Kamik
Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Quebec
Montreal-area boot maker founded in 1898, manufacturing most footwear at its own Quebec factory with the rest made in the US, Europe, and Asia, sold direct and through Canadian retailers.
Lachine, QC CA · www.kamik.com
Kamik is the winter and rain boot brand of Kamik Canada Inc., formerly Genfoot Inc., founded on Montreal's South Shore in 1898. Its own 2025/2026 supply chain filing reports that only 34 percent of its footwear was manufactured outside its Canadian factory in 2025, with the rest made at facilities in the United States, Europe, and Asia, including audited contract factories in China. Corporations Canada's registry shows control passed in 2021 from the founding Cook family to two individuals with a Toronto address for service, though we could not confirm the acquiring firm's identity through press coverage. It sells direct and through Canadian retailers including SAIL and Sport Chek.
Factors
Ownership
100.0 verifiedCA 100%
Corporations Canada's individuals with significant control register for Kamik Canada Inc., the entity Genfoot Inc. amalgamated into on 2021-03-31, names two individuals holding control in fact without owning shares, both with an address for service at a Toronto office tower, effective from that same date. The amalgamation also replaced Genfoot's Cook family board with a new slate of directors. We could not confirm the acquiring firm's name through press coverage since search was unavailable, but the registry places control in Toronto, so ownership stays fully Canadian.
- Federal corporation information - 1288482-8 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada - Corporations - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada registry “Has control in fact over the corporation without owning any shares”
- Federal corporation information - 1107877-1 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada - Corporations - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada registry “Status: Inactive - Amalgamated into KAMIK CANADA INC. on 2021-03-31”
- Best Boot Brands in Canada | Made in CA directory “Family brand roots since the 1890s”
Manufacturing
68.9 verifiedCA 66% · EU 2% · other 23% · US 9%
Kamik Canada Inc.'s 2025/2026 report under Canada's Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, attested by its CEO and filed with the federal government, states that only 34 percent of its products were manufactured outside its Canadian facility in 2025, and that the company owns and operates manufacturing, warehousing, and office facilities in North America, Europe, and Asia, naming audited contract factories in China specifically. The filing does not break the 34 percent down by country, so we split it across the US, EU, and Asia using the company's careers page, which lists a Vermont, USA site and a Germany office alongside Montreal, weighted toward Asia given the filing's focus on Chinese factories; that sub-split is our estimate.
- KAMIK CANADA INC. 2025/2026 Report on Modern Slavery and Child Labour filing “In 2025, only 34% of Kamik products were manufactured outside its Canadian facility.”
- Bad Weather Boots - Kamik 1898-QC.CA vendor_statement “One of the last North American boot makers. 70% still made in Quebec, Canada.”
- Careers - Kamik 1898-QC.CA vendor_statement “Montreal, Quebec, Canada Milton,Vermont, USA Germany”
- Best Shoe Brands in Canada | Made in CA directory “Almost three-quarters of their footwear is made in Canada, with the rest made across the border in the US.”
People
72.4 reportedCA 70% · EU 8% · other 10% · US 12%
Kamik's careers page lists three job locations: Montreal, Quebec; Milton, Vermont; and Germany, and its 2025/2026 compliance report says the company owns and operates facilities, including offices, in North America, Europe, and Asia and employs more than 300 people worldwide. Corporations Canada places the registered office and board at Lachine, a Montreal borough, and the company's own site metadata reports 400 employees there, so we assume most staff sit at the Quebec head office and factory with smaller sites elsewhere; the country split beyond Canada is our estimate.
- Careers - Kamik 1898-QC.CA vendor_statement “Montreal, Quebec, Canada Milton,Vermont, USA Germany”
- KAMIK CANADA INC. 2025/2026 Report on Modern Slavery and Child Labour filing “We have more than 300 employees worldwide”
- Federal corporation information - 1288482-8 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada - Corporations - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada registry “Registered office address 1940 55th Ave. Lachine QC H8T 3H3 Canada”
Inputs
31.0 inferredCA 15% · EU 5% · other 75% · US 5%
Kamik does not disclose where its rubber, textiles, or other raw materials come from. Its boots are rubber-based and Canada has no natural or synthetic rubber production of its own, and its 2025/2026 compliance filing describes multiple audited contract factories in China, so we assume most raw material inputs originate outside Canada, in line with typical rubber footwear supply chains. Its online store runs on Shopify, a Canadian platform, which is a small offsetting factor. This mix is our estimate in the absence of any vendor statement on material sourcing.
- KAMIK CANADA INC. 2025/2026 Report on Modern Slavery and Child Labour filing “Detailed self-assessments were conducted at each factory in China manufacturing Kamik products.”
Where to buy
- Direct 74.8
- Canadian retailer · SAIL 67.3
- Canadian retailer · Sport Chek 67.3
Found via
- madeinca.ca 2026-09-07