Trying to order some good quality t-shirts that are made in Canada. Figure I would try here before heading to Reddit, but currently looking at the following:

Stanfields, classic Canadian brand, semi-local (province over), don’t know why their shirts look so long, $24 https://www.stanfields.com/products/mens-basic-short-sleeve-crew-t-shirt
Province of Canada, high quality locally milled and made in TO, expensive, $46, https://provinceofcanada.com/products/monday-tee-heather-grey-unisex
Jericho, Toronto based, seems legitimate, $26, https://jerico.ca/products/organic-cotton-t-shirt-natural

If anyone has any input or thoughts it would be appreciated before placing an order to replace my Costco special T-shirts.

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[–] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Stanfeild shirts are long to stay tucked. They do use two different kinds of material for Tshirts in. My experience. A heavy weight cotton like the old Gildan shirts and a newer half poly blend which is softer but much less durable.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I just ordered from Jericho a few months ago to try out. I got 2 bamboo shirts, one ring spun, and a bamboo hoody.

The bamboo shirts and hoody are my new favorites. Super soft and nice fit. So far they've been holding up well in the wash, and I would recommend.

The ring spun I'm less thrilled on, it hasn't held its shape as well and it's nothing special. Would definitely recommend their bamboo stuff though. If you sign up for their mailing list they seem to have regular sales.

https://www.houseofblanks.com/ is another option, but they're all heavyweight and I'm not a fan of that.

[–] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

House of Blanks is great for basic t-shirts. They have some good sales a couple times a year.

Given what you say about Province of Canada that is likely where they get their blanks.

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Very happy with the quality and heavy weight of my house of blanks t-shirts, and I have three sweatshirts my parter and I pretty much lived in from October-March and they still fit like brand new.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Kindred Coast, also on the pricier side ($39), but their shirts are super soft and great quality.

Also, have you already checked madeinca.ca? they have quite a few options

[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are you sure the Stanfield shirts are made in Canada? All I find on their site is a statement in About that "the majority of our products are to be made in Canada". I'd be surprised if T-shirts were one of them, that ship sailed decades ago.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Apparently the majority are manufactured in Nova Scotia "However, some products that are sold in chain stores such as Walmart may not be so always check the label if you want Canadian-made Stanfield’s products."

https://madeinca.ca/clothing-stanfields/

[–] thistlexthorn@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Jerico is good quality and worth the price. We’ve been using them for our festival shirts for over a decade. You can usually get discontinued styles/colours at a good discount. Personally I like the bamboo rayon, but the cotton is good too.

[–] Delta15N@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

UPDATE: Ended up going with Jerico and I’m very happy. The bamboo rayon shirts are super soft and comfortable, I also got the ring spun cotton to try and they’re very nice and have been holding up well in the wash. Might try some of the other manufacturers suggest here when I need to replace some, but for now 100% recommend.