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BRAVA

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Quebec

Women's triathlon, cycling, running and swim apparel manufactured at the founders' own sewing factory in Sainte-Justine, Quebec, from Italian fabrics, sold direct.

Sainte-Justine, QC CA · bravaendurance.ca

BRAVA is a founder-owned women's endurance apparel brand run from Sainte-Justine, Quebec, manufacturing triathlon, cycling, running and swim gear at the founders' own Confection Katvin sewing factory since 2019 from imported Italian fabrics, sold only through its own site. No stockist, retailer, or grocery channel exists; a Quebec provincial registry check to confirm the legal entity behind BRAVA and Confection Katvin could not be completed because the Registraire des entreprises du Québec is not fetchable.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor's About page names Catherine and Vincent as co-owners of the Confection Katvin sewing factory that has manufactured BRAVA's clothing since 2019, with no mention of outside investors. Corporations Canada's federal registry returns no matching entity for BRAVA or Confection Katvin, consistent with a small Quebec provincial business rather than a federal one; the Registraire des entreprises du Québec, the registry that would confirm this directly, is bot-walled and could not be fetched, so the ownership structure rests on the vendor's own statement.

  • About us – BRAVA · the vendor's own site “Outdoor lovers, parents of two young children and co-owners of the Confection Katvin sewing factory located in Sainte-Justine in Etchemins, where Brava endurance clothing has been manufactured since 2019.”
  • Federal corporation search: BRAVA · registry record “Corporate name: BRAVA — results returned were unrelated entities (Brava Advertisement Inc., Brava Automotive Inc., Brava Flooring Inc., Brava Lingerie Inc., and others), none based in Quebec or in apparel.”
  • Federal corporation search: Confection Katvin · registry record “No corporate results returned for Confection Katvin.”

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor states on its home and sustainability pages that products are made in Quebec, and its About page names the specific factory: Confection Katvin in Sainte-Justine, co-owned by the founders, which has sewn BRAVA's clothing since 2019. No other manufacturing site is mentioned anywhere on the site.

  • Women's Endurance Apparel | BRAVA · the vendor's own site “Made in Québec, Canada with sustainable Italian fabrics”
  • About us – BRAVA · the vendor's own site “co-owners of the Confection Katvin sewing factory located in Sainte-Justine in Etchemins, where Brava endurance clothing has been manufactured since 2019.”

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The only location the vendor names for its team is Sainte-Justine, Quebec, where the founders, the sewing factory, and named team members (a designer and a brand strategist) are based; no other office, studio, or contractor location is mentioned and no careers page exists to check further.

  • About us – BRAVA · the vendor's own site “Outdoor lovers, parents of two young children and co-owners of the Confection Katvin sewing factory located in Sainte-Justine in Etchemins.”

Inputs

50.0 reported

EU 100%

Every page that mentions material sourcing, the homepage banner and the sustainability page, describes the fabrics as Italian, with over 60% containing recycled fibres (recycled polyester and regenerated nylon) from OEKO-TEX-certified suppliers. No Canadian or other-country fabric source is mentioned anywhere on the site, so the mix is fully EU.

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