New York City ♥ Est. 2026
The United States is harming the Canadian economy. That is bad for Canadians, bad for Americans, and a lousy way to treat a friend. Through it all, Canadians are united. We see it. We admire it. It's inspiring us. Let's tell them how we feel 10,000 times.
Why we are doing this
Friendship is easy to take for granted when it has always been there. Canada has been that kind of friend to Americans: generous, steady, and there when it mattered. They have opened their homes to Americans. Rescued us. Restored our electricity. Staffed our hospitals. Flew in supplies. Fought our fires. Click through the postmarks below to learn more.
January 1980 ♥ Tehran
Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor and his colleagues sheltered six American Embassy staff for nearly three months after they barely escaped the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Canada then helped get them home safely. Read more
September 1992 ♥ Miami
After Hurricane Andrew devastated South Florida, Canadian sailors and military engineers came south to help. They arrived with building supplies, tools and vehicles, rebuilt two schools in Dade County, and volunteered at an American Red Cross relief center. Read more
September 2001 ♥ Gander, Newfoundland
After U.S. airspace closed on 9/11, Gander, a town of about 10,000, took in roughly 7,000 stranded passengers from 38 diverted planes. Residents opened their homes, schools and community spaces to strangers for days. Ten years later, firefighters from Bethpage, New York sent Gander a steel beam from the World Trade Center for a memorial there. Read more
December 2001 ♥ Afghanistan
Canada joined the mission in Afghanistan in the aftermath of 9/11. More than 40,000 Canadian Armed Forces members would serve there and 158 were killed. It was Canada's largest military deployment since World War II. Read more
September 2005 ♥ Hurricane Katrina
A Vancouver search and rescue team went into flooded St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, and rescued 119 people. About 1,000 Canadian Forces personnel ultimately took part in the wider relief effort. Read more
July 2012 ♥ Washington, D.C.
On Canada Day, some 200 Ontario Hydro One workers headed south to help restore power after a massive, fast-moving windstorm, known as a derecho, knocked out electricity to millions across the eastern U.S. They worked long shifts in extreme heat, helping American crews get the lights back on. Read more
April 2020 ♥ Detroit
Even as the border tightened during COVID, Canadian health care workers kept crossing from Windsor to work in U.S. hospitals. About 1,000 were crossing the Windsor to Detroit border each day at the height of the crisis. Read more
January 2025 ♥ California
As wildfires devastated Southern California, Canadian help came quickly. Québec sent water bombers, Alberta sent highly trained wildfire crews, and British Columbia deployed specialized incident-command personnel to work alongside CAL FIRE. Read more
At a moment like this, it can be hard to know what one person can do. But how we respond is still ours to choose. That is the power of a gesture: it turns feeling into action. It makes gratitude and solidarity tangible. A gesture matters whether or not another follows, but when 10,000 people make one, it adds up to something powerful.
The Cards
Every card comes with a message printed on the front. Pick the one that sounds like you, then turn it over and write your own note by hand: a thank you, an apology, encouragement, a full-blown love letter. Whatever you write, sign it.
Swipe to see all four
How to take part
Download a card, print it at six by four on cardstock, write your note, and mail it yourself with international postage.
Mailed one yourself? Tell us, so we can add it to the count.
Send us your message instead. Chip in $2 for a stamp and we will handwrite your note on a card and send it to Canada for you.
Hosting a writing night? Running a bar, shop, or office full of people who might send one? We will get cards into your hands. Pens required. Icewine optional.
Find a Canada Love Notes box, write your message by hand, and leave the card there. We collect it, put international postage on it, and send it north.
Locations to be listed. Postage comes out of the postage fund, which is donations and nothing else.
♥ Love Notes in the mail
We count a card when it goes into the mail, not when it is downloaded.
The first target is one thousand. After that we keep going until ten thousand Love Notes have gone north of the 49th parallel.
Mailed a card yourself? Hosted a night and sent a stack? Tell us how many and they land on the counter.
Cards we collect from host locations, or send on your behalf, are counted when we mail them. So there is no need to report those here.
And show us yours
Before you mail your Love Note, take a photo. You with the card, just the card itself. Whatever works. Share it and tag us, and it counts too.
@CanadaLoveNotes
#CanadaLoveNotes
Follow along and watch the Love Notes roll in.
A Global Forever stamp sends one Love Note to Canada for $1.75. Most of what you send goes to postcards and postage. A little helps keep this operation online.
Come on, isn't Canada worth two bucks?
Want to send more love? We cannot send too much. Every extra $2 helps put another Love Note in the mail.
Contributions go to postage, printing, and the cost of running this site. Canada Love Notes is not a registered charity and contributions are not tax deductible.
Beyond New York
Canada Love Notes started in New York. It was never meant to stay here. We hope other cities will join us because we know you have something to say to Canada, too.
Tell us where you are and we'll customize the postcards for your city or state. We'll also share what we've learned about hosting a postcard-writing party, making Love Notes available in your community and getting them into the mail. We got a few things wrong at first, so you can skip those parts!
Front ♥ Chest mark
Back ♥ The message
T-shirts
Black long sleeve. The Sorry stamp sits on the chest and the whole love note is printed across the back. We made a few to see how they came out. We are not selling them yet, because we would rather know somebody actually wants one first.
If you would wear one, say so and we will come back to you when there is enough demand. No money now, no commitment. Just tell us you are interested and what your size is.
