Hoyden Shoes

The vendor's About page names Melinda B. as founder and madeinca.ca describes Hoyden as a woman-owned company, with no mention of investors, a parent company, or an acquisition anywhere on the site or in coverage found. Quebec's Registraire des entreprises returns a bot-check wall to automated requests, so the ownership stake could not be verified against a registry filing; the full legal name and exact ownership share are reported by the vendor and directory only, not confirmed.

• Our Story vendor_statement “Conceived in Montreal traffic in 2018, it took over a year for our founder, Melinda B., to fastidiously bring Hoyden to the world.”
• Best Shoe Brands in Canada | Made in CA directory “Woman-owned company”
• Just a moment... registry

The vendor states on its homepage, About, and Manufacturing pages that every shoe is handcrafted in Spain by production partners chosen for menswear-shoemaking experience, with no Canadian or other manufacturing site mentioned anywhere on the site. madeinca.ca corroborates production in Spain.

• Manufacturing vendor_statement “All our shoes are then handcrafted in Spain.”
• Our Story vendor_statement “Every meticulously designed shoe is handcrafted in Spain with the butteriest leather by the most amazing craftsmen.”
• Best Shoe Brands in Canada | Made in CA directory “the footwear is designed by the company's founder, and the shoes are then produced in Spain”

The only location the vendor discloses for its own team is Montreal, where the founder designs the collection; the Spanish workers who cut and stitch the shoes are contract manufacturing partners, counted under manufacturing rather than as Hoyden staff. No other office, warehouse, or design location is mentioned, consistent with a single-site small business.

• Our Story vendor_statement “Designed in Montreal, handcrafted in Spain.”
• Manufacturing vendor_statement “conceived and designed in Montreal by our founder Melinda B”

The vendor's Manufacturing page states the leather it uses is manufactured in Spain and that hardware such as buckles, studs, and laces are all made in Europe, with no Canadian or other material source mentioned. The storefront is Hoyden's own site rather than a third-party marketplace, so there is no platform dependence to note.

• Manufacturing vendor_statement “All of the leather we use is also manufactured in Spain. Embellishments, such as buckles, studs and laces, are all made in Europe.”