Scan Canada

Case Study

Scan Canada is an app I designed that lets people scan products and instantly check if they’re made in Canada. The idea was to create something quick, easy, and fun to use while also helping shoppers support local businesses. I focused on keeping the design modern and clean with bold Canadian branding so the app feels trustworthy and simple.
Scan Canada is an app I designed that lets people scan products and instantly check if they’re made in Canada. The idea was to create something quick, easy, and fun to use while also helping shoppers support local businesses. I focused on keeping the design modern and clean with bold Canadian branding so the app feels trustworthy and simple.

Multiple smartphones displaying the Scan Canada app with a red Canadian maple leaf logo, scanning screen, and product information screens.

Emma Walton

App Design

Local Shopping, Made Simple

The main challenge was building a mobile experience that made identifying Canadian-made products effortless. Many shoppers want to buy local but struggle to interpret labels or verify sourcing quickly. I focused on refining colour, hierarchy, and layout to make scanning as simple as opening the camera and receiving a clear product breakdown, ingredients, sourcing, branding, and certification, within seconds.

Sequence of five grayscale mobile app screens demonstrating a shopping app for Canadian products, including login, main menu, product details, shopping list, and checkout process.
Hand-drawn sketch of a mobile app interface for a liquor product called 'Crown Royal'. The sketch depicts four main screens: Home, Scan, Product details, and List. The Home screen has options for scanning, listing, exploring, and account. The Scan screen shows a large bottle illustration with the brand name. The Product screen provides details like origin, ingredients, and more. The List screen organizes categories such as grocery, hardware, clothes, and alcohol, with specific items like pasta, tomato, wine, beer, and chips.
Hand-drawn sketches of a mobile app interface with five screens labeled 'Search,' 'Scan,' 'Details,' 'Shopping,' and 'Favorites,' featuring product icons, lists, and navigation menus.

Canadian Identity, Instant Results

The final design includes polished screens for login, the home dashboard, scanning, product details, and saved lists. Built in Figma, each layout uses strong reds, clean structure, and friendly visual cues. Multiple variations were tested to ensure progress bars and percentages were easy to read at a glance. The result is an app that feels quick, rewarding, and proudly Canadian helping shoppers make informed choices with confidence.

Screenshots of a grocery shopping app flow, including loading, login, home, scanning a milk bottle, viewing product details, and managing shopping lists, all with a Canadian theme.