Think you're a Canadian patriot through and through, eh? You probably have nothing on Darren Barefoot.

Barefoot, a Vancouver web marketer, has embarked on a year-long quest to use -- and consume -- only Canadian-made products. Forget sushi, Apple stock and Hollywood films. Hello poutine, Research in Motion shares and Paul Gross.

For all of 2011, the 36-year-old will be living as Canadian as possible and documenting the experience on his website.

"I like the idea because it's kind of a trick to make myself think about everything I consume," Barefoot told CTV.ca. "My wife and I sometimes track our expenses for a month and you get hypersensitive to exactly where your money goes . . . and this project works kind of the same."

But Barefoot is not quite going cold-turkey Canadian. Just like in a pickup hockey game, there are few rules.

For starters, he's split 2011 into 12 different categories, one for each month, and will add each type of category to his strictly Canadian consumption cumulatively. He's starting January with household goods -- basically all cleaning and bathroom supplies -- and in February will be adding clothing.

As a web-based entrepreneur, he's saving Internet for December, because he suspects it will be the toughest month.

"I work online and the web is a big part of my life," he said. "I haven't worked out the rules, but whatever they are, they are going to be hard."

Food will be another interesting one.

He doesn't consider himself a "foodie" or a "locavore" but he figures the process will be time-intensive when it starts in August.

Friends and family are interested in making a Canadian-only meal for him, Barefoot says, but probably just once, and suspects he will be catering his own snacks to holiday season parties.

Just a few weeks into the project, Barefoot is already encountering some of the limitations to a strictly Canadian-living diet.

He's worked out three levels of Canadian-product excellence -- there's "designed in Canada," "manufactured in Canada" and the gold standard, "entirely sourced in Canada."

"The goal for this month is to find all those household goods which are gold medals. I've been working hard on toilet paper but I could only get it to a silver level," he said. "I am going to suffer for sure but actually the point is to discover normal pragmatic solutions that normal people would undertake."

His wife and business partner, Julie Szabo, will be "enjoying" the project – to an extent.

"She's absolutely on board in spirit but not entirely practically speaking," Barefoot said. "She's definitely supportive but I don't think she wants to be involved in the day-to-day minutia of the project."

Barefoot also hopes the project can shine a light on some of the lesser known Canadian products.

"I think there are some small undiscovered markets for things that are totally sourced in Canada which appeals to people," he said.

The idea is partially based on "stunt journalism" books such as Lawrence Scanlan's "My Year of Living Generously" or A.J. Jacobs "My year of Living Biblically," and Barefoot plans to publish his own book based on his experiences in 2012.

Oh, and if anyone knows where to find some Canadian-made shaving cream, Barefoot would love to know.