About Bombay Bags • Founded in Vancouver in 2007

Thoughtfully Made Tote Bags for Brands, Retailers & Organizations

Bombay Bags designs and supplies high-quality jute, cotton, canvas, and custom reusable tote bags for buyers who care about durability, aesthetics, ethics, and long-term usefulness.

We believe a reusable bag should not feel disposable, forgettable, or purely promotional. It should be well made, useful, attractive, and worth carrying again.

Wholesale supply Custom manufacturing Canada & USA
Established 2007
Canada-based supplier
Serving Canada & USA
Wholesale & custom programs
Our story

We started with a simple belief: bags could be better

Bombay Bags began in Vancouver, Canada in 2007, at a time when reusable tote bags were still rare in many North American grocery and retail settings.

The original problem

Everyday bags were too often disposable, forgettable, poorly made, and harmful to the places people loved. We believed reusable bags could be designed with more care.

  • Better made
  • Better designed
  • Better for people and the planet

The early proof

One of our first major opportunities came when Oakridge Mall in Vancouver asked us to design a custom jute tote for its annual fashion show. Customers loved the bag, used it daily, and asked where they could buy more.

That project shaped the Bombay Bags path: reusable bags should combine utility, taste, responsibility, and intent.

What we make

Reusable bags for real business use

We specialize in custom and ready-to-order tote bags made from natural and durable fabrics, with customization available across size, fabric, handle style, print, and finish.

Natural structure

Jute Tote Bags

Strong, structured, and ideal for grocery, retail, gifting, and premium reusable bag programs.

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Daily reuse

Cotton & Canvas Totes

Soft, durable, printable, and well suited for retail, institutions, events, and branded daily-use bags.

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Specialized programs

Organic Cotton, JUCO & Blends

Material options for buyers who need a specific feel, positioning, sustainability direction, or performance profile.

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Custom uses

Wine, Gift, Grocery & Promotional Bags

Purpose-built bags for retail handoff, customer programs, fundraising, events, and institutional distribution.

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Designed to be used

The best reusable bags are kept, carried, and remembered

We design with the end user in mind. The goal is not simply to place a logo on fabric; the goal is to create a bag people are willing to carry repeatedly.

What buyers often want to avoid

Disposable-feeling promotional bags

  • Cheap non-woven bags
  • Loud logos that people avoid carrying
  • Free totes that fall apart quickly
  • Bags that become clutter instead of useful tools
What stronger programs aim for

Useful bags with lasting value

  • Good feel in the hand
  • Comfortable carry for real weight
  • Refined look and brand fit
  • Longer-term reuse and better customer perception

B2B buying principle

A reusable bag is only successful if the recipient wants to keep using it. That means material, size, handle construction, print style, and brand tone all matter.

Ethics and responsibility

Ethical by practice, not by marketing

Our current About page explains that Bombay Bags sources jute and cotton fabrics from responsible farms and mills in India, works with manufacturing partners following fair and ethical production practices, and treats sustainability as a long-term commitment.

Responsible material thinking

Natural fabrics, durable construction, and practical material selection help reusable bags do the job they are intended to do.

Production standards

We care about the people who make the bags and the production choices behind each reusable bag program.

Long-term sustainability

For us, sustainability is not only a slogan. It is connected to durability, usefulness, waste reduction, and better buying decisions.

Trusted partner

Trusted by organizations across Canada and the United States

Over the past 18+ years, Bombay Bags has worked with cultural institutions, museums, universities, hospitals, shopping malls, retail groups, financial institutions, hotels, grocery chains, and food retailers.

Client examples
  • Walrus Foundation
  • Dale Chihuly Garden and Glass
  • Boston Athenæum
  • Raincoast Foundation
  • Covenant Health
  • Oakridge Mall – Ivanhoe Cambridge
  • Royal Bank of Canada
  • University of Toronto
  • Westin Hotel
  • The Jim Pattison Group / Buy-Low Foods
  • John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  • GE Appliances
Where we work

Serving wholesale and custom bag buyers across North America

Bombay Bags proudly serves clients across major Canadian and U.S. markets, and continues expanding partnerships across North America.

Canada Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and beyond.
USA Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC and beyond.
B2B Wholesale buyers, retailers, institutions, nonprofits, events, and custom programs.
Our business objective

Create environment-friendly, beautifully made tote bags that people actually want to carry

If you are looking for a reliable tote bag supplier that values quality, ethics, thoughtful design, and long-term partnerships, you are in the right place.

Best fit for buyers who need
  • Custom jute bags
  • Canvas totes
  • Sustainable promotional bags
  • Grocery and retail bag programs
  • Institutional or event supply
Let’s build something thoughtful together

Need custom jute bags, canvas totes, or a reusable bag program?

We would be happy to help you design something your customers, guests, donors, students, or shoppers will genuinely use and appreciate.

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