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Michaud Toys

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Jarvis, Ontario family workshop handcrafting wooden board games, travel games, and jewelry boxes from domestic hardwoods since 1984, sold direct online and from its showroom.

Jarvis, ON CA · michaudtoys.org

97.5

Michaud Toys is a family business that started in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan in 1984 and has operated from Jarvis, Ontario since 1994, now run by founder Marc Michaud and his brother Réal. Its wooden board games and boxes are handcrafted at the Jarvis site mainly from Canadian hard maple, walnut, and cherry, with Baltic birch plywood used as a secondary material in many board games. The company sells direct online and from its Jarvis showroom, is not shipping to the U.S. at present because of tariffs, and no federal corporate registration or acquisition turned up, consistent with an unincorporated family business.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor's about us page and madeinca.ca both describe Michaud Toys as a family-owned and operated business now run by founder Marc Michaud and his brother Réal, with no outside investor or parent company mentioned anywhere. A Corporations Canada search for Michaud returned no federal corporation matching Michaud Toys, consistent with an unincorporated family business, and the Ontario Business Registry's name search could not be completed by automated fetch since it requires an interactive session.

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor's home page states it is proudly Canadian made with four generations of Canadian craftsmanship, and its about us page describes the family relocating to Jarvis, Ontario in 1994 where a team of skilled craftspeople still hand-crafts the games today. No product page or directory listing mentions manufacturing outside Canada.

  • Michaud Toys vendor_statement “We are proudly Canadian Made With four generations of Canadian craftsmanship behind us”
  • About Us – Michaud Toys vendor_statement “As fourth-generation woodworkers, they lead a dedicated team of skilled craftspeople”

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Michaud Toys operates from a single address at 41 Talbot St. East in Jarvis, Ontario, which houses its showroom, and its about us page describes a small family team joined by a dedicated group of craftspeople there. No other location, remote office, or outside staff was found.

Inputs

83.5 inferred

CA 70% · EU 25% · other 5%

Most product pages state the item is crafted from Canadian hard maple, Canadian walnut, or cherry, and madeinca.ca corroborates that the vendor only uses domestic hardwoods. Roughly half of the board games, including Twelve Countdown and Euchre Box, pair Canadian hard maple with Baltic birch plywood for the board surface, a material not produced in Canada, and a handful of small accessories such as the cribbage pins and score pad do not name a wood species at all, so the split is an estimate.

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