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Purple Moose Sock Company

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

London, Ontario sock shop, founded around 2014, whose own Actually Made in Canada collection is knit in small batches in Ontario on mid-1900s Komet and Hemphill Banner machines. Also resells Darn Tough (made in Vermont) and other sock brands while clearing that stock, and sells online direct, shipping within Canada only.

London, ON CA · purplemoosesocks.ca

84.0

Purple Moose Sock Company is a small Canadian owned and operated sock business in London, Ontario, about twelve years old, whose own Actually Made in Canada collection is knit in small batches in Ontario on vintage belt-driven machines. It still resells Darn Tough socks made in Vermont and a handful of other brands while moving to an all Canadian-made range, and sells direct online with shipping within Canada only. No registry record was reachable, so ownership rests on the vendor's own statement corroborated by two directories.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor describes itself as a Canadian owned and operated small business in London, Ontario, and both madeinca.ca and Ontario Made list it as a Canadian owned London manufacturer. Corporations Canada returns no federal corporation for purple moose, so the entity is most likely an Ontario registration or sole proprietorship; the Ontario Business Registry could not be checked and the legal entity name is not published on the site.

Manufacturing

68.5 reported

CA 70% · other 15% · US 15%

The vendor's own collection is knit in small batches in Ontario on mid-1900s Komet and Hemphill Banner machines, and its Single Word Socks and Sockologist lines on newer 200 needle machines in Canada; product pages list Country of Origin: Canada. The store also resells Darn Tough socks made in Vermont plus Shoc Joc, ModSocks, Good Luck Socks and others, some of which madeinca.ca notes are not made in Canada, described as available while they last. No revenue split is published, so the 0.7 Canadian share with the remainder split between US-made Darn Tough and offshore-made resale brands is an estimate.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

A single-site small business in London, Ontario, per the Ontario Made listing and madeinca.ca, with production in Ontario and shipping within Canada only. No employee count is published; the site does not name a legal address, so the London location comes from the directories.

Inputs

56.5 inferred

CA 55% · other 30% · US 15%

Wool socks use a blend sourced from a mill in Quebec, described as yarn processed and sourced from Canada, and the newer lines use Oeko-Tex certified organic cotton of unstated origin. Cotton is not grown in Canada, so the raw fibre in the cotton, nylon and spandex blends is imported even where the yarn is spun here; resold Darn Tough inventory carries US inputs. The storefront runs on the Ecwid platform. The split is an estimate.

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