Canada Goose contributes to the fight against Covid-19
In Toronto and Winnipeg a dedicated team is producing uniforms for healthcare workers and gowns for patients, an initiative that is part of the Canada Goose Response Program
Canada Goose has announced that the company will leverage its manufacturing facilities to begin production of medical equipment needed by frontline health care workers in the fight against COVID-19 and affected patients across Canada. The company will begin manufacturing uniforms and gowns, scarce goods across the country, and will distribute them to hospitals starting next week.
To help meet the urgent needs of healthcare workers and patients across the country, Canada Goose is committed to producing medical equipment in two of its manufacturing facilities, Toronto and Winnipeg, with the opportunity to extend production through additional facilities where necessary. Early next week, approximately 50 employees per facility will work to manufacture the equipment with the goal of producing 10,000 garments.
“In Canada, there are people who daily risk their lives on the front line in the fight against COVID-19 in healthcare facilities and need help. Now is the time to put our resources and manufacturing capabilities at the service of the greater good,” said Dani Reiss, President and CEO of Canada Goose. “Our employees are ready, willing and able to help, and that is what we are doing. This is the Canadian thing to do.”
In this way Canada Goose supplies 14,000 medical gowns to Canadian hospitals and reopens others of its facilities to enable an increase in production with the help of 900 employees.
The company has announced its plans to increase domestic production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline healthcare workers across Canada. Over the next two weeks, the Company will begin reopening all eight Canadian facilities and, at full capacity, will work to support the efforts of up to 900 employees.
Canada Goose will produce at least 60,000 gowns per week, with delivery plans of up to 1.5 million pieces at cost. Any unintended profits, potentially derived from efficiencies, will be donated to COVID-19 national relief funds.
This announcement is based on your commitment to produce and donate 14,000 gowns for free. Manufactured in two of its facilities in Toronto and Winnipeg, shipments of products to hospitals and health care facilities across Canada began this week.
“These unprecedented times call for decisive and collective action, and now is the time for Canada to invest in solutions made in Canada,” said Dani Reiss, President and CEO of Canada Goose. “With one of the largest Canadian apparel manufacturing facilities in the country, we are uniquely positioned to upgrade our facilities and redirect our teams to produce a variety of personal protective equipment – and we are ready to leverage all our resources to do what is right for our country.”