> I am planning to build my first Kayak and looking for Canadian providers
> of plans and/or kits. With the current exchange rate, I simply cannot use
> a US supplier.

You are right, the low Canadian dollar has certainly changed prices drastically.

Here are some Canadian plan/kit sources:

Bear Mountain Boat Shop in Peterborough, ON. http://www.ptbo.igs.net/~bearmountain/build.htm

Green Valley Boat Works in Kichener, ON http://www.greenval.com/index.html

Canadian Canoes Online in Mississauga, ON http://www.orbonline.net/~cancanoe/

Thanks to several helpful builders on this bulletin board you can also find Canadian sources of strips or okoume in answer to my posting from September 10.

Good luck,

John