Woods
Canadian-owned · made overseas · based in Ontario
Outdoor and camping gear brand marketed as "Canada's Outfitter Since 1885," now one of Canadian Tire Corporation's Owned Brands, sold exclusively through Canadian Tire and SportChek; no manufacturing location is disclosed.
Toronto, ON CA · www.canadiantire.ca
Woods is a heritage camping and outdoor gear brand, marketed as Canada's Outfitter Since 1885, that is now one of Canadian Tire Corporation's Owned Brands, sold exclusively through the Canadian Tire and SportChek banners. Canadian Tire is a Toronto-headquartered public company listed on the TSX (CTC, CTC.A) whose Billes family co-founders control 61.4% of its voting Common Shares through two private Canadian holding companies. Neither Woods' own page nor Canadian Tire's filings disclose a manufacturing location for the brand; Canadian Tire's 2025 annual information form reports that about half of Canadian Tire Retail's merchandise purchases are sourced directly from vendors outside Canada, primarily Asia, which this card treats as the best available signal for camping hardgoods like tents, coolers, and camp furniture.
Factors
Ownership
100.0 verifiedCA 100%
Woods is named among Canadian Tire Corporation's (CTC) Owned Brands and among the Owned Brands sold at its SportChek banner. CTC trades on the TSX under CTC and CTC.A; per its 2025 annual information form, Martha Billes and Owen Billes, through two privately held Canadian holding companies (Tire 'N' Me Pty. Ltd. and Albikin Management Inc.), beneficially own or control 61.4% of CTC's voting Common Shares, so both the controlling shareholder and the listing venue are Canadian.
- Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited 2025 Annual Information Form · filing “The Company's most recognized Owned Brands include Canvas, Dakota WorkPro, Denver Hayes, Diamondback, Mastercraft, MotoMaster, Noma, Outbound, Paderno, Raleigh, Ripzone, Sherwood, WindRiver and Woods, which are primarily sold at the Company's banners.”
- Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited 2025 Annual Information Form · filing “As at January 3, 2026, the directors and executive officers of CTC, as a group, beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or exercised control or direction over, 2,101,150 Common Shares of CTC (representing 61.4% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares) ... Through two privately held companies, Tire 'N' Me Pty. Ltd. and Albikin Management Inc, Martha Billes and Owen Billes beneficially own, control or direct, in aggregate, 2,101,150 Common Shares of CTC.”
- Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited 2025 Annual Information Form · filing “The outstanding Common Shares and Class A Non-Voting Shares of CTC are listed on the TSX and are traded under the symbols "CTC" and "CTC.A", respectively.”
Manufacturing
19.0 inferredEU 5% · other 90% · US 5%
Woods' brand page states only that it has been "crafting durable, reliable and comfortable gear for 140 years" and makes no country-of-origin or factory claim, unlike sibling Owned Brand Paderno, which names a Canadian plant. Canadian Tire's 2025 annual information form discloses that about 50% of Canadian Tire Retail's inventory purchases in 2025 were sourced directly from vendors outside Canada, primarily Asia, with sourcing offices in Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and China; camping hardgoods like tents, coolers, and folding furniture are commodity categories typically produced in that same Asia-heavy supply base, so this mix weights heavily to OTHER as an estimate, not a Woods-specific published figure.
- Woods Camping Gear | Canadian Tire · the vendor's own site “Woods has been crafting durable, reliable and comfortable gear for 140 years.”
- Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited 2025 Annual Information Form · filing “In 2025, approximately 50 percent of Canadian Tire Retail, 33 percent of Mark's, and 21 percent of SportChek inventory purchases were sourced directly from vendors outside Canada, primarily from Asia, and denominated in U.S. dollars. CTC operates retail sourcing offices abroad, including in Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Vietnam and China.”
People
100.0 inferredCA 100%
As one of Canadian Tire's Owned Brands, Woods is managed from CTC's head and registered office at 2180 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, per its 2025 annual information form. No employee count specific to the Woods brand is published, so this mix is inferred from CTC's HQ address alone; any overseas sourcing-office staff are counted under manufacturing, not here.
- Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited 2025 Annual Information Form · filing “The head and registered office of CTC is located at 2180 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4S 2B9.”
Inputs
19.0 inferredEU 5% · other 90% · US 5%
No supplier or materials breakdown specific to Woods is published. Its products are synthetic-fabric and moulded-plastic camping hardgoods (tents, sleeping bags, coolers, camp furniture) whose fabrics, poles, and resins typically originate from the same Asia-heavy sourcing base Canadian Tire discloses for its general merchandise, so this mix mirrors the manufacturing estimate rather than a published figure.
- Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited 2025 Annual Information Form · filing “In 2025, approximately 50 percent of Canadian Tire Retail, 33 percent of Mark's, and 21 percent of SportChek inventory purchases were sourced directly from vendors outside Canada, primarily from Asia, and denominated in U.S. dollars.”
Where to buy
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