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Price position
Evidence details
Mid-range, based on 19 current CAD-priced products across 3 comparable categories. Compared with similar product categories.
Price position: 3/5 · Medium confidence
From 1 (budget) to 5 (luxury) within comparable categories. 0 means the price position is unmeasured.
Environmental source review
Evidence details
Bastien says its tannery collects moose hides from Quebec and Maritime game butchers, using hides that hunters often discard.
Documented environmental actions: 1/5 · Medium confidence
From 1 to 5 by the breadth of documented actions. 0 is an evidence gap, not a measured environmental impact.
Canadian production
Evidence details
Bastien says its moccasins and other handcrafted products are created, developed, and manufactured in Wendake, where local artisans hand-lace and bead each pair.
Canadian production scope: 5/5 · Medium confidence
Documented scope: 0 unknown, 1 foreign manufacture, 2 item-dependent, 3 some Canadian products, 4 named Canadian collection, 5 all reviewed scope. No production percentage is inferred.
Manufacturing disclosure depth
Evidence details
Bastien identifies Wendake production and explains North American leather sourcing, including its Quebec tannery’s collection of moose hides from game butchers.
Disclosure depth: 3/4 · Medium confidence
From 1 (product details) to 4 (formal reporting). 0 means no comparable disclosure was established.
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Verified facts
The Bastien Industries story
Roland Bastien founded Bastien Industries in Wendake in 1972, carrying generations of Wendat moccasin-making into a workshop where local artisans still hand-lace and bead every pair.
Manufacturing evidence
All products in the reviewed scope made in Canada
Bastien says its moccasins and other handcrafted products are created, developed, and manufactured in Wendake, where local artisans hand-lace and bead each pair.
- Reviewed scope
- Current Bastien handcrafted house products covered by the Wendake production statement.
Indigenous founding and ownership evidence
Huron-Wendat-founded and currently owned by a Huron-Wendat Nation member: Roland Bastien launched the company in Wendake in 1972.
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