Canadian Associations

• The Canadian Apparel Federation (CAF)
  124 O'Connor St. Suite 504
  Ottawa, ON K1P 5M9
  E-mail: Bob Kirke
  Tel.: (613) 231-3220
  Fax: (613) 231-2305
• The following six organizations are member associations of CAF: 
  • Apparel Manufacturers Institute of Quebec (AMIQ)
  • Manitoba Fashion Institute
  • Association of Sewn Alberta Products (ASAP)
  • Apparel BC
  • Ontario Apparel
    124 O’Connor Street, Suite 504
    Ottawa, ON
    K1P 5M9
    Tel: (613) 232-3220
    Fax: (613) 231-2305
    Bob Kirke, Executive Director
  • Apparel and Textile Association of Saskatchewan
    1102 H Avenue
    Saskatoon, SK
    S4P 3C2
    Tel.: (306) 565-0065
    Fax: (306) 565-1962
    Marilyn J Pollock, Executive Director
• Fur Council of Canada (FCC)
• Montréal Fashion Network
• Fashion Design Council of Canada (FDCC)
• The Toronto Fashion Incubator
• UNITE HERE Canada! - (formerly Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees)
• The Down Association of Canada
• Retail Fur Council of Canada
  1435 Saint-Alexandre Street, Suite 1270
  Montreal, QC
  H3A 2G4
  Tel.: (514) 844-1945
  Fax: (514) 844-8593
  Allan Herscovici, Executive Vice-President
• Association of Clothing Manufacturers of the Province of Quebec
  555 Chabanel West, Suite 801
  Montreal, QC
  H2N 2H8
  Tel.: (514) 383-1689
  Fax: (514) 383-1689
  David Balinsky, Executive Director
• Association for Occupational Health and Safety for the Apparel Sector
  9310 Saint-Laurent, Suite 1060
  Montreal, QC
  H2N 1N4
  Tel.: (514) 383-8317
  Fax: (514) 383-7938
  Christian Millet, Director
• Association Professionnelle des Designers de Mode du Québec (APSMQ)
  Tel.: (514) 282-1031
  Fax: (514) 282-1051
  Teresa Eloy, Director
• Quebec Fashion Apparel Manufacturers Guild
  9250 Park, Suite 300
  Montreal, QC
  H2N 1Z2
  Tel.: (514) 384-3800
  Fax: (514) 383-5411
  Seymour Purcell, Executive Director
• Apparel Manufacturers-Marketing Association of Ontario
  124 O’Connor Street, Suite 504
  Ottawa, ON
  K1P 5M9
  Tel.: (613) 565-3047
  Fax: (613) 231-2305
  Bob Kirke, Executive Director
• Apparel Industry Development Council (Ontario)
  Metro Hall, Stn 1084, 8th Floor
  55 John Street, Toronto, ON
  M5V 3C6
  Tel.: (416) 397-4832
  Fax: (416) 392-3374
  E-mail: Linda Busuttil, Executive Director
  
  The not-for-profit Apparel Industry Development Council (AIDC) works with Ontario apparel firms to identify skills training and business development needs. The AIDC offers technical training such as machine mechanics, stitch construction and quality control as well as management workshops in product costing and international sourcing.
  
  
• Western Apparel Market BC
  28-910 Mainland Street
  Vancouver, BC
  V6B 1A9
  Tel.: (604) 682-5719
  Wayne Abrams, Executive Director