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Dristex

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Quebec

Moisture-wicking merino, bamboo, and alpaca socks for health, sport, work, and kids, knit in Quebec.

Saint-Hubert, QC CA · www.dristex.com

89.9

Dristex Inc. is a small federally incorporated sock knitter in Saint-Hubert, Quebec, owned and run by founder Daniel Drisdelle, that makes its own socks in Quebec and sells them direct and on Amazon.ca. Yarn origin is not disclosed, and the fibre blends it uses are mostly imported.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 verified

CA 100%

Corporations Canada lists Dristex Inc. (1185661-8) as an active CBCA corporation with its registered office in Saint-Hubert, Quebec, and Daniel Drisdelle of Carignan, Quebec, as sole director and the only individual with significant control, holding more than 75% of the shares directly. The register also flags two consecutive annual filings as overdue. The Quebec enterprise register could not be reached today.

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor describes itself as one of the last sock manufacturers in Quebec with its own production unit, every product page says designed and manufactured in Quebec, and its Amazon.ca listing declares Canada as country of origin with the Saint-Hubert address as manufacturer. No third party has inspected the plant, so this rests on the vendor's own statements.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Head office and production are at 3330 2nd Street in Saint-Hubert, Quebec, with a second office in Innisfail, Alberta, and the site says the socks are made by expert local workers. Headcount is not published; a single-site knitter of this size is treated as entirely Canadian.

  • NOUS JOINDRE | DRISTEX vendor_statement “Head Office 3330 2nd Street, Suite 70 Saint-Hubert, Quebec Canada, J3Y 8Y7”

Inputs

32.5 inferred

CA 20% · EU 5% · other 65% · US 10%

Fibre content is published (merino wool, bamboo, organic cotton, nylon, acrylic, spandex, alpaca) but yarn origin is not. Merino, bamboo viscose, and cotton yarns are almost always imported from Asia or Australia, nylon and spandex from the US or Asia, and only the alpaca line, sold to Canadian alpaca breeders, is plausibly Canadian fibre, so this split is an estimate. The storefront runs on Wix.

  • 365*DIABETIC - 2 PAIRS - TD-7140 | DRISTEX vendor_statement “Fiber content: 25% Merino wool for its softness and warmth, 32% Bamboo for its antimicrobial properties, 15% Organic cotton for its softness and durability, 22% Nylon for its strength and flexibility, 2% Spandex for its elasticity. 6% Acrylic”
  • ÉCOLOGIE | DRISTEX vendor_statement “We use mostly natural fibers like bamboo, organic cotton, wool and alpaca wool etc.”

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