{"id":4274,"date":"2025-07-08T16:39:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T16:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landart.rt5.ca\/vegane-style-vie\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:39:34","slug":"vegane-style-vie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landart.rt5.ca\/en\/vegane-style-vie\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Vegetarian, Plant-Based, and Vegan Diets Are on the Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ariane Bilodeau, Copywriter\/editor, and health & food blogger<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

When I began my transition to a plant-based diet and a vegan lifestyle, I was lucky enough to be surrounded by many people who already avoided meat or animal products altogether. I was also mentored by Marie-No\u00ebl Gingras, blogger and author of a guide focused on cruelty-free cosmetics. There are now so many cookbooks and blogs that offer a wide range of tasty recipes. It\u2019s hard to feel complement lost with all these resources available to us!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Statistics Canada does not collect data on the number of vegetarians or vegans in Canada. However, the proportion of people who buy (or boycott) a product for ethical reasons is deemed to be on the rise, and there has been a decrease in commercial sales of dairy products and meat<\/span><\/a> (especially red meat) for the last couple of years. Pure coincidence?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

A considerable number of celebrities around the world are open about being vegetarian. There are also those&mdashlike Pamela Anderson, Nathalie Portman, Alicia Silverstone, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Jason Mraz, to name just a few&mdashwho are acknowledged vegans or who advocate against practices such as fur farming or animal testing. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

And Quebec is no exception! Our province has a significant number of confirmed vegans, including: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n