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Pajar

Canadian-owned · made overseas · based in Quebec

Montreal family footwear brand founded in 1963 by the Golbert family, handmaking its heritage boots at its Montreal factory and a Tuscan workshop while most of its range is made in Portugal, Turkey, and China, sold direct and through Canadian retailers.

Montreal, QC CA · ca.pajar.com

71.6

Pajar is a Montreal footwear brand founded in 1963 by Paul Golbert and now controlled by his son Jacques and grandchildren Michel and David, who together hold significant control of Pajar Distribution Ltd. under Corporations Canada's ownership register. Its Pajar Montreal 1963 heritage boots and Quintessenza collection are handmade at the family's Montreal factory and a Tuscan workshop, while sneakers, sandals, and most of the wider range are made in Portugal, Turkey, and China. Pajar sells direct from its own site and through Canadian footwear retailers such as Browns Shoes.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 verified

CA 100%

Corporations Canada's individuals with significant control register for the active Pajar Distribution Ltd. / Pajar Distribution Ltee, formed by a February 2025 amalgamation of the prior Pajar Distribution Ltd. and Pajar Europe Ltd., lists three individuals with significant control, Jacques, Michel, and David Golbert, each holding at least 25 and up to 50 percent of the shares indirectly, all with a Montreal address for service. The related Pajar Holdings Inc. filing names the same three Golberts as directors at Hampstead, Quebec addresses, and the vendor's own history page credits founder Paul Golbert and describes the brand as run today by his descendants, with no acquisition, parent, or outside investor found in searches.

Manufacturing

38.5 reported

CA 10% · EU 35% · other 55%

The vendor states its Pajar Montreal 1963 boots are handcrafted at its Montreal factory and its Quintessenza collection is crafted in a century-old Tuscan workshop, while sneakers and sandals are made in Portugal, Turkey, and China, and it describes the rest of its range as made globally rather than at home. Made in CA corroborates a Montreal, Quebec location for select styles with the remainder made overseas, so this split is an estimate weighted toward that stated overseas majority.

People

100.0 verified

CA 100%

Corporations Canada lists Pajar Distribution Ltd.'s registered office at 4509 Coloniale Avenue in Montreal, matching the vendor's account of its factory on that same corner since 1973, and all three Golbert directors list Montreal-area addresses. No other office, studio, or warehouse is disclosed on the site; the only other physical location listed is the company's own outlet store in Mirabel, Quebec.

Inputs

33.5 inferred

EU 45% · other 55%

The vendor says its leathers and shearling skins are brought from all over the world, that its Pajar Montreal 1963 boots use premium Italian leathers, and that its Saga-certified fur comes from European fur farms, giving Europe a meaningful stated share of inputs. No Canadian material sourcing is disclosed for footwear, and with most of the range made in Portugal, Turkey, and China, the remaining input share is assumed to follow that manufacturing footprint, so the split is an estimate.

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