Northern Ultralight
Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in British Columbia
Ultralight backpacks and stuff sacks made to order in a small workshop in Nelson, BC, sole-proprietor owned since 2018.
Nelson, BC CA · www.northernultralight.com
One-person outdoor gear maker sewing ultralight backpacks and stuff sacks in Nelson, BC since 2018, selling only direct.
Factors
Ownership
100.0 verifiedCA 100%
BC Corporate Registry (via OrgBook) shows Northern Ultralight registered as a sole proprietorship in British Columbia since 2018-04-19, status active, single Canadian owner. Corporations Canada federal search returned zero results, consistent with a provincial-only registration.
- OrgBook BC search: Northern Ultralight · registry record “"entity_type":"SP"..."home_jurisdiction":"BC"..."entity_status":"ACT"”
- Corporations Canada federal corporate name search · registry record “0 results were found, 0 returned.”
Manufacturing
100.0 reportedCA 100%
The vendor states on its home, about, and product pages that all gear is proudly made in its own small-scale workshop in Nelson, BC. No contract manufacturing or other facility is mentioned.
- Northern Ultralight · the vendor's own site “proudly made in our small scale workshop in Nelson, BC, Canada”
- About - Northern Ultralight · the vendor's own site “All of our products are designed and crafted in a small-scale workshop in Nelson.”
People
100.0 reportedCA 100%
Single-site business run from the Nelson, BC workshop and mailing address given on the contact page; no other location is mentioned anywhere on the site.
- Contact - Northern Ultralight · the vendor's own site “1916 Fort Sheppard Drive, Nelson, BC, V1L 5S6, Canada”
Inputs
0.0 inferredCA 10% · EU 15% · other 10% · US 65%
Product pages name Challenge Sailcloth/Challenge Outdoor fabrics (ECOPAK, UltraGrid, EPX, Dyneema Composite Fabric) and X-Pac, but the vendor does not state a country of origin for any material. Challenge Outdoor and Unifi's REPREVE recycled fibre are US suppliers and X-Pac's maker Dimension-Polyant has both German and US plants, while the underlying Dyneema fibre trademark originates with DSM in the Netherlands; aluminum hardware origin is unstated. The split is an estimate from known supplier geography, not a vendor disclosure.
- Stuff sacks - Northern Ultralight · the vendor's own site “Dyneema® Composite Fabric (CT5K.18)”
- Sundown - Northern Ultralight · the vendor's own site “Recycled 210d polyester face fabric, with a polyester reinforcement grid”
- Dreamline - Northern Ultralight · the vendor's own site “ECOPAK™ ... constructed using REPREVE® rPET fiber”