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Puzzle Lab

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in British Columbia

Victoria, BC maker of wooden jigsaw puzzles laser-cut from locally sourced MDF in its own downtown studio, operated by Robazzo Design Studio Ltd. and sold direct online and from its Government Street store.

Victoria, BC CA · puzzlelab.com

98.8

Puzzle Lab makes wooden jigsaw puzzles in Victoria, BC, laser-cut in its own downtown studio from locally sourced MDF. The business is operated by Robazzo Design Studio Ltd., a BC company registered since 2018 that began doing business as Puzzle Lab in October 2024, founded and run by Tinka Robev and Andrew Azzopardi. It sells direct online and from its Government Street retail store, with no third-party retailer confirmed.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

BC's OrgBook registry shows the trade name Puzzle Lab is owned by Robazzo Design Studio Ltd., a BC company incorporated in 2018 and still active, which matches the vendor's own account of founders Tinka Robev and Andrew Azzopardi starting Studio Robazzo in Victoria in 2014. BC's registry does not disclose individual shareholders the way the federal ISC register does, and no acquisition, parent, or outside investor turned up in searches, so this rests on the vendor's founder narrative plus the registry's confirmation of a Canadian private company.

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor states every puzzle is laser-cut in-house at its downtown Victoria, BC studio and micro-factory, with no mention of any outside contractor or second production site.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Single-site business: the vendor lists only its Victoria, BC headquarters and its Government Street retail store, and BC's registry confirms the operating company's home jurisdiction as BC. No other office or staff location was found.

Inputs

92.0 reported

CA 90% · other 10%

The vendor states its puzzles are cut from MDF made from sawdust left over from other BC wood industries, and that no plastic is used in the product or packaging; the storefront also runs on Shopify, a Canadian platform. The origin of the laser-cutting equipment and any printing inks is not stated, so a small share is left as an estimate for those unverified inputs.

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