience with RunGo, offering turn-by-turn navigation and new running routes to try in your city or when visiting a new one.
Organize Your Life:
1Password
1Password – Password Manager is (Toronto) — manage all your passwords behind one password that only you know — the ‘forgot password’ function is a thing of the past.
Family Organizer by Picniic
Family Organizer by Picniic (Vancouver) — keep the entire family organized in less time by keeping schedules and activities in line through family locator, shared calendar, shopping lists, meal planners, and more.
Make or Order Food:
Oh She Glows
Oh, She Glows (Toronto) — Oakville’s Angela Liddon shares her most popular plant-based recipes from her award-winning recipe blog, OhSheGlows.com.
SkipTheDishes
Skip The Dishes (Winnipeg) — a Canadian-made app offering food you want, when you want from your favourite restaurants.
Get Creative:
Wattpad
Wattpad– Read & Write Stories (Toronto) — home to a community of over 80M readers and writers, allowing anyone to share their story or discover new ones of untapped, unsigned, talented writers whom you can cheer on.
Piano 3D
Piano 3D – Real AR Piano App (Montreal) — a popular piano learning and music discovery app that offers unparalleled audio and visual experiences using augmented reality (AR), bringing the 3D experience right into your home.
Entertain the Kids:
Barbie Dreamhouse
Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures (Montreal) — Barbie Dreamhouse can be designed and played all within this app full of exciting adventures and hours of fun.
Slice Fractions 2
Slice Fractions 2 is (Montreal) — the perfect edutainment game for 6-12-year-olds who will learn fraction concepts without words, collecting friendly pets along the way, all with no ads or in-app purchases.
Solve a Puzzle:
Splitter Critters
Splitter Critters (Vancouver) — beautifully designed puzzler game where your finger splits worlds to guide critters back to their spaceship.
GNOG
GNOG (Montreal) — a 3D puzzle game that allows you to grab, poke, spin, pull and play with monster heads. There’s even an AR mode to transform your tabletop into a magical toy box.
Jump Into Action:
Marvel Contest
Marvel Contest of Champions (Vancouver) — the ultimate battles with your favourite Marvel Super Heroes and Super-Villains held in iconic Marvel locations.
Farm Punks
Farm Punks (Saskatoon) — a hilarious game about growing fruit and shooting them down a mountain to see how far they can roll — the further they go, the more money you’ll make.
Go on Adventure:
Game of Thrones Beyond the Wall
Game of Thrones Beyond the Wall (Montreal) — the story begins 48 years before the hit HBO TV show’s events occur, where the object of the game is to take command of the NIght’s Watch.
Worse Than Death
Worse Than Death (Toronto) — a scary, emotional thriller about a high school reunion that goes horribly wrong. Illustrated by Benjamin Rivers entirely on iPad Pro using Apple Pencil and the app Procreate.
Have Fun with Friends:
Tsuro
Tsuro — The Game of Path (Montreal) — A tile-based game where your stone slides along the path created, where the objective is to stay on the board.
Space team
Space team (Montreal) — if you enjoy pushing buttons and shouting at friends, this game is designed for you to play with 2 to 8 players who yell “technobabble” at one another until the ship explodes.
Play Some Sports:
Golf Blitz
Golf Blitz (Saskatoon) — Golf like you’ve never played before with creative courses and even sticky balls, grenades, lasers and more.
World Cup Ski Racing
World Cup Ski Racing (Vancouver) — The official Alpine Racing Game of Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS), delivering beautiful graphics, speed and precision of the fastest non-motorized sport the world.
