Small businesses featured at The Indigenous Playmaker Marketplace in Toronto – Anishinabek News
January 14, 2026
TORONTO – A pair of Anishinaabe women are among those whose businesses are being featured in a high-profile space.
An initiative to highlight some Indigenous small business owners was created inside Real Sports Apparel, located at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. The project, dubbed The Indigenous Playmaker Marketplace presented by Mastercard, was created in conjunction with the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Indigenous Celebration Game, held on Jan. 10.
Four First Nations businesses were offered spots inside the marketplace. Besides Jan. 10, the spot will also be open from Jan. 13-15 and Jan. 19-21.
