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Crown Cap

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Manitoba

Winnipeg hat and headwear manufacturer founded in 1934, family-owned since a 1987 buyout by the Leinburd family. Makes caps, toques, fur and shearling hats, scarves, and gloves at its own Winnipeg factory, alongside imported cap, vest, and bag lines.

Winnipeg, MB CA · crowncap.com

Winnipeg hat manufacturer founded in 1934, family-owned since a 1987 buyout and now run by the second generation of the Leinburd family. About 59% of its current catalogue is tagged made in Canada at the Winnipeg factory; most of the remainder is explicitly labelled made in China, with smaller runs from Vietnam and Turkey.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor's own about page says Crown Cap is Canadian-owned and -operated and family-run, with Paul Leinburd having acquired it in 1987 and the business now in its second generation of family ownership. A Federal Corporations Canada search for "Crown Cap" returned zero results, so it is likely a Manitoba provincial corporation; that provincial registry could not be checked. A directory profile found by search names the entity Crown Cap (1987) Ltd, consistent with the 1987 acquisition, but that page itself could not be fetched (blocked).

Manufacturing

68.0 reported

CA 60% · other 40%

Crown Cap's own product catalog (592 active listings) tags 348 items (59%) Made in Canada, made at its Winnipeg factory; most of the rest carry an explicit Made in China label (159 items), with smaller numbers from Vietnam (5) and Turkey (4), and 74 items with no origin statement. The FAQ page confirms the head office, manufacturing facility, and warehouse are all in Winnipeg, and separately says only "Canadian-made styles" are CUSMA tariff-free, implying other styles are not Canadian-made. China, Vietnam, and Turkey are all counted under OTHER; the mix rounds the catalog split rather than reflecting revenue by unit, which was not available.

  • Crown Cap product catalog (products.json) · the vendor's own site “Shell: 80% Polyester, 20% Cotton Lining: 100% Polyester Quilted Made in China (Limited Edition Finds-Digital Camo Aviator); "Made in Canada" tag on 348 of 592 products.”
  • FAQ – Crown Cap · the vendor's own site “Our head office, manufacturing facility, and warehouse are located at 1130 Wall Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. ... All our Canadian-made styles are tariff-free under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).”

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Crown Cap's FAQ and Contact pages give a single address, 1130 Wall Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, for the head office, manufacturing facility, and warehouse alike; no other office or plant location was found anywhere on the site.

  • FAQ – Crown Cap · the vendor's own site “Our head office, manufacturing facility, and warehouse are located at 1130 Wall Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.”
  • Contact · the vendor's own site “1130 Wall Street Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 2R9”

Inputs

37.0 inferred

CA 20% · EU 20% · other 50% · US 10%

No page names where raw materials (wool, felt, fur, leather) are sourced from. This mix is an estimate: it assumes Canadian-made styles draw on a mix of North American and European wool felt and hat bodies typical of the trade, and that imported finished lines (mostly from China) also carry materials sourced in Asia. Could not verify actual material sourcing for either group.

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