First Threads

The vendor presents itself as founded and run by two Canadian parents, Kate and Kelly, with no parent company, investor or acquisition on record. Corporations Canada returned zero results for the name, so any incorporation is provincial; the Ontario Business Registry could not be searched from here and the legal entity name is not published on the site.

• our story – first threads · the vendor's own site “Kate came up with the idea for first threads and partnered up with her fellow parenting-friend Kelly”
• Corporations Canada federal corporation search · registry record “0 results were found, 0 returned.”

Product pages state each garment is designed and manufactured in Canada, and the partners page describes a Canadian, female-run knit-apparel production house that does pattern making, sampling, sewing and finishing in-house. The production house is not named; madeinca.ca places the factories in Toronto.

• Basic Tee | Almond Milk – first threads · the vendor's own site “designed & manufactured in Canada”
• our partners – first threads · the vendor's own site “We've partnered with a Canadian, female-run, knit-apparel production house.”
• Children's Clothing: first threads | Made in CA · directory “a wide range of well-made children's basics at factories in Toronto, Ontario”

The privacy policy gives a Kingston, Ontario address and the terms of service are governed by Ontario law. It is a two-founder business with contracted Canadian production, so all people sit in Canada; no headcount is published.

• Privacy policy – first threads · the vendor's own site “The Personal Information the Company collects is maintained at 260 MacDonnell Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 4C3.”
• Terms of service – first threads · the vendor's own site “the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein”

Fabric is 95 percent GOTS certified organic cotton and 5 percent spandex, knit and milled to order by a family-run Canadian mill, so most of the material value is added in Canada. Cotton is not grown in Canada and the vendor does not name the fibre origin, so the raw cotton and spandex are estimated as mostly OTHER with a small US share; the split is our estimate. The storefront runs on Shopify, a Canadian platform.

• Basic Tee | Almond Milk – first threads · the vendor's own site “95% GOTS certified organic cotton, 5% spandex”
• our partners – first threads · the vendor's own site “milled in Canada, sustainable, eco-friendly fabrics made to order”