Outset Media

Corporations Canada's individuals with significant control register lists founder David Manga and Joy Marie Manga, both of Victoria, BC, as the only two individuals with significant control, each jointly owning, controlling, or directing at least 25 and up to 50 percent of the shares, with Manga's interest dated to the company's 1996 incorporation. The vendor describes itself as a passionate, privately held company, and no acquisition, parent, or outside investor turned up in searches.

• Federal corporation information - 322492-9 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada - Corporations - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada registry “Owns, controls or directs 25% or more of shares”
• Company Story — Outset Media vendor_statement “Outset Media is a passionate, privately held company”

Outset says it designs and manufactures its own board games, card games, and puzzles in-house without naming factories, while crafts, toys, and books in its catalogue are third-party brands it only distributes rather than manufactures. Wikipedia describes the flagship Cobble Hill Puzzles line as manufactured entirely in the United States, while Cobble Hill's own site claims only that its puzzles are made in North America, leaving room for some Canadian production; the 2024 acquisition of British manufacturer Cheatwell Games adds a small UK share, and the remainder of Outset's own game lines could not be pinned to a country, so the split is an estimate.

• Company Story — Outset Media vendor_statement “We specialize in designing and manufacturing board games, card games, and puzzles”
• Cobble Hill History — USA Cobble Hill Puzzles vendor_statement “quality puzzles manufactured in North America”
• Outset Media - Wikipedia other
• Outset Media Corp acquires Cheatwell Games - Toy World Magazine | The business magazine with a passion for toysToy World Magazine | The business magazine with a passion for toys press

The vendor's company story page places its sales, administrative, and creative team at its Victoria, BC headquarters, alongside a network of outside U.S. sales reps and two warehouses, a 70,000 square foot facility in Brampton, Ontario open since 2016 and a 110,000 square foot facility acquired in Albion, Michigan in 2024. Trade press on the 2024 Cheatwell Games acquisition reports that all of Cheatwell's staff at its Colchester, England warehouse remained employed, adding a smaller UK headcount; the split across sites is an estimate since Outset does not publish employee counts by location.

• Company Story — Outset Media vendor_statement “our 70,000-square-foot facility in Brampton, Ontario, and our 2024 acquired warehouse in Albion, Michigan”
• Federal corporation information - 322492-9 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada - Corporations - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada registry “106 - 4226 COMMERCE CIRCLE VICTORIA BC”
• Outset Media Corp acquires Cheatwell Games - Toy World Magazine | The business magazine with a passion for toysToy World Magazine | The business magazine with a passion for toys press

Neither Outset nor Cobble Hill discloses where puzzle board, linen paper, or game components are sourced; with puzzle manufacturing concentrated in the United States, materials are assumed to be largely US-sourced too, and components for game lines not confirmed as US-made are assumed to follow typical overseas sourcing, an estimate. Both outsetmedia.com and cobblehillpuzzles.ca run on Shopify, a Canadian platform, a minor Canadian input, and Cheatwell's UK operations add a small European share.

• Cobble Hill Thrill — Cobble Hill Puzzles vendor_statement “quality thick blue board”
• Jack Pine — Outset Media other “Shopify.shop = "outset-media.myshopify.com"”