Duray
Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Quebec
Princeville, Quebec family sock knitter, legally Tricots Duval & Raymond ltée, making lamb's wool, merino, alpaca, and Canadian wool work and outdoor socks at its own two mills since 1939. Sold direct, through Canadian outdoor and workwear retailers such as Sail and Latulippe, and on Amazon.ca.
Princeville, QC CA · duray.com
Duray is the sock brand of Tricots Duval & Raymond ltée, a Quebec corporation in Princeville that describes itself as a family business in its third generation, knitting since 1939. The company says every stage from carding raw wool to hand inspection happens at its two Princeville mills, and that its wool comes mainly from New Zealand, Australia, and South America, with some from Canada. Sold direct within Canada, through Canadian outdoor and workwear retailers, and on Amazon.ca.
Factors
Ownership
100.0 reportedCA 100%
The terms of service name the operator as Tricots Duval & Raymond ltée and the legal notice says it is constituted under Quebec law with enterprise number 1143222850, while the about page calls it a family business passed down three generations. Corporations Canada returns no federal corporation under Duray or Duval & Raymond, consistent with a provincial company, and the Registraire des entreprises du Québec could not be reached today, so the shareholders remain unverified.
- Conditions d'utilisation – Duray vendor_statement “Tricots Duval & Raymond ltée”
- Mentions légales – Duray vendor_statement “constituted and registered in accordance with the laws of the province of Quebec in Canada”
- À propos – Duray vendor_statement “Duray, c'est une entreprise familiale, une fierté locale, une histoire de passion de plus de 85 ans. Notre produit, l'authentique bas de laine, découle d'un savoir-faire qui s'est transmis depuis trois générations.”
- Search for a Federal Corporation registry “Corporate name: duval & raymond 0 results were found, 0 returned.”
Manufacturing
100.0 reportedCA 100%
The about page states that all socks are produced entirely in Canada at the company's two plants in Princeville, Quebec, with employees handling every step from carding raw wool to hand inspection. madeinca.ca corroborates the Princeville mills; no third party audit of the plants was found.
- À propos – Duray vendor_statement “Nous nous faisons un point d'honneur de produire entièrement nos bas au Canada, à nos deux usines de Princeville, au Québec.”
- À propos – Duray vendor_statement “Nos employés s'occupent de tous les aspects de la production, en commençant par le cardage de la laine brute jusqu'à l'inspection à la main du produit final.”
- Best Sock Brands in Canada | Made in CA directory “made to a high standard at their unionised facilities”
People
100.0 reportedCA 100%
Head office and both mills are at 11 rue Saint-Jacques Ouest in Princeville, Quebec, and the company describes its production employees as working there. No careers page or headcount was found, and LinkedIn was not reachable, so the concentration is taken from the vendor's own pages.
- Duray - Bas de laine faits au Québec vendor_statement “On garde les Canadiens au chaud depuis 1939”
- Mentions légales – Duray vendor_statement “constituted and registered in accordance with the laws of the province of Quebec in Canada”
Inputs
40.0 reportedCA 25% · other 75%
The company's fibre page says its wools come mainly from New Zealand, Australia, and South America, with some from Canada, and four product lines are knit from Canadian wool. The 25/75 split is an estimate from the product line count, since no purchase shares are published, and the origin of the nylon and polypropylene blended into most socks is not disclosed.
- Détails sur les fibres utilisées vendor_statement “Les différents types de laine que nous utilisons proviennent de plusieurs endroits du monde, particulièrement de la Nouvelle-Zélande, d'Australie, d'Amérique du Sud, mais aussi du Canada.”
- Bas Canada vendor_statement “70% Laine canadienne, 30% Nylon”
Where to buy
- Direct 91.0
- Canadian retailer · Sail 81.9
- Canadian retailer · Latulippe 81.9
- Canadian retailer · Apple Saddlery 81.9
- Canadian retailer · VLCR 81.9
- Amazon.ca · Amazon.ca 68.3
Found via
- madeinca.ca 2026-09-13