Advent calendars made in Quebec are faaaaaaaaaaar from the little cardboard-tasting chocolate calendars of our childhood. They are now varied, top quality, and beautiful! There are so many choices available to us, for all tastes and budgets.
Shop moi ça is therefore pleased to present its guide to the preferred Quebec Advent calendars of 2023, which will support local artisans! Many are available directly on our online store.
💡 Also, we advise you not to delay if you have a favorite, as these Advent calendars are limited edition and sell out VERY quickly!
For foodies
The calendar for sweet tooths: La Boîte à bonbons
Sweet tooths will be more than satisfied here: La Boîte à bonbons offers 24 pretty little boxes to enjoy 3 to 6 delicious candies. Discover 24 delicious candies among the best sellers and the most tender. It's the perfect size to share with family or at the office!
Price: $41.99 per calendar | Pre-order on our store, delivery from November 7
The prettiest handmade fine chocolate Advent calendar: Choco chocolat
One of the prettiest calendars of the year according to our team. Illustrated by artist Joannie Houle, it's a classic calendar but offered in 5 versions: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, mixed milk and dark, mixed milk, dark, white and caramelized white, and "milk" chocolate without dairy products.
Price: $31.99 to $35.99 per calendar | Available from the first week of November
The chocolate Advent calendar for young and old: Chocolats Favoris
The Quebec institution offers a new version of its Find & Seek style Advent calendar. Each day will be a discovery with 4 chocolate bites to share and a total of 24 different flavors.
And for adults, the handmade fine chocolate calendar will be the perfect daily chocolate dose.
Price: $39.99 per calendar | Available from mid-October
The calendar for tea lovers: T•Surprise
This is the ideal opportunity to taste exceptional Christmas teas and gourmet 100% organic infusions from T.Surprise. 24 days of tasting await you. This Advent calendar is a marvel, we tell you!
Price: $43.00 per calendar | Pre-order on our store
The calendar for cooks: KANEL Spices
At Shop, we love KANEL products! Discover the hidden treasures of 12 cities with this collection of salts and spice blends, including recipes and a brass spoon. A great novelty for 2023, we're already looking forward to giving it as a hostess gift.
Price: $68.00 per calendar | On their store
The calendar for trendy cookie lovers: BCUIT Montreal
We fell in love with the colors and unusual flavors! An Advent calendar that includes 24 regular-sized fortune cookies + 1 large cookie, all individually wrapped in recyclable bags. Speaking of surprises, expect to taste vanilla, gingerbread, and even sweet rosemary cookies! And fortune cookie means messages: non-gendered, bilingual, benevolent, inspiring, funny, and quirky. We can't wait to open the first box!
Price: Between $30.00 and $60.00 for the half-calendar or full version | Pre-order on their store
The calendar for creating a new family tradition: Les sablés de l'osti de Français
A beautiful discovery that creates a new tradition! This Advent calendar includes 4 small shortbread cookies per day. It's the perfect opportunity to discover a wide variety of shortbread flavors! We heard that a "golden ticket" will be included in one of the calendars... Mysterious, isn't it?
Price: $60.99 per calendar | Pre-order on their store
The calendar for coffee addicts: Brûlerie du Quai
Get out your favorite Christmas mug, Brûlerie du Quai offers a 24-day specialty coffee tasting. Each coffee is specially roasted and hermetically sealed in a small pouch that will preserve its freshness. In addition, a technical sheet is available for each coffee. Available for filter or espresso enthusiasts.
Price: $100.00 per calendar | Pre-order on their store
or the one from th3rdwave that brings together 25 roasters
25 days of coffee roasted by 25 micro-roasters. From well-established roasters to newcomers, there is so much to discover across Quebec and Canada! Available in Quebec (yeah!) and Canada versions. Big crush for the presentation on their site!
Price: $110.00 per calendar | Pre-order on their store
Other Quebec gourmet Advent calendars:
To treat yourself because you're worth it: candles, bath, and beauty
Our favorite calendar for bath time: Savonnerie Saponaria
The sensational Advent calendar from Savonnerie Saponaria is back this year with reinvented aromas! This Advent bath calendar features 24 unique and different bath cubes. 24 days of softness to enjoy the holiday countdown, with moisturized skin while soothing tired muscles. We love it so much that several of us on the team buy two to enjoy all year round!
