ergoCentric
Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario
Mississauga, Ontario maker of ergonomic office chairs and height-adjustable desks, founded in 1990 and still led by founder Terry Cassaday, assembled mainly at its own Mississauga plant with a secondary assembly plant in Missouri, and sold through its own store and Canadian and US dealers.
Mississauga, ON CA · www.ergocentric.com
ergoCentric Inc. is a Mississauga, Ontario manufacturer of ergonomic task chairs and height-adjustable desks, started in 1990 and still run by founder and CEO Terry Cassaday. The company calls itself 100 percent Canadian owned, designs, upholsters, and assembles its seating and desks at Canadian plants, with a secondary assembly plant in St. Louis, Missouri, and says some components, such as its desk-lift actuators, are necessarily sourced internationally. It sells direct through its own Canadian and US stores and through dealers including Staples Canada, Ugoburo, Grand & Toy, and Human Solution.
Factors
Ownership
100.0 reportedCA 100%
The vendor's own site calls ergoCentric Inc. a 100 percent Canadian-owned company, and a 2026 press release names Terry Cassaday, who founded the company in 1990, as its current Founder and CEO, with no mention of outside investors or a parent company anywhere on the site. Corporations Canada's federal registry search and the Ontario Business Registry could not be queried through automated tools in this session, so ownership rests on the vendor's own statements rather than a registry filing.
- Made in Canada since 1990 – ergoCentric vendor_statement “ergoCentric Inc. is a 100% Canadian-owned company that has been designing and manufacturing ergonomic seating solutions since its founding in Canada in 1990.”
- ergoCentric’s Founder and CEO Terry Cassaday Elected to BIFMA Board of Directors – ergoCentric vendor_statement “ergoCentric’s Founder and CEO Terry Cassaday Elected to BIFMA Board of Directors”
- About – ergoCentric vendor_statement “ergoCentric Inc. was started in 1990 to manufacture ergonomic chairs for factory use.”
Manufacturing
80.5 reportedCA 85% · US 15%
The vendor states its task chairs, desks, and storage solutions are designed, upholstered, and assembled in Canada at two Canadian manufacturing facilities, meeting Canada Border Services Agency country-of-origin rules, and separately states its head office and primary manufacturing facilities are in Mississauga with an additional assembly plant in St. Louis, Missouri. With no revenue or unit split published between the two plants, the Canada-heavy split is an estimate that treats Mississauga as the primary site and Missouri as a smaller secondary one.
- Made in Canada since 1990 – ergoCentric vendor_statement “Designed, upholstered, and assembled in Canada, our high-performance seating is custom-built and shipped within 10 days or less.”
- Careers – ergoCentric vendor_statement “ergoCentric’s head office and primary manufacturing facilities are located in Mississauga, ON, Canada with an assembly plant in St. Louis, Missouri.”
People
80.5 reportedCA 85% · US 15%
The vendor states it employs 180 Canadian staff directly and supports an estimated 750 further Canadian jobs through suppliers and logistics partners, with its head office and most showrooms in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and Nova Scotia. It also lists a St. Louis, Missouri office and showroom and describes its engineering, manufacturing, sales, and administrative teams as spanning North America, so a smaller US-based share is estimated since no country-level headcount split is published.
- Made in Canada since 1990 – ergoCentric vendor_statement “Beyond our team of 180 Canadian employees, we support an estimated 750 Canadian jobs through our network of suppliers, logistics partners, and service providers.”
- Careers – ergoCentric vendor_statement “Our diverse engineering, manufacturing, sales, and administrative teams across North America believe everyone should be comfortable and healthy at work.”
- Showrooms – ergoCentric vendor_statement “St. Louis 2079 Congressional Dr St. Louis, MO 63146”
Inputs
40.5 inferredCA 30% · EU 5% · other 55% · US 10%
The vendor says only that some components are necessarily sourced internationally without naming countries, but a 2015 press release confirms its upCentric height-adjustable desks use linear actuators and control systems from TiMOTION, a company headquartered in Taiwan with manufacturing in mainland China. With no breakdown given for steel, foam, or mesh inputs, the mix assumes a majority-foreign component share built around the confirmed desk-actuator sourcing, and is an estimate rather than a measured split.
- Made in Canada since 1990 – ergoCentric vendor_statement “While some components are necessarily sourced internationally, every part is rigorously tested to meet the highest standards”
- ergoCentric Announces Exclusive Partnership for Affordable Height Adjustable Tables – ergoCentric vendor_statement “TiMOTION, the designer and manufacturer of high-quality linear actuators and integrated control systems, has selected ergoCentric Seating Systems (ergoCentric) ... as its exclusive Canadian partner for height adjustable tables.”
- Contact | TiMOTION other “10F., No.100, Minquan Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City, 231023, Taiwan”
Where to buy
- Direct 81.3
- Direct 81.3
- Canadian retailer · Staples Canada 73.2
- Canadian retailer · Ugoburo 73.2
- Canadian retailer · Grand & Toy 73.2
- US retailer · Human Solution 48.8
Found via
- madeinca.ca 2026-09-07