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Nobis

Canadian-owned · made overseas · based in Ontario

Markham, Ontario luxury outerwear brand founded in 2007, controlled by its Canadian founders, designing parkas and jackets in Canada with Canadian-origin down fill, manufactured overseas, and sold direct online and through Canadian retailers.

Markham, ON CA · nobis.com

65.9

Nobis Inc. is a federally incorporated luxury outerwear company registered in Markham, Ontario since 2007 and controlled by its two Canadian founders. Jackets and parkas are designed in Canada and use Canadian-origin down fill, but final manufacturing is not disclosed on the vendor's site and a directory profile lists it as overseas. The brand sells direct online and through the Canadian retailers Sporting Life and Altitude Sports, and it did not turn up on any US department store site searched.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 verified

CA 100%

Corporations Canada shows Nobis Inc. as a Canada Business Corporations Act company incorporated 2007-01-15, registered at 55 Renfrew Drive, Unit 100, Markham, Ontario. Its individuals with significant control are Kevin Ho Tung Au-Yeung and Norman Ho Yee Au-Yeung, both with an address for service at that same Markham office, and no parent company, public listing, or outside investor turned up in searches. A madeinca.ca directory profile also calls the brand Canadian owned.

Manufacturing

20.0 inferred

other 100%

Nobis's sourcing and engineering pages detail fabric and down certifications but never state where garments are cut and sewn, and no product page or policy page found names a factory or country of manufacture. A madeinca.ca directory profile lists the brand's manufacturing as overseas, consistent with most Canadian luxury outerwear brands other than Canada Goose, so full manufacturing outside CA/EU/US is an estimate rather than a confirmed split.

People

88.0 inferred

CA 85% · other 15%

The registered office and both individuals with significant control are in Markham, Ontario, and the company's contact page lists only that Markham address for customer service. Nobis also operates its own branded stores in Chengdu, Shanghai, and Beijing, China, shown on its store locator, so some retail staff are likely based there; without disclosed headcounts the split is an estimate weighted toward the Canadian head office.

Inputs

48.5 inferred

CA 35% · EU 10% · other 50% · US 5%

Down fill, a major cost input for parkas, is stated as 100 percent Canadian origin, and coyote fur trim is described as North American wild fur. Fabric and membrane suppliers named on the engineering page include Sympatex (Germany) and HeiQ (Switzerland), both EU under this scheme, with PrimaLoft synthetic insulation from the US; the recycled and virgin polyester and nylon shells and trims are not attributed to a country and are assumed to follow the overseas manufacturing base. The overall split is an estimate blending these vendor-stated components.

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