Kootenay Sock Company

The about page describes a father-daughter duo, Robyn Phelan of Castlegar, BC and Sean Gallant of Okotoks, Alberta, who created the brand in 2022, and BCBusiness repeats the same founders. The terms of service name only Kootenay Sock Company with no incorporated entity, and Corporations Canada returned zero results for both Kootenay Sock and Motley Woollens, so this is a provincial business whose BC or Alberta registration, and any investor, could not be checked this session.

• About Kootenay Sock Company vendor_statement “We are a father-daughter duo who understands it’s hard to enjoy the outdoors with cold feet.”
• Terms of service – Kootenay Sock Company vendor_statement “This website is operated by Kootenay Sock Company.”
• Inventory: 6 B.C. brands creating cozy, snow-ready winter wear press “Father-daughter duo Robyn Phelan and Sean Gallant started making their cozy creations in 2005 with a sock machine in the family garage.”
• Corporations Canada federal corporation search: Kootenay Sock registry “0 results were found, 0 returned.”

The about page says Sean Gallant of Motley Woollens manufactures each sock from start to finish on the Motley site in Okotoks, Alberta, every product page carries a made in Canada badge, and the Motley Woollens site describes itself as a family-owned sock mill based in Okotoks. The CANADA List entry for Motley socks corroborates Canadian manufacturing but is directory-grade only.

• About Kootenay Sock Company vendor_statement “he is devoted to having all production done on the Motley site in Okotoks, Alberta”
• 'Adventure' Crew Midweight Sock - Kootenay Sock Company vendor_statement “MADE IN CANADA”
• Motley Woollens | Merino Wool Socks Made In Canada vendor_statement “Motley Woollens is a family-owned sock mill, manufacturing socks in Canada for the past 20 years”
• The CANADA List directory “Handcrafted socks made in Canada with local wool.”

The brand is run from Castlegar, BC, where the refund policy gives a Highway 3A return address and the pick-up point is in nearby Tarrys, and the knitting is done by the founder's father in Okotoks, Alberta. It is a two-person family operation with no careers page, so no headcount exists to check.

• Refund policy – Kootenay Sock Company vendor_statement “2041 Highway 3A, Castlegar, BC, V1N 4N1”
• About Kootenay Sock Company vendor_statement “Robyn Phelan has lived in Castlegar, BC, with her husband and two boys, for the past decade.”

The home page says the socks use 100 percent RWS-certified merino wool sourced from Ontario, and the mill says it sources raw materials from Canadian spinning mills, so the yarn is Canadian-spun. Neither names the spinning mill or the farm origin of the merino fleece, which is usually imported, and the 15 percent nylon and 3 percent spandex are unsourced, so the split is an estimate. The storefront runs on Shopify, a Canadian platform.

• Kootenay Sock Company | Merino Wool Socks | Made in Canada vendor_statement “Kootenay Socks uses 100% RWS-certified Merino wool, sourced from Ontario”
• 'Adventure' Crew Midweight Sock - Kootenay Sock Company vendor_statement “Materials: 82% Merino Wool, 15% Nylon, 3% spandex”
• Motley Woollens | Merino Wool Socks Made In Canada vendor_statement “We are committed to sourcing raw materials from Canadian spinning mills”