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Abong

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Guelph, Ontario maker of wooden mechanical model kits, automata, and the Pegs and Jokers board game, manufactured in its own workshop and sold direct, on Amazon, and on Etsy.

Guelph, ON CA · abong.com

90.5

Abong Inc. is a small, family-run manufacturer in Guelph, Ontario, making wooden mechanical model kits, automata, and the Pegs and Jokers board game in its own workshop. The vendor and two Ontario-made directories describe it as Canadian owned and Ontario manufactured, though no corporate registry filing was found to verify ownership directly. It sells direct from its own site and through Amazon and Etsy.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor's own site describes ABONG Inc. as a Canadian company, and madeincanadadirectory.ca lists it as Canadian owned and operated. No filing was found under this name in Corporations Canada's federal registry, and the Ontario Business Registry's public search tool requires an exact corporation number rather than a name search, so no registry record could confirm a controlling shareholder. The mix rests on these vendor and directory statements.

Manufacturing

92.0 reported

CA 90% · other 10%

The vendor states directly that it manufactures all of its products locally without the use of lead, and Support Ontario Made, a directory of Ontario manufacturers, lists Abong's mechanical wooden clock kit as proudly made in Ontario. Wood automata, clocks, and siege engine kits make up most of the catalogue; the Pegs and Jokers board game's cribbage pegs and storage bag are not addressed on any page found, so a small share is left unassigned to Canada.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Abong operates from a single site in Guelph, Ontario, and describes building its kits in its own workshop there. Two directories give different street addresses for that site, 109 Flaherty Drive and 5-775 Woodlawn Road West, but agree on the city, postal code, and that it is the company's only location, and no second site or remote team was found.

Inputs

52.5 inferred

CA 50% · other 35% · US 15%

The vendor does not disclose where its hardwood and cabinet grade plywood are sourced. Cabinet grade plywood of the kind described is often imported Baltic birch or other non-Canadian hardwood plywood rather than Canadian-milled lumber, so materials are estimated as split across Canada and elsewhere; the online store itself runs on Shopify, a Canadian platform. No vendor or directory statement addresses sourcing, so this split is a rough estimate.

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