Northern Cards
Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario
Hand-drawn illustrated greeting cards, boxed assortments, thank-you notes and notepad sets; 'Canada's Greeting Card Company since 1989'.
Toronto, ON CA · northerncards.com
Small Toronto-based greeting card publisher, founded 1989, still majority-owned and controlled by a Canadian individual per the federal corporate registry. Manufacturing location for the cards themselves could not be confirmed from any reachable source.
Factors
Ownership
100.0 verifiedCA 100%
Corporations Canada shows Northern Cards Inc. as an active federal corporation with one individual with significant control, Jean-Paul Michael, holding more than 50% and up to 75% of shares individually, address in Toronto, ON.
- Federal corporation information - 1115973-9 - Northern Cards Inc. - Corporations Canada · registry record “JEAN-PAUL MICHAEL 110 PARLIAMENT STREET TORONTO ON M5A 2Y8 Canada ... This individual holds: More than 50% and up to 75% of the shares”
Manufacturing
60.0 inferredCA 50% · other 50%
No page on the vendor's site (about us, FAQ, artist submissions, distributors) or any press or directory result states where the cards are printed; the FAQ describes 300 GSM FSC-certified recycled paper and vegetable-based inks but not a country or facility. The even split reflects genuine uncertainty between domestic Canadian printing, plausible for a small legacy Canadian card publisher, and contract printing overseas, common in the greeting card industry; it is not a confirmed figure.
- FAQ - Northern Cards · the vendor's own site “300 GSM uncoated paper, which is both recycled and recyclable ... FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) paper, which means it's made from responsible sources”
People
100.0 verifiedCA 100%
Single-site business: the federal registry lists both the registered office and the sole director/individual with significant control at the same Toronto, ON address, and the site gives no other operating location.
- Federal corporation information - 1115973-9 - Northern Cards Inc. - Corporations Canada · registry record “Registered office address 110 Parliament Street Toronto ON M5A 2Y8 Canada”
Inputs
80.0 reportedCA 60% · EU 40%
The about-us page credits 'Canadian, European writers, illustrators, and designers' for card content; no proportion is given so this split is an estimate weighted toward Canadian contributors given the company's own branding as 'Canada's Greeting Card Company'. Paper and ink country of origin is not disclosed. Order fulfilment runs through Amazon's fulfilment centres per the FAQ, but the vendor also sells directly and supplies independent wholesalers, so this is not a sole-channel dependency.
- About Us - Northern Cards · the vendor's own site “Canadian, European writers, illustrators, and designers”
Where to buy
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- web search (canadian greeting card company) 2026-09-13