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Parade Organics

Canadian-owned · made overseas · based in British Columbia

Vancouver maker of GOTS-certified organic cotton sleepwear, rompers and gowns for babies and kids, designed in Vancouver and sewn in India, with two flagship shops and an outlet in the city.

Vancouver, BC CA · parade.ca

Parade Organics Inc. is an active British Columbia corporation owned, by its own account, by Vancouver founders Laura Sage and Bern Tierney, who have designed the line in Vancouver since 2004. The garments and the organic cotton they are cut from both come from India, so the money stays Canadian but the making does not.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor names Laura Sage and Bern Tierney of Vancouver as owners, and OrgBook BC lists PARADE ORGANICS INC. (BC1059943) as an active BC corporation registered in 2016. The registry does not publish shareholders, Corporations Canada returns no federal entity of that name, and no acquisition or outside investor turned up in search, so the founder-owned reading rests on the vendor's statement.

Manufacturing

20.0 reported

other 100%

The vendor says the collection is produced in India, in facilities it visits twice a year, and madeinca.ca repeats that the clothes are designed in Canada and made in India. No product line is described as sewn in Canada.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Design, the office and outlet at 1668 West 2nd Avenue, and the two flagship shops on Granville Island and Main Street are all in Vancouver. The company publishes no headcount, and any staff at the Indian production partners work for those partners rather than for Parade.

Inputs

28.0 reported

CA 10% · other 90%

The vendor states that its organic cotton comes from India and that dyes are GOTS certified, which in practice means they are applied at the Indian mills. The small Canadian share covers design and Vancouver retail overhead and is an estimate, since no cost breakdown is published.

  • Parade Organic Sleep & Loungewear · the vendor's own site “We only use the finest organic cotton from India”
  • About Us – Parade · the vendor's own site “Cotton is not grown in Canada, so it must be imported - India was a natural choice for us”
  • FAQ – Parade · the vendor's own site “We use only GOTS certified, low impact dyes on our clothing.”

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