15 Canadian Sustainability Influencers

Canadian sustainability influencers share tips on everything from recycling to environmentally sound fashion trends. Whether you’re trying to live more sustainably or want to work with ethical influencers who endorse natural products used in the Great White North, this list is for you.

Canadian sustainability influencers advocating for change

Tara McKenna

Tara is among the top Canadian sustainability influencers. She’s a blogger about living with less waste and more joy. For her 388K Instagram followers, who know her better as zero.waste.collective, Tara hosts giveaways featuring her sustainable lifestyle book, sheds light on building a sustainable, ethical closet, and shares tips for buying fast fashion responsibly.

Shia Su

Shia is an author, podcaster and presenter in Canada who refers to herself as a “vegan zero waste nerd.” Her Instagram followers, to whom she’s better known as _wastelandrebel_, tune in for updates on her empowering, Earth-friendly podcast, tips for grocery shopping in bulk to reduce waste and to hear her thoughts on starting with small lifestyle changes to make a lasting impact.  

April Jordan

April is a Vancouver-based sustainability enthusiast who loves exploring places, ideas and stories. For her Instagram followers, April spills on her favorite 100% fair-trade coffee, a top-notch organic mattress, and the importance of waste reduction.

Candice Batista

Canadian Candice is an eco-journalist who has been in the business of helping people go green since 2001. For her Instagram followers, Candice shares plenty of practical sustainability advice and tips, from eco-friendly gift-wrapping ideas, the benefits of using block soap, and how to reduce your overall waste by donating unused items and buying secondhand goods.

Kate Bauer

Kate is a digital creator and Ph.D. candidate with a penchant for mindful fashion. On Instagram, where her followers know her best as readwritethrift, Kate shares her styling ideas that mix thrift finds and pieces from eco-conscious lines. Tune in to see the getting-ready intentions she’s setting for the new year, head-to-toe sustainable looks, and how to style asymmetrical outfits with unique, secondhand pieces.  

Krista and Alison

Based in British Columbia, Krista and Alison are two friends dedicated to living sustainably on a budget. For their Twitter followers, who know them by the name of their blog, A Sustainably Simple Life, the duo dishes on how shopping is affecting the planet, how to spot eco-friendly products and avoid greenwashing, and how to recycle your Christmas tree in Vancouver. 

Elizabeth Teo

Elizabeth is a Toronto-based environmental influencer who enjoys sharing her journey with the world. On Instagram, where she’s known as zerowastecutie, Elizabeth uses her sense of humor to share what she loves about the Earth in song, raises awareness about the production of plastic and pollution, and imparts wisdom on the importance of taking time for yourself for her followers.

Sarah Robertson Barnes

Based in Ontario, Sarah is passionate about low-waste living in the suburbs. Whether she’s sharing sustainable gift-wrapping ideas, quick and simple homemade gift ideas, or ways to protect Ontario’s greenbelt with her Instagram followers, Sarah always has the environment in mind.  

Kat

When it comes to sustainability, Kat doesn’t claim to be perfect, but she strives always to do her best. In fact, she describes herself as an imperfect sustainable fashion influencer and advocate. On TikTok, Kat, known best to her followers as sweet.sustainability, promotes gifting experiences over material goods, dos and don’ts for responsible Black Friday shopping, and tips to manage climate anxiety.

Lin and Toni

Lin and Toni are Canadians who consider themselves to be “two plastic-free queens trying to be responsible global citizens.” Their Instagram followers, who know them best as plasticfreeto, tune in for information regarding protecting the greenbelt, the importance of fighting plastic pollution, and promoting local, female-owned businesses. 

Emily Padan

Emily is all about sustainability and slow living in Montreal. On Instagram, she promotes a stylish, minimalistic aesthetic, incorporating nature into your downtime routine and organically-sourced supplements to feel good about yourself and the planet for her followers.

Erin J.

Based in Vancouver, Erin lives a plant-based, thrifting, intentionally sustainable lifestyle. For her Instagram followers, Erin shares sustainable lifestyle tips to suit the holiday season, her stylish secondhand style picks and rocks her favorite ethically made puffer coat for her followers.

Melissa Hemsley

Melissa is a Canadian chef and cookbook author living in London who shares “feel good” food that’s also eco-conscious. For her 205K Instagram followers, Melissa spills the secrets to her best cozy winter weather recipes and delectable dishes to whip up as a healthy homemade gift and advocates for the importance of protecting pollinators in our lives and the environment.  

Anne-Marie Bonneau

Known on Instagram as zerowastechef, Anne-Marie is an award-winning Canadian cookbook author, speaker and sustainability advocate. For her 202K followers, Anne-Marie demonstrates how to dye fabric pink using avocado pits, how to sew your own upcycled cloth produce bags for the farmers market, and how to successfully pit compost.

Karishma Porwal

Karishma calls herself a “climate girl” based in Turtle Island. She’s all about using her high-impact voice to live a low-impact lifestyle — and encourages others to do the same. For her Instagram followers, to whom she’s better known as _makeearthgreatagain, Karishma spreads awareness about climate change by rejecting the words of naysayers, writes an open letter to purveyors of fast fashion and shares her thoughtfully-crafted sustainable, cruelty-free gift guide.