Price: $85 | Available from the first week of November
An Advent calendar of candles: Soja & co
This year, SOJA&CO innovates by offering a calendar made from recycled cardboard. It contains 24 scented 1oz candles in mini amber jars, including 18 fragrances exclusive to the calendar and 6 popular fragrances. A celebration of the winter holidays and an epic year. Good to know: each candle lasts approximately 6-8 hours.
Price: $129.00 on their website
An Advent calendar to set the mood: Mimi & August
Our friends at Mimi & August promise a world of winter wonders with their "The Twelve Enchanted Days" Advent calendar. It includes seven exclusive 2 oz scented candles and one 3 oz candle, 10 ml of Christmas-scented room spray, a candle holder with warmer, a unique wick trimmer, and a ceramic match pot with integrated striker. Each item nestled in this Advent calendar is unique and exclusively designed.
Price: $129.00 on their website
The Advent calendars for the shower: Savonnerie Bon Bain
In 2023, this soap factory from Rouyn-Noranda offers three Advent calendars and the one that caught our attention is the one 100% for shower and face care. We also love their refill kit for those who have their own artisan Advent calendar. Brilliant!
Price: $80.00 available on their website
The Advent calendar in a bag: JoFabulle
A beautiful zero-waste alternative to Advent calendars, JoFabulle offers the discovery of 24 finds from 12 local artisans, valued between $3 and $10 each. Each surprise is presented in a numbered bag. All in a gift box. It will be easy for you to reuse it in subsequent years or even give it as a gift.
Price: value of $158 for $101.50 available on their website
Activities
The calendar for children: Minimo Motivation
Our good friend Valérie from Minimo has created an entire experience around the Advent calendar. Designed for toddlers, it engages them in a multitude of small, educational, and fun challenges. The perfect calendar to encourage autonomy and boost self-esteem in little ones while teaching them the true values of Christmas!
Price: $25.95 | Available now (French and English)
For children: My Advent set from Pomango
This Sherbrooke company has thought of everything for children. The set includes an Advent book, a felt Christmas tree to hang, and 25 repositionable ornaments. Each day, the little ones will meet a character, perform one of their good deeds, and apply its sticker to the calendar. The activities are presented in a fun way, with stories and characters.
Price: Starting from $29.99, available now. Pomango offers you a $5 discount on the Advent set with code BONNEACTION5.
An eco-friendly alternative to do as a family: Reusable Advent Calendar from Next Chance
It's not only a reusable decoration made from recycled fabric, but also a hiding place for a thousand and one treasures for both young and old. It includes a pretty loop that moves to each pocket to help track the days until December 24th! We loved its year-round reusable design for the playroom, child's bedroom, or bathroom.
Price: $110.00, available now
Stationery and accessories
The calendar for the organized person: Blueberry Papeterie
The chance to decorate and organize your precious planner or notebook with Laurence's pretty stickers. Expect to unwrap a sweet mix of new items for 2024 and must-haves from 2023, including Christmas stickers, everyday icons, and various themes.
Price: $49.00 | Available on their website
The calendar for creative minds: Chaque jour compte
This Advent calendar contains 24 new rubber stamps with various themes (frames, icons, personal development, Christmas, time management, task management, festivities). Bonus this year, 6 additional stamps are included to be cut out with scissors. Designs and stamps created and manufactured in Quebec by Nathalie, the founder.
Price: $44.99 | Available now
The calendar for the family dog: Todd & Paul
Fido also gets his own calendar thanks to this company from Trois-Rivières! This Advent calendar for dogs contains 49 delicious Todd & Paul biscuits, which means 2 small biscuits per compartment in various flavors, plus a large gingerbread biscuit for Christmas Day!
Price: $19.99 | Available on their website
In short, here are the Shop team's suggestions to make your December the most festive month of the year. Let's be proud to have such a variety of Advent calendars designed with passion by local businesses. They are all unique in their own way, and we wish it could be December every month to try them all!
