Buyer FAQ

Registration and attendance are FREE to qualified buyers at the Alberta Gift + Home Market.

If you attended our 2023 and/or our 2024 show(s), you are automatically registered to attend our upcoming market and are only required to verify your profile information is current, such as mailing address, email, and phone number. Registration will commence in mid-November.

Once you’ve registered your company and it has been verified in our database, you will be sent an email confirmation to our show with a link for a print-at-home badge or a request for further information. Please note, it is mandatory to wear your badge on the show floor at all times.

If you did not receive an email, please contact us at registration@cangift.org

To register an employee to attend the Alberta Gift + Home Market once the online registration is open, please visit our REGISTRATION page by clicking here to Register to Attend, scroll down the page to the Click Here button, and click on the Get Login Link under Need to Log Back In? to receive your link to log into your profile. Please note, make sure to use the email address you created your profile with to log in. Reference numbers are no longer required.

If you did not receive an email confirmation, it could be one of the following:

• depending on your security settings, your confirmation may have ended up in your Spam/Junk folder rather than your Inbox or completely blocked by your firewall. Please make sure we are on your safe senders/whitelist.
• You may have created your profile with a different email address, or it may be incomplete/incorrect so please make sure the info we have is current by going to our website to the Register to Attend page, scroll down and choose the Click Here button, then the Need to Log Back In? option to Get Login Link to confirm your info is correct.
• Your registration is Pending and awaiting verification.

Please email registration@cangift.org to have your confirmation re-sent.

If you have been receiving our weekly informational eblasts, it will indicate if you are registered, otherwise you are provided with the link to register online.

You could also contact Registration via email at registration@cangift.org  or by phone at 800.750.1967.

If you attended the Alberta Gift + Home Market in 2023 or 2024 you are automatically registered to attend the 2025 show.

Again for this show, we are sending the link to your print at home badge directly to the email address we have on file.  Simply print the badge onto a standard 81/2” x 11” piece of white paper, follow the folding guidelines and bring your badge to the show.  Badge holders will be available as you enter the show and at the show office.

If you haven’t attended in a while, need to add new people to your account or are visiting for the first time please visit our REGISTRATION page for more information.

Yes, you can register onsite at the show.

Please have your completed registration form and supporting documentation with you, or on a mobile device, and visit our onsite registration desks.

We will then create an account for you.

Our registration desk can be found just outside of Hall H at the Edmonton Expo Centre.

As the owner of the company, you will need to provide the following:

• A completed Registration form.
• Company and Buyer identification:

1. Business license/Registration/Number (provincial/municipal)
2. A recent invoice (within six months) from industry manufacturers for goods purchased at wholesale quantity

If your Company is already registered with the Canadian Gift Association, then just one form of Buyer identification that shows your affiliation to the registered company is required such as a pay stub.

For more information, please email us at registration@cangift.org.

Other acceptable forms of identification include:

• Employee ID card, or company insurance card identifying applicant with personal information blocked out *
• Company credit card identifying applicant and company, with personal information blocked out *
• Copy of T-4 or W-2 form (must be imprinted, no handwritten forms are accepted) with personal information blocked out *
• Company cancelled payroll cheque copied on both sides, or a copy of a payroll printout*
  *i.e., Bank account numbers, SIN, personal address, personal phone or fax number.

Please note, digital versions are accepted.

Since this a trade-only event, all attendees must qualify to attend by providing business and personal ID.

It’s simple. At the Canadian Gift Association, protecting your business is our business! Exhibitors and visitors to our events make a substantial investment in the CanGift Markets. By asking you to provide documentation identifying you as a retailer, and not a member of the public, we are maintaining the integrity of your business while ensuring exhibitors meet their most important customer — you.

Two forms of acceptable identification must be submitted for each new Buyer – one form of Company, and one form of Buyer identification.

Company – Copy of a Business license/Registration/Number (provincial/municipal)

Buyer :

• Employee ID card, or company insurance card identifying applicant with personal information blocked out *
• Company credit card identifying applicant and company, with personal information blocked out *
• Copy of T-4 or W-2 form (must be imprinted, no handwritten forms are accepted) with personal information blocked out *
• Company cancelled payroll cheque copied on both sides, or a copy of a payroll printout.*

*i.e., Bank account numbers, SIN, personal address, personal phone or fax number.

Please note, digital versions are accepted.

If your Company is already registered with the Canadian Gift Association, then just one form of Buyer identification that shows your affiliation to the registered company is required.

Every business should keep records of their employees, whether full or part-time. You should be able to issue some official document confirming an individual’s employment. If you cannot provide any documentation, this person cannot be registered to attend the show.

No one under the age of 16 is permitted on the show floor. Special accommodations are made for babies under one year of age with a Release Indemnification Form available at Registration. Infants must be carried in a baby carrier or sling. Strollers for infants are not permitted on the show floor. Pets are not allowed. However, this does not apply to guide dogs or service animals. A guest with a disability accompanied by a guide dog or service animal will be allowed access.