Name: Roots
Products: Clothing, leather goods, accessories
Headquartered In: Toronto, Ontario
Where to Buy: Stores throughout Canada
Website: roots.com
Canadian Owned: No – Publicly traded on the TSX, majority owned by Searchlight Capital Partners, a US private capital firm
Roots is seen as a quintessentially Canadian chain, and employs somewhere around 2,000 people across Canada, including at their factory in Toronto where they manufacture leather goods. They are not Canadian-owned, however, much to our surprise here at MiC.