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Q for Quinn

Canadian-owned · made in Europe · based in Ontario

Toronto family-owned maker of GOTS-certified organic cotton and merino socks, underwear, bralettes, tanks, and activewear for sensitive skin; socks knit in Portugal, underwear in India, activewear in Peru.

Toronto, ON CA · www.qforquinn.com

70.7

Q for Quinn Inc. is a small Toronto company founded in 2018 by Melita Cyril that sells GOTS-certified organic cotton and merino socks, underwear, and basics for people with sensitive skin. Corporations Canada lists it as an active federal corporation with the founder holding more than 75 percent of the shares, so ownership is Canadian, but nothing is made here: socks are knit in Portugal, underwear in India, and activewear in Peru from cotton grown in Turkey, India, and Peru and Australian merino milled in Italy. It sells direct on its Shopify store and through Well.ca and a set of unnamed boutique stockists.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 verified

CA 100%

Corporations Canada lists Q for Quinn Inc. as an active CBCA corporation, number 1181097-9, incorporated 2020-01-01 with a registered office in Toronto and directors Melita Cyril and Nigel Bastiampillai. Its individuals with significant control register, confirmed 2026-03-03, names Melita Cyril of Toronto as the sole individual with significant control, holding more than 75 percent of the shares. The vendor describes itself as a small family-owned business, and The CANADA List and madeinca.ca both record it as Canadian owned.

Manufacturing

38.0 reported

EU 60% · other 40%

The vendor states that its socks and tights are knitted at a family-owned facility in Guimarães, Portugal, its undergarments are knit and sewn in Tirupur, India, and its activewear is made in Peru. Socks are the founding and largest product line, so the split leans to Portugal; the share is an estimate by product line count, not a published revenue figure. The CANADA List records Portugal and madeinca.ca records India, each covering one line.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The registered office and the address in the terms of service are both in Toronto, and the founder and both directors give Toronto addresses in the federal registry. The shipping page names a Buffalo, New York warehouse for US and international orders alongside one in Mississauga, but a small family business of this size almost certainly uses third-party fulfilment there rather than its own staff, so no US share is assigned. The careers page lists no roles and no headcount was found.

Inputs

28.5 reported

CA 5% · EU 15% · other 80%

The vendor states that the cotton for its socks comes from GOTS-certified farms in Turkey, the cotton for its undergarments from farms in Gujarat and Telangana, India, the cotton for its activewear from Peru, and the merino from RWS-certified farms in Australia milled in Italy before knitting in Portugal. The EU share covers Italian wool milling and Portuguese dyeing and trims, and the small Canadian share is the Shopify storefront; the split is an estimate since no material cost breakdown is published.

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