Ostrom Outdoors

The contact page names Bill Ostrom as owner-designer in Ontario, Canada, and the about page is signed by Bill and Anne Ostrom as a family business. The privacy policy names the legal entity as 1526560 Ontario Inc, registered at a Hamilton, Ontario address; Corporations Canada's federal search returned zero results for that name, consistent with a provincial Ontario numbered company, and the Ontario Business Registry itself was blocked by a bot challenge, so directors of record could not be confirmed.

• Contact Us - Ostrom Outdoors · the vendor's own site “Bill Ostrom Owner - Designer Ontario, Canada”
• About Us - Ostrom Outdoors · the vendor's own site “Bill & Anne Ostrom”
• Privacy policy - Ostrom Outdoors · the vendor's own site “1526560 Ontario Inc, 17 Undermount Avenue, Hamilton ON L8P 3Z7, Canada”
• Search for a Federal Corporation - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada · registry record “0 results were found, 0 returned.”

The vendor's own about page says it manufactured packs in Thunder Bay until closing that operation in 2013, and now uses a manufacturer in China it has worked with for five years to cut and sew the packs; the custom-fit page says each pack is then assembled and fitted to the customer in Thunder Bay. A separate, smaller 'Canada Collection' of accessories (camp tables, pouches, tumplines) is marketed as designed and made in Canada. No revenue split is published, so the mix weights the China-made flagship packs, which dominate the catalog and price points, against the Thunder Bay assembly step and the fully Canadian-made accessory line.

• About Us - Ostrom Outdoors · the vendor's own site “Up until 2013 we designed and manufactured our packs in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Sadly, we needed to close the manufacturing part of our business due to rising costs.”
• About Us - Ostrom Outdoors · the vendor's own site “Through this work, we found a manufacturer in China we can trust. We've worked with them for 5 years”
• Ostrom Custom Fit Canoe Packs, Portage Packs, Canoe Barrel Harnesses - Ostrom Outdoors · the vendor's own site “We assemble your pack just for you in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.”
• Canadian-Made Canoe Trip Essentials - Ostrom Outdoors · the vendor's own site “Unique, Innovative Gear Designed & Made in Canada”

Ostrom Outdoors is a two-person, single-site business: the contact page names Bill Ostrom as owner-designer in Ontario, Canada, and the about page credits Anne Ostrom as co-owner. No employees are described outside Thunder Bay, and the Chinese factory is a separate contract manufacturer, not Ostrom Outdoors staff.

• Contact Us - Ostrom Outdoors · the vendor's own site “Bill Ostrom Owner - Designer Ontario, Canada”
• About Us - Ostrom Outdoors · the vendor's own site “Bill & Anne Ostrom”

Product pages name National Molding Duraflex buckles, a US-headquartered brand, and #10 YKK zippers from a Japan-based company with plants across Asia; the 1000 and 400 denier nylon fabric and EVA foam carry no stated origin, and Cordura is not mentioned anywhere on the site. Since the packs are cut and sewn in China, the fabric and foam are inferred to come from that same supply chain; the US share reflects only the buckle brand's headquarters, not a confirmed manufacturing country for the specific parts, so this mix is a judgment call rather than a sourced breakdown.

• Wabakimi Internal Frame Canoe Pack | Portage Pack – Ostrom - Ostrom Outdoors · the vendor's own site “National Molding Duraflex buckles you can rely on. #10YKK zipper with un-coated sliders for better wear and tear. 1000 denier nylon fabric”
• About Us - Ostrom Outdoors · the vendor's own site “Through this work, we found a manufacturer in China we can trust. We've worked with them for 5 years”