So, I've noticed a little something...Canada has great souvenir shops filled with pretty nice stuff.

The quality and designs seem much better than many other destinations I've traveled to around North America...Canada, eh?

Hudson House Trading Company has a solid collection of items to take home to the fam and friends.

Prices are great too.

Gotta give it up to HHTC.

4 stars + maple leafs... more

Terrible customer service!

I called them to inquire about shipping to my address in the United States by express mail.
The lady there said they can do it. So I went ahead and ordered online and called them again to verify express delivery, and they said they will.

However, after I ordered online, an individual named "Suraj" emailed me to say they cannot ship express and it will take up to 2... more

I've traveled the world and love being in different countries but I hate getting caught in the tourism trap. Especially the touristy souvenir shops. Maybe I'm just getting older but I really liked Hudson. They actually carry decent stuff. I didn't feel like I was being ripped off or taken advantage of as a "tourist". It was a lovely shop and I felt at ease. I ended up buying a good amount of... more

I buy something here every time I visit Vancouver. They charge a little more than other souvenir shops, but have the cutest sweatshirts and a large selection.

This was a pretty cool ~ they actually have good pricing on souvenirs.
If at some point I'm looking for a t-shirt that says Vancouver on it, I'm coming here.

the staff were friendly. It's worth the visit.

Even though I am Canadian I come in here for all my Canadian knick knacks, especially anything maple flavored. Nicely presented inviting store on a block of many tourist trap souvenir shops (I say that with love). Whenever I have some US friends coming over and want to send a bit of Canada to them I buy from this place. I am clumsy, therefore, I avoid those fancy maple syrup bottles. I bought... more

Lots of souvenirs found in here and it is located right by the Gastown Steam Clock! It's just a nice place to check out since they have so many souvenirs. It is kind f pricey, but this is in the middle of a touristy area and it is a souvenir shop. Will definitely come back to browse the shop again, but I would never buy something here unless I had no other time to visit other souvenir shops.
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Hudson House is the first place we go every time we go to Vancouver. Siraj and Lily, the owners, have the most unique inventory and friendliest hospitality. Don't miss it.

My savior! The previous yelpers are correct a quaint little shop with authentic Canada items including official Vancouver 2010 Olympic items.

Attention because the other place you know the super store lies and tells you no one in the city sells the stuff.

I thought this place had a better selection and was in a great location. I guess though if the secret gets out it will no longer be the... more

I got some maple cookies from the Hudson House Trading Co. and having had some maple cookies prior from Canada, I must say these were quite good (or maybe I was just really hungry?). This store has a huge variety of all kinds of Canadian goodies and souvenirs galore. I did see their impressive display of maple syrup but did not venture purchase any because at the time I didn't know what I would... more

I found some great souvenirs here to take home: Icewine Dark Chocolate, Inukshuk Blueberry Icewine Tea, and another type of Icewine Herb Tea. I also got some classic inlaid wooden bookmarks for those folks on my list that READ, go figure.

Hudson House carries all sorts of Vancouver related gifts and not just the cheapie c@!p that you find in a lot of touristy stores. They've got a lot of maple syrup and food items like smoked salmon. They also have some decent quality clothing items.They've got ornaments, jewelry, Native crafts, books, and toys. If you buy over $300 worth of merchandise, they'll ship it for free within Canada... more

OK, few people may know this, but maple syrup IS produced in parts of Canada besides Quebec. Western parts. Like, B.C.

Having said that, there quite a few places to buy real, bona fide Canadian maple syrup in Vancouver. For example, Hudson House Trading Co. Ltd. in Gastown.

The store stocks different sizes of maple syrup you can give as gifts or keep yourself to use on pancake day (usually a... more