Anthem
Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario
Mississauga, Ontario audio brand of Paradigm Electronics Inc. making A/V receivers, processors, and amplifiers, with the Statement and STR amplifier and preamplifier lines made in Canada, the MRX/AVM receivers and MDX multi-room line built abroad, and sales direct online and through dealers.
Mississauga, ON CA · www.anthemav.com
Anthem is the A/V receiver, processor, and amplifier brand of Paradigm Electronics Inc., based at 205 Annagem Boulevard in Mississauga, Ontario, with an engineering facility in Ottawa staffed partly by former National Research Council of Canada researchers. Corporations Canada's individuals with significant control register shows co-founder Scott Bagby holding more than 75 percent of Paradigm's shares indirectly since 2019-05-10. The Statement and STR amplifier and preamplifier lines are made in Canada, while the MRX/AVM receivers and MDX multi-room line, about half the current catalogue by product count, are built abroad, and everything sells direct online plus through dealers.
Factors
Ownership
100.0 verifiedCA 100%
Anthem is legally Paradigm Electronics Inc., which the site's own terms and conditions confirm owns and operates AnthemAV.com. Corporations Canada's individuals with significant control register lists co-founder Scott Bagby of Mississauga, Ontario as the sole individual with significant control, holding more than 75 percent of Paradigm's shares indirectly since 2019-05-10, and Paradigm's own history page names him a co-founder of the company in 1982.
- Federal corporation information - 432083-2 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada - Corporations - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada registry “This individual holds: More than 75% of the shares Start date (YYYY-MM-DD): 2019-05-10”
- AnthemAV® | High-Performance Amplifiers, Receivers & Processors vendor_statement “This website and its contents are owned and operated by Paradigm Electronics Inc.”
- Paradigm® | Paradigm's History vendor_statement “That's when co-founders Jerry VanderMarel and Scott Bagby decided to, eh-hem, change the prevailing industry paradigm.”
Manufacturing
60.0 reportedCA 50% · other 50%
The vendor states that most products are manufactured in Canada, with the MRX/AVM series and MDX series built abroad. Checking each current product page's country-of-origin flag confirms this split roughly in half by product line: 9 of 18 current models are marked made in Canada (the Statement and STR amplifier, integrated amplifier, and preamplifier lines) and 9 are not (the AVM processors, MRX receivers, and MDX multi-room line). The vendor does not name the country for the abroad-built lines, so that share is assumed to fall outside Canada, the US, and the EU.
- AnthemAV® | High-Performance Amplifiers, Receivers & Processors vendor_statement “Many of our products are manufactured in Canada, with the exception of the MRX/AVM Series and MDX Series, which are built to our exacting standards abroad.”
- AnthemAV® | High-Performance Amplifiers, Receivers & Processors vendor_statement
- AnthemAV® | High-Performance Amplifiers, Receivers & Processors vendor_statement
- AnthemAV® | High-Performance Amplifiers, Receivers & Processors vendor_statement
- AnthemAV® | High-Performance Amplifiers, Receivers & Processors vendor_statement
People
100.0 verifiedCA 100%
Both the registered office on file with Corporations Canada and the site's own contact footer place Anthem/Paradigm at 205 Annagem Boulevard in Mississauga, Ontario, and the careers page states that engineering happens at a facility in Ottawa staffed partly by former National Research Council of Canada researchers. No staff location outside Canada is disclosed anywhere on the site.
- Federal corporation information - 432083-2 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada - Corporations - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada registry “Registered office address 205 ANNAGEM BOULEVARD MISSISSAUGA ON L5T 2V1 Canada”
- AnthemAV® | High-Performance Amplifiers, Receivers & Processors vendor_statement “205 Annagem Blvd, Mississauga, ON L5T 2V1”
- AnthemAV® | High-Performance Amplifiers, Receivers & Processors vendor_statement “The revolutionary work at Anthem is all due to the dedicated research and development at our engineering facility in Ottawa, Canada, the driving force behind our brand.”
- AnthemAV® | High-Performance Amplifiers, Receivers & Processors vendor_statement “Many of our engineers come from the National Research Council of Canada, bringing world-class expertise in audio and acoustics.”
Inputs
20.5 inferredCA 10% · other 75% · US 15%
The vendor does not disclose where circuit boards, chips, or DACs are sourced. Product pages show CNC-machined aluminum faceplates and surface-mount PCB assembly happening in Canada for the domestically made lines, but the underlying electronic components are not addressed and are assumed to follow the global consumer electronics supply chain centred in Asia. The storefront runs on BigCommerce, a US ecommerce platform, so a small US share is added for that dependency; this split is an estimate.
- AnthemAV® | High-Performance Amplifiers, Receivers & Processors vendor_statement “STR Integrated faceplate manufacturing process in Canada”
- AnthemAV® | High-Performance Amplifiers, Receivers & Processors vendor_statement “© 2026 AnthemAV – Powered by BigCommerce”
Where to buy
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