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LIJA

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in British Columbia

Vancouver-founded women's performance apparel brand for tennis, golf, pickleball and training, sold direct online since 1997.

Richmond, BC CA · lijastyle.com

LIJA (LIJA Style Inc.) is a Vancouver-area women's performance apparel brand for tennis, golf, pickleball and training, founded in 1997 by designer Linda Hipp and sold direct from its own online store. The company remains privately held with no parent or acquisition found; it markets its apparel as made in Canada, but its own Wikipedia entry and a directory both note it began overseas production for some product lines, such as outerwear, in 2007.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor's own about page credits Linda Hipp as founder and creative director, and its Wikipedia entry describes LIJA Style Inc. as a private company with no parent or acquisition mentioned. Corporations Canada's federal registry returns zero results for the name, consistent with LIJA Style Inc. being a BC provincial corporation; the BC Registry was not queried directly.

Manufacturing

76.0 reported

CA 70% · other 30%

LIJA's own site banners and Orders & Shipping and Our Quality pages state its apparel is made in Canada, and madeinca.ca lists manufacturing as Vancouver, BC. Its Wikipedia entry says LIJA began overseas production in 2007 alongside opening a US warehouse, and The CANADA List notes overseas (China) manufacturing specifically for its winter coats, so the split is estimated as mostly Canadian with a smaller overseas share for outerwear and similar lines; no per-product breakdown is published.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor's contact and terms pages give a Richmond, BC registered office and no other office is named anywhere on the site; Wikipedia corroborates a Vancouver-area headquarters. Nothing found points to staff or offices outside Canada, despite the brand selling into several other countries.

Inputs

27.0 inferred

CA 15% · other 75% · US 10%

LIJA describes choosing fabrics for technical performance (moisture wicking, quick drying, stretch) but does not disclose where the fabric or trims are sourced. No vendor page, directory, or press source names a country for materials, so the mix is an estimate reflecting that technical performance textiles are overwhelmingly milled in Asia and, to a lesser extent, the US, with a small Canadian share for finishing on the domestically made portion of the line.

  • Our Quality – LIJA · the vendor's own site “We choose our fabrics carefully based on seasonal colours, coverage, fit and technical features that enhance performance.”

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