Coghlan's
Canadian-owned · made overseas · based in Manitoba
Winnipeg family-owned camping accessories brand founded in 1959 by Norm Coghlan, making camp kitchen, lighting, and survival gear largely through overseas suppliers with some Winnipeg-made items.
Winnipeg, MB CA · coghlans.com
Private, family-owned Winnipeg camp gear maker in business since 1959, still run by Coghlan and Stevens family members. Most of its roughly 450 SKUs are produced by third-party suppliers in Asia, with a Canadian corroborating directory noting some items made in Canada; no US or other foreign ownership stake was found.
Factors
Ownership
100.0 reportedCA 100%
Coghlan's own careers page describes it as "a family-owned and operated camping accessory brand" headquartered in Winnipeg, and its Wikipedia entry (press-grade, corroborating only) names founder Norm Coghlan and current family leadership (CEO Rob Coghlan, President Jeff Stevens, COO Jill Stevens) with no outside investor mentioned. A Corporations Canada federal search for "Coghlan's" returned zero results, consistent with a provincial (Manitoba) incorporation rather than a federal or foreign one; the Manitoba Companies Office was not checked, since it is not on the confirmed-reachable fetch list.
- Careers - Coghlan's · the vendor's own site “a family-owned and operated camping accessory brand”
- Coghlan's - Wikipedia · press “Family-owned company... led by CEO Rob Coghlan, President Jeff Stevens, and COO Jill Stevens.”
- Search for a Federal Corporation - Corporations Canada · registry record “0 results were found, 0 returned.”
- Coghlan's Ltd. Bill S-211 - 2026 Report · filing “I, Jeff Stevens, President of Coghlan's Ltd., confirm that the submitted report is accurate...”
Manufacturing
36.0 reportedCA 20% · other 80%
Coghlan's Bill S-211 forced/child labour report states its main labour risk sits with "third-party suppliers in higher-risk geographical regions" and describes third-party BSCI social-compliance audits typical of Asian factories, without naming countries directly. The CANADA List directory corroborates a China/Canada manufacturing split, noting the company is "Canadian-owned, but many products (e.g., coils) are manufactured abroad; some items are made in Canada." The exact 80/20 split is this reviewer's estimate from that description, not a published figure.
- Coghlan's Ltd. Bill S-211 - 2026 Report · filing “our most significant risk of forced and child labor arises from our third-party suppliers in higher-risk geographical regions”
- The CANADA List · directory “Canadian-owned, but many products (e.g., coils) are manufactured abroad. Some items are made in Canada.”
- Our Materials - Coghlan's · the vendor's own site “we've successfully built partnerships with suppliers that can produce products for us using post-consumer recycled plastic”
People
100.0 reportedCA 100%
Coghlan's careers page names only its Winnipeg headquarters and describes "a small yet mighty team" with no other office or distribution site mentioned, so this single-site business is scored 100% Canadian for people. Wikipedia notes Coghlan's acquired McNett (Bellingham, WA) in 2015, but that business trades under the separate GearAid brand and is out of scope for this Coghlan's-branded card.
- Careers - Coghlan's · the vendor's own site “121 Irene St. Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 4C7, Canada”
- Coghlan's - Wikipedia · press “In 2015, Coghlan's acquired McNett... now marketed under the GearAid brand.”
Inputs
32.0 inferredCA 15% · other 85%
No page named a country of origin for materials; the materials page describes recycled and post-industrial plastic and wheat-straw bio-fill sourced from unnamed supplier partnerships. Since Coghlan's plastic and metal camp gear is manufactured mostly through the same overseas third-party suppliers described in the S-211 report, inputs are assumed to track the manufacturing split rather than being sourced separately.
- Our Materials - Coghlan's · the vendor's own site “Beginning in 2022, Coghlan's developed certain plastic products incorporating wheat straw bio-fill to reduce virgin plastic usage.”
Where to buy
- Direct · coghlans.com 70.6
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- Amazon.ca · Amazon.ca 52.9
- US retailer · Walmart 42.4