550 apparel manufacturers with wholesale shipments totalling nearly $1.4 billion annually or 16% of the $9 billion Canadian market.

Canadian trade legislation now permits duty-and tariff-free apparel imports from 48 of the world’s least developed countries.

More than 4,600 Toronto fashion retail stores generate annual sales of $2.6 billion.

The cluster employs nearly 50,000 people  Manufacturers: Danier Leather, Dominion Hosiery,

Macmor, McGregor, Phantom, Vikeda, Weston Apparel, Wing Son Garments.

Retailers: Bata, Harry Rosen, Holt Renfrew, Hudson’s Bay Company, Reitmans, Roots.

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