Ecojot
Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario
Toronto family business making designer journals, planners, and sketchbooks from 100% post-consumer recycled paper, manufactured entirely at its own Toronto facility.
Toronto, ON CA · ecojot.com
Ecojot is a Toronto family business founded in 2007 by siblings Mark and Carolyn Gavin, making designer journals and planners from 100% post-consumer recycled paper sourced from a Quebec mill and manufactured entirely at its own Toronto facility.
Factors
Ownership
100.0 reportedCA 100%
Ecojot's own about page describes it as a family business founded in 2007 by siblings Mark and Carolyn Gavin, with Carolyn's husband Derek also involved, and names no outside investor or parent. Corporations Canada's federal registry returned zero results for Ecojot, which usually means the entity is registered provincially in Ontario; that provincial registry could not be checked directly.
- ABOUT US – ecojotstore · the vendor's own site “Ecojot was established in 2007 by siblings Mark and Carolyn Gavin.”
- Corporations Canada - Search for a Federal Corporation · registry record “0 results were found, 0 returned.”
Manufacturing
100.0 reportedCA 100%
The vendor's home page states products are all made in Canada, and its about page says Derek Gavin runs production in-house; no other manufacturing site is mentioned anywhere on the site.
- Ecojot – Carolyn Gavin designed journals. All made in Canada – ecojotstore · the vendor's own site “All made in Canada”
- ABOUT US – ecojotstore · the vendor's own site “Derek, Carolyn's husband, runs production.”
People
100.0 reportedCA 100%
Ecojot is a single-site, family-run operation headquartered and producing in Toronto; the vendor's own pages describe no offices or staff outside Canada.
- ABOUT US – ecojotstore · the vendor's own site “Carolyn is the principal designer and creative director. Mark handles sales and marketing. Derek, Carolyn's husband, runs production.”
Inputs
74.0 reportedCA 80% · US 20%
Ecojot's about page says its paper comes entirely from old waste paper at the Cascades mill in Quebec, a named Canadian mill, but boards are sourced from unspecified 'suppliers across North America.' The mix estimates a majority Canadian share for the primary material (paper) with the remainder allocated to the US for the unspecified board sourcing; the exact split is not published.
- ABOUT US – ecojotstore · the vendor's own site “Paper comes entirely from old waste paper in the award-winning Cascades mill in Quebec, Canada.”
Where to buy
- Direct · ecojot.com 96.1
- Other marketplace · Paperchase 76.9
- Other marketplace · Uncommon Goods 76.9
- Other marketplace · Faire (wholesale) 76.9
- US retailer · Barnes & Noble 57.7
- US retailer · Paper Source 57.7
Found via
- web search (brief-named brand) 2026-09-13