Dad's Printing Spotlights In-House Custom Apparel Printing This Summer

As summer arrives across Canada in June 2026, Dad's Printing is drawing attention to the way it produces custom apparel and promotional products entirely in-house.

The company runs screen printing, direct-to-garment, direct-to-film, dye sublimation, embroidery, and vinyl printing under its own roof, giving customers a single source for the kind of branded clothing and gear that fills the calendar during the warmer months.

With production facilities in Vancouver and Toronto, the business serves clients from coast to coast and keeps the entire process within Canada.

Summer is one of the busiest stretches of the year for anyone ordering custom clothing.

Sports leagues organise rosters for the new season, festivals and community events hand out branded merchandise, family reunions and weddings call for matching shirts, and companies prepare apparel for trade shows, golf days, and staff outings.

Dad's Printing has built its model around meeting that demand without sending work to outside vendors, which is the difference that shapes turnaround, consistency, and accountability on every job.

Every Printing Method Handled In-House

The company offers six core decorating methods, each suited to a different need.

Screen printing remains the standard for larger runs and starts at a minimum of twelve pieces, with per-colour setup applied to that method.

Direct-to-garment and direct-to-film printing carry no minimum, which makes them practical for single items, small batches, or designs with many colours.

Dye sublimation, sometimes described as all-over print, allows graphics to cover an entire garment.

Embroidery adds a stitched finish often chosen for hats, polos, and workwear, and vinyl printing rounds out the options for names, numbers, and bold lettering.

Because all of these methods sit in the same facilities, Dad's Printing can match the right technique to each order rather than forcing a single approach.

A customer ordering a handful of shirts can use direct-to-garment for full detail, while a league ordering dozens of matching pieces can move to screen printing for cost efficiency at volume.

Setup fees are waived for direct-to-garment, direct-to-film, embroidery, and sublimation, so customers only encounter per-colour setup on screen printing runs.

From T-Shirts to Team Jerseys

Custom T-Shirt Printing sits at the centre of what the company produces.

Shirts are a year-round staple, and summer pushes the volume higher as event organisers, small businesses, schools, and community groups order them in quantity.

Beyond shirts, Dad's Printing produces tote bags and a wide range of promotional products, including socks, notebooks, pens, scarves, bandanas, water bottles, mugs, towels, and blankets.

That breadth lets a single customer outfit an event with matching clothing and giveaway items from one supplier.

Team sport is a large part of the picture.

The company makes custom jerseys for hockey, football, soccer, baseball, basketball, and softball, covering most of the organised sport that Canadians take part in through the year.

As summer leagues fill out their schedules and fall hockey preparations begin, demand for fitted, numbered, and named kit climbs.

The company's custom hockey jerseys reflect the place the sport holds in Canada, where club, beer-league, and tournament teams all need gear that holds up to regular use.

Producing these jerseys in-house means names, numbers, crests, and sponsor logos are applied consistently across a full roster.

A Canadian Operation Built for Accountability

Dad's Printing describes its production as one hundred per cent Canadian and conducted in-house.

The company was established in 2016 and reports printing more than 200,000 garments each year for over 5,000 clients across the country.

Those figures point to a steady operation rather than a reseller that passes work along to third parties.

When a printer controls its own equipment and staff, it can stand behind quality and timing in a way that outsourced models often cannot.

The ordering process is built around clarity before anything goes to print.

Every order receives a digital proof, so customers see exactly how a design will sit on the chosen product before production begins.

The company also offers design assistance with light edits included, which helps customers who arrive with a rough idea rather than a finished file.

This matters in summer, when timelines are tight and a clear proof can prevent costly mistakes ahead of a fixed event date.

Turnaround That Fits a Busy Season

Most orders ship within three to ten business days after proof approval, with screen printing requiring a longer window and direct-to-garment and direct-to-film moving faster.

Rush service is available for customers working against a deadline.

Nationwide Canadian shipping is offered, and international shipping is available on request.

For event organisers planning summer tournaments, festivals, and corporate days, the combination of in-house production, clear proofs, and a defined shipping window gives a realistic basis for planning rather than guesswork.

Summer also tends to expose the weaknesses of slower supply chains.

Garments ordered late, proofs that arrive without enough time to review, and decorating methods that do not match the design all create problems when an event date cannot move.

Keeping every step in-house allows Dad's Printing to manage these pressures directly, adjusting the method, the schedule, or the rush option to suit the job in front of it.

Serving a Broad Range of Customers

The company's customer base spans sports teams, schools, small and large businesses, community groups, and individuals ordering for personal occasions.

A youth soccer club might order a full set of numbered shirts, a brewery might order branded tees and tote bags for a market, and a family might order matching shirts for a reunion.

The same facilities and the same methods cover all of these, which is what allows one supplier to handle very different orders without changing hands.

Promotional products extend that reach further.

A business preparing for a summer trade show can pair printed shirts with branded water bottles, notebooks, and pens, building a coordinated set of materials from a single order.

For organisations that want their branding to travel beyond a single event, items such as mugs, towels, and blankets carry a logo well past the day it was handed out.

Looking Ahead Through the Season

With the summer of 2026 now under way, Dad's Printing continues to focus on the same foundation it has built since 2016, which is keeping custom apparel and promotional product printing within Canada and within its own facilities.

That focus shapes the experience for customers ordering everything from a dozen event shirts to a full roster of team jerseys.

As leagues, businesses, and communities move through their busiest months, the company's in-house model is positioned to handle the range of work the season brings.

Customers who want to explore the full set of products, decorating methods, and ordering options can learn more on the Dad's Printing website at https://www.dadsprinting.com/t-shirt-printing-canada/, where each service and product category is described in detail along with the process for requesting a proof.

About Dad's Printing

Dad's Printing is a Canadian custom apparel and promotional products company that handles every decorating method in-house, including screen printing, direct-to-garment, direct-to-film, dye sublimation, embroidery, and vinyl printing.

Established in 2016, it operates production facilities in Vancouver and Toronto and serves sports teams, schools, businesses, community groups, and individuals across the country.

Its range spans custom t-shirts, team jerseys, tote bags, and a broad selection of promotional products.

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