Vegans from Canada

I was born in 1951, so kind of the dark ages. People wearing fur, hunting, trophy heads, kill, kill kill… No Women’s Liberation yet or Civil rights, or children’s rights. Felt like an alien planet. I became a vegetarian and then later in life I became a vegan. I just always loved and felt one …read more

I have been vegan since May 2015. Before that, I had been a vegetarian since 2003. At age 12, inspired by Lisa Simpson, I thought vegetarianism was the best thing I could do to keep animals alive; I committed. Sadly, I didn’t bother to do the research I needed to be doing until I was …read more

I have been a vegan for a few years. Almost 30 years ago I adopted the vegetarian diet after watching a disturbing video on factory farming. I was about 20 and was completely naive about the realities for farm animals. However, I continued my ignorance and consumed dairy/eggs. I don’t know what triggered or made …read more

Hi, I’m Molly, I’m a French Canadian from New-Brunswick, Canada, and I’ve been vegan for almost a year now. I started to search online for the cause of my eczema and found that sometimes it’s caused by dairy allergies. Therefore, I started drinking soy milk instead and from there onwards, major changes in my body …read more

I went 22 years living on this earth following the Canada food guide. Its what my parents knew, its what were taught in school. You get calcium from milk. You get protein from meat. And you have to eat 8-10 servings of fruits and vegetables a day but they never really explained why…for vitamins and …read more

Hi, my name is Amber. I’m 24 years old and currently live in Canada. I started my vegan journey in January of this year. I never enjoyed cooking but now with the unlimited options and openness to meals I find my creative side coming out now as a result of veganism. My journey started out …read more

Hello everyone! I am a teenage girl from Canada who has always loved to cook for my family and friends. However, my family is big and full of many allergies to milk, fish, eggs and much more. Through research, I realized that by cooking vegan, my whole family could enjoy my recipes. Eventually, I began …read more

I was a vegetarian for 7 years on and off before going fully vegan (now 3 years). I did it first for my health and then, animals, environment and also people. Before becoming vegan, I used to drink alcohol a lot and had serious health issues – both physically and mentally. When I stop drinking …read more

People often ask me why I’m a vegan or what do I eat. Never made a post like that before so here it is. Going vegan is not just a matter of diet. I took to going vegan very easily (freaked me out at first because of how easy the transition has been for me) …read more

I’ll never forget the first time a pig and I locked eyes as a truck passed by me on the 401 bound for slaughter. I was a vegetarian at the time and began to advocate a meat-free lifestyle in my first year of University. It wasn’t until 3 years later that I truly awoke to …read more