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5 Vegan Lifestyle Influencers of 2022 in Canada

Written by Manisha | 15-Jul-2022 2:09:41 AM

The numbers of people adopting a vegan lifestyle has increased immensely in 2022. From trending vegan terms on social platforms to vegan foods recipes that celebrities shared made Veganism gain even more popularity. Many People adopt vegan lifestyle for ethical or environmental reasons and also may refrain from wearing or using clothing, soaps, and other items made of or containing animal products, like leather and fur. Some people embrace this way of life as a sustainable diet because it's good for the environment. According to research, adopting a vegan lifestyle can reduce the risk of developing diabetes, prevent cancer, and boost heart health.

Since 2016, Canadian Google searches for vegan lifestyle information have increased by 117%. Between 2018 and 2019, searches for vegan leather increased by 94%, and 2/3 of Canadian vegans are either Millennials or members of Generation Z. The trend of influencers turning vegan and sharing the vegan contents has also gained popularity over social platforms. Let’s talk about Top 5 vegan lifestyle influencers in Canada

Lauren Toyota

 

Canadian novelist and content creator Lauren Toyota. She first rose to fame as a television personality. She presently serves as the host of the Hot for Food YouTube channel and blog where she provides upscale dishes for vegan comfort food. She prepares vegan love and introduce the rapidly increasing lifestyle to food enthusiasts all over the world. Hot for Food is the top vegan lifestyle network on YouTube, on her YouTube channel, which has over 460,000 followers and over 38 million views since its start in February 2015, she frequently posts recipes for upscaling vegan lifestyle. She also shares her recipes on her blogs on www.hotforfoodblog.com

 

Two of Lauren Toyota's cookbooks have achieved bestseller status: Vegan Comfort Classics: 101 Recipes To Feed Your Face and Keep You Hungry For Food All Day: Quick Vegan Recipes To Level Up Your Meals. Lauren Toyota also received the title of Canada's Top Vegan Influencer, graced the covers of IMPACT Magazine, Now Magazine, and Chatelaine's issue on women who are transforming how you eat. She also represented Toronto vegans on the covers of these publications.

Emily von Euw

Three of Emily's cookbooks, the first of which was released when she was just 19 years old, are top sellers and she is an award-winning vegan food blogger. Emily, who enjoys the crisp mountain air and the year-round coniferous trees, said she eats plants because she cares for her body, the environment, and other living things. I want my body and mind to be nourished by food, for it to be symbiotic with the environment and to support the right to freedom and justice of all other people living on the planet. Obviously, she and her contents are motivating to start a vegan lifestyle to many millennials all over the world.

Jason Fonger

 

Jason Fonger is a renowned authority on veganism and plant-based eating. He is a passionate educator, popular social media content creator and elite level triathlete. He hosts The Vegan Champion Podcast and speaks to schools, colleges, universities and other groups about health and fitness. He answers many questions about the vegan lifestyle and its benefits on human life on tiktok and on his podcasts. He has 235.4K plus followers on Instagram and also highly active on Spotify and other social platforms. I bet you will get motivated to acquire a vegan lifestyle after you listen to his podcasts.

Matt Benfield

Matt and Omar are couples who are very popular on tiktok for their unique content to how Matt’s life has improved as a result of a very recent vegan conversion! He works hard to make his community and material as authentic as possible, and it shows! He frequently posts recommendations for new vegan dishes, eco-friendly lifestyle modifications, and glimpses into his personal life with boyfriend Omar. They also post video about ‘A Day in their life’ and trying out many vegan restaurants in Toronto. Even the conversion to vegan lifestyle is a recent one there are more engagements on his vegan contents are the level of interest people have for trying out vegan foods over meat based has changed a lot. As they have 1 million plus followers, they definitely have more impact on getting the attention of audiences over the vegan lifestyle.

Angela Liddon

Angela Liddon writes, photographs, and develops recipes for Oh She Glows, the web’s destination for healthy vegan recipes, which receives over six million page views a month. OhSheGlows.com, a plant-based cooking site with a focus on dishing up crowd-pleasing, approachable, and accessible recipes with slices of Angela's daily lif, the inspiring and creative mind behind it. There are more than 500 recipes on the blog. Her New York Times bestseller volumes, The Oh She Glows Cookbook and Oh She Glows Every Day, both contain her recipes in addition to a ton of mouthwatering images. More than 100,000 people have downloaded her recipe app. She also holds a Master of Science in social-personality psychology and delights in assisting people in achieving health and happiness through a plant-based diet. Her recipes and food posts on Instagram are so tempting that you can’t resist without giving it a try.

 

Over to you!

With the increase number of people turning vegan and trying out vegan lifestyle has increased a lot. The number of blogs and contents we see about the vegan foods and its health benefits has also expanded. People are turning vegan for multiple reasons and most of them are because of the health benefits that one can achieve with vegan lifestyle. Hence, One of the most visible way to see the changes on the lifestyle in today’s world has a lot to do with the influencers that we follow.