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Canada Goose

US-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Toronto maker of premium down parkas and outerwear, most of it sewn in its own Canadian factories, majority controlled by Bain Capital and listed on the TSX and NYSE, sold direct and through retailers.

Toronto, ON CA · www.canadagoose.com

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Canada Goose Holdings Inc. is a Toronto outerwear maker listed on the TSX and NYSE under GOOS. Bain Capital, a Boston private equity firm, holds about 55.5% of the combined voting power through multiple voting shares, with Dani Reiss and his family holding most of the rest. The company makes nearly all of its down-filled parkas in seven of its own Canadian factories plus one in Romania, and sells direct and through retailers.

Switch: Bain Capital Investors, LLC of Boston indirectly holds about 55.5% of the combined voting power through multiple voting shares, giving one US private equity firm majority voting control of the company despite the Toronto headquarters and Canadian manufacturing base.

Factors

Ownership

19.6 verified

CA 37% · other 3% · US 60%

Canada Goose Holdings Inc. is a British Columbia corporation dual-listed on the TSX and NYSE (GOOS). Its fiscal 2025 20-F states the company is controlled by Bain Capital, a Boston private equity firm, which indirectly holds about 60.5% of the multiple voting shares and about 55.5% of the combined voting power. Dani Reiss, through DTR LLC, holds the remaining multiple voting shares plus a subordinate voting stake, about 36.5% of combined voting power. The small remainder is allocated across known US institutional holders (FMR, Morgan Stanley, MFS, PCM, Ameriprise, all named in the filing) and an unidentified public float, per the method's controlling-shareholder allocation for public companies. Bain Capital being American, not the founder family, drives most of the US share.

Manufacturing

86.9 verified

CA 75% · EU 23% · other 2%

The fiscal 2025 20-F states nearly all down-filled outerwear is made in Canada, with over 90% of it sewn directly in the company's own facilities: eight Canada Goose manufacturing facilities as of March 30, 2025, seven of them in Canada (including the Baffin footwear line) and one in Romania acquired with Paola Confectii in 2023. International partners, mostly in Europe, make the wind wear, rainwear, knitwear, accessories, and footwear lines. The filing gives the unit distribution across owned and contract manufacturers directly: North America about 75%, Europe about 23%, and Asia about 2%; North America here is effectively Canada, since none of the company's owned facilities or named domestic contract manufacturers are outside it.

People

76.6 inferred

CA 72% · EU 10% · other 10% · US 8%

Headquarters is in Toronto (Floor 22, 100 Queens Quay East). The 20-F breaks the company's 3,942 fiscal 2025 employees into Canadian manufacturing (2,235, verified as Canada), selling and retail (1,103), and corporate head offices (604), without a country split for the latter two. The company leases seven offices (one each in Canada, Switzerland, the UK, Japan, and France, plus two in Greater China) and 74 retail stores in 13 markets, with revenue concentrated in North America and Greater China. The CA share reflects the manufacturing headcount plus the Toronto head office and Canadian stores; the EU, US, and OTHER shares are an estimate of retail and corporate staff in the company's other main markets, since no country-level employee breakdown is published for those functions.

Inputs

34.5 inferred

CA 15% · EU 25% · other 50% · US 10%

The 20-F says the company's down, polyester, nylon, and blend fabrics come from a small number of third-party suppliers sourced globally, without naming countries of origin, and that preferred fibers and materials are prioritized in domestic production. No registry or filing gives a country split for raw materials, so this mix is an estimate: some domestic sourcing for the Canadian-made down-filled line, a meaningful European share reflecting the Romania facility and European manufacturing partners, and the largest share allocated to OTHER given how concentrated global down, technical fabric, and trim supply chains are in Asia.

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