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ICEKIT is an Ontario company with one job: to make being prepared simple, honest and normal for Canadian households.
Why we started
ICE stands for "in case of emergency": the phrase on the contact in your phone and the sign beside the fire extinguisher. It is a quiet, practical idea. You set something up once, and it is there on the day you need it.
Most emergency kits on the market do not live up to that idea. Some are a backpack of the cheapest possible items with an impressive piece count. Others are sold with fear and promise protection from things no product can deliver. In between, a careful buyer is left reading the fine print to work out how much water and food is really inside.
We built ICEKIT to be the kit we would want to find in a relative's front hall. It follows the guidance that public agencies publish, it tells you exactly what is inside and what is not, and it is designed for the emergencies that actually happen in this country: ice storms, long outages, wildfire smoke, floods and the occasional order to leave.
How we work
Start from the official list
Every kit begins with the Government of Canada's emergency kit list and public health guidance on water, food and air. We cite our sources on the page so you can check them.
Say what it does not do
Every product page has a section listing its limits. If a go-bag carries 1.5 L of water and not six, we say so. If a respirator does not stop carbon monoxide, we say so.
Count in real units
Kilocalories per person per day. Litres. Watt-hours. Kilograms on your back. Not "servings", not "pieces", not "up to".
Build for here
Canadian emergencies are mostly cold, dark and wet. Our kits use lithium batteries that work at −30 °C, water pouches that survive freezing, and warmth that burns no fuel.
Calm, not fear
We do not sell with countdown clocks or collapse scenarios. Being prepared is an ordinary, sensible thing, like owning a smoke alarm.
Free knowledge
Our checklist and guides are free and written to be useful without buying anything. If you would rather build your own kit, we will show you how.
What we are not
We are an independent retailer. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by the Government of Canada, any provincial agency, the Canadian Red Cross, the Wikimedia Foundation or any other organisation whose guidance or content we reference. When we cite them, it is so you can read the source yourself.
Have a question or a correction? We want to hear it: get in touch.
Ships from Ontario, Canada, anywhere in Canada.
Quantities, calories and litres on every product page.
Send back anything unopened for a refund.
Payments handled by Square. Prices in CAD.
Not sure which kit you need?
Tell us who you are preparing for, how long, and what worries you. We will build the kit in three questions.