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Kluane Mountaineering

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Alberta

Down jackets, vests, and sleeping bags cut, sewn, and filled to order in a single Edmonton workshop since 1972.

Edmonton, AB CA · www.kluanemountaineering.com

Family-run maker of down jackets, vests, and sleeping bags, cut and sewn in its own Edmonton workshop since 1972. Ownership has passed between individual Edmonton owners, most recently to Dylan in 2024, with no sign of outside or institutional investment. The down fill is stated as Canadian white goose down; shell fabric sourcing is not disclosed on the vendor's site.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor's own history page describes an unbroken line of individual Canadian owners: founders John Faulkner and Jim Brown in 1972, then Lucy, then Betty (who bought the company in 2007), then Dylan (who took over in 2024). A federal Corporations Canada search for "Kluane Mountaineering" returned zero results, so this is not a federally incorporated entity; the Alberta provincial registry was not checked because it has no fetch-friendly search form.

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor states on its home, about, models, and archive pages that every piece is cut, sewn, and filled at its single workshop in Edmonton, Alberta; no second manufacturing site or contract manufacturer is mentioned anywhere on the site.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Single-site business at 10324 82 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, with named shop staff going back to the 1970s; the vendor names no other location or remote staff.

Inputs

59.0 inferred

CA 55% · other 35% · US 10%

Down fill is stated as "High-loft Canadian white goose down," which is reported. The shell fabric is named only as nylon, with no supplier or country given anywhere on the site (fit, colour, fabric, and hardware are worked out per order, directly with the shop); the mix for shell fabric and hardware is this reviewer's estimate, weighted toward imported technical nylon, since no source discloses it.

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