WANT Les Essentiels

Corporations Canada's federal search returns zero results for "WANT Les Essentiels," so it is not a federal corporation; the Registraire des entreprises du Quebec, where a Montreal company of this age would likely be registered, is bot-walled to fetches and could not be checked. No press coverage of an acquisition, private equity investment, or outside shareholder was found. The vendor's own terms of use say the site is "controlled and operated by WANT Les Essentiels from Montreal, Quebec, Canada," consistent with an independently run Montreal house, so the mix is our best judgment rather than a registry-verified fact.

• Search for a Federal Corporation - Corporations Canada · registry record “0 results were found, 0 returned.”
• WANT Les Essentiels | Terms of Use · the vendor's own site “This site is controlled and operated by WANT Les Essentiels from Montreal, Quebec, Canada”

The vendor's own pages name specific production locations for parts of the line but never Canada: nylon items are "crafted with care in Italy," raincoats are made by partner Hancock of Scotland and are "handmade in Scotland," and leather is "sustainably sourced from Italy, Spain and Korea." The corporate-services page says WANT "collaborates with clients across various industries to design and manufacture best-in-class private-label products," implying it uses contracted manufacturing partners rather than an owned factory. No page states a per-country share of the catalog, so the EU/Korea split here is our estimate weighted toward the named European locations (Italy, Scotland) with the remainder for Korea; whether any finishing happens in Canada was not disclosed.

• Lower Impact Fabrics - WANT Les Essentiels 04.2021 · the vendor's own site “Italian Nylon Crafted with care in Italy, our nylon is designed to be smooth to the touch without sacrificing durability and strength.”
• WANT Les Essentiels | Raincoats · the vendor's own site “Raincoats by WANT Les Essentiels Handmade in Scotland”
• Corporate Services - WANT Les Essentiels · the vendor's own site “WANT Les Essentiels collaborates with clients across various industries to design and manufacture best-in-class private-label products.”

The vendor's own pages consistently place the business in Montreal: "Founded in Montreal in early 2007," a Mile End flagship boutique, and terms of use naming Montreal, Quebec as where the company is controlled and operated. No careers page or staff count disclosed an office outside Montreal, so this is treated as a single-site Canadian business; the New York, Los Angeles, and Tokyo mentions on the site are retail markets, not staffed offices.

• WANT Les Essentiels | About · the vendor's own site “Founded in Montreal in early 2007, WANT Les Essentiels provides timeless pieces designed to move throughout your every day.”

The sustainability page states leather is "sustainably sourced from Italy, Spain and Korea" and certified by the Leather Working Group, and that its nylon is "crafted with care in Italy"; a separate recycled nylon (ECONYL) line is made from globally sourced waste with no single country given, and organic cotton origin is not disclosed. The mix weights EU for the Italy/Spain leather and Italian nylon and OTHER for the Korea leather; the undisclosed cotton and recycled-nylon inputs are folded into that same split rather than given a separate estimate.

• Lower Impact Fabrics - WANT Les Essentiels 04.2021 · the vendor's own site “Our Leathers, sustainably sourced from Italy, Spain and Korea, are all certified by the Leather Working Group (LWG).”