Why Aren’t Lululemon and Aritzia on True North Finds?
Canadian Company Doesn't Always Mean Made in Canada
Lululemon and Aritzia are Canadian companies, but most of what they sell is not made in Canada.
That's the distinction True North Finds cares about. A company can be founded in Canada, employ Canadians and design products here while manufacturing overseas.
Lululemon
Lululemon was founded in Vancouver and remains headquartered in Canada, but its supply chain is global.
According to its 2025 disclosures, its largest manufacturing countries were:
- Vietnam — about 40%
- Cambodia — about 18%
- Sri Lanka — about 11%
- Indonesia — about 11%
- Bangladesh — about 7%
Lululemon also says it does not own or operate its manufacturing facilities.
The company still has a major Canadian presence. It employs Canadians, operates stores here and opened a roughly one-million-square-foot distribution centre in Brampton, Ontario in 2026.
But distribution in Canada is not the same as manufacturing in Canada.
Aritzia
Aritzia was also founded in Vancouver, but its manufacturing network is international.
Its FY2025 supply-chain disclosure listed finished-goods suppliers across 14 countries. About 35% of supplier facilities were in China and 27% were in Vietnam. Canada was not listed among its finished-goods supplier countries.
Vietnam represented an even larger share when measured by workers: approximately 56% of workers at Aritzia's disclosed supplier facilities were in Vietnam.
So Are They Canadian?
Yes. Both companies have strong Canadian roots and significant Canadian operations.
But Canadian company and Canadian-made product are not the same thing.
That's why True North Finds focuses on a more specific question:
Where was the product actually made?
For shoppers who want their purchase to support manufacturing jobs in Canada, that difference matters.
Why This Matters
A garment can be designed in Vancouver, made from overseas fabric, sewn in Vietnam, shipped to an Ontario warehouse and sold in a Canadian store.
Canadian workers may be involved at several points, but the manufacturing happened abroad.
True North Finds isn't trying to label companies with global supply chains as bad. The goal is simply to make it easier to tell the difference between a Canadian brand and a product actually made in Canada.