Canada Goose Fashion Story

Canada Goose’s history goes back to the year 1957 when it was founded by Sam Tick under the name Metro Sportswear Ltd. Metro Sportswear was located in a small warehouse in Toronto and specialised in making wool vests, raincoats and snowmobile suits capable of withstanding the harsh cold of Canadian winters. Tick continued making simple, but effective, winter outerwear for several years until a big change came in 1972 when his son-in-law, David Reiss, joined the company.

At this point they launched a new label called Snow Goose who’s main focus was in designing and manufacturing custom down filled coats and parkas to be used by municipal police departments, the Ontario Provincial Police, the Ministry of Environment, the Canadian Rangers and other government employees.