After a tumultuous few years, there’s some hope the Canadian fur industry can begin to bounce back, with plans to once again host in-person fur auctions in northern Ontario this spring.
In 2019, the North American Fur Auction. one of the largest