Name: Garant

Products: Gardening tools, shovels, snow shovels, hammers, carts

Manufactured In: Saint-Francois, Quebec and Woodstock, New Brunswick

Website: garant.com

Where to Buy: Garant tools are available online and from a wide range of retailers

Canadian Owned: No

Garant has been manufacturing tools in Canada at their Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud facility in Quebec since1895. The factory in Quebec manufactures over 11 million non-powered tools every year. The company also runs a sawmill in Woodstock, New Brunswick where they mill their wooden handles. Today, Garant is the leading manufacturer in Canada of non-powered tools for construction, gardening, snow removal, and percussive tools. 

Garant employs over 350 people at its two facilities and manufactures over 2,000 products. Their products are available to purchase online as well as across Canada from garden centres, hardware stores, and building centres at over 4,800 locations.