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Price position
Evidence details
Mid-range, based on 76 current CAD-priced products across 8 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
Totem Design House describes using recycled materials and water-based inks where possible. No proportion of the overall catalogue is given.
Documented environmental actions: 2/5 · 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
Totem Design House says its jewellery, wellness products, and eco-friendly women's wear are designed and made in-house on Vancouver Island, while the broader catalogue is not uniformly covered.
Canadian production scope: 4/5 · 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
Totem Design House names the jewellery, wellness and women’s-wear lines made in-house, while stating that most products are made internally or locally.
Disclosure depth: 2/4 · Medium confidence
From 1 (product details) to 4 (formal reporting). 0 means no comparable disclosure was established.
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Verified facts
The Totem Design House story
Haida and Cree entrepreneur Erin Brillon founded Totem Design House on Vancouver Island, growing a 2014 T-shirt project with her teenage daughter into a studio for culturally grounded art, fashion, and giftware.
Manufacturing evidence
Specific collection made in Canada
Totem Design House says its jewellery, wellness products, and eco-friendly women's wear are designed and made in-house on Vancouver Island, while the broader catalogue is not uniformly covered.
- Reviewed scope
- Jewellery, wellness products, and the eco-friendly women's wear collection identified as fully made in-house; other goods require item-level evidence.
Indigenous founding and ownership evidence
Haida- and Cree-founded and 100% Indigenous woman-owned: Erin Brillon founded Totem Design House.
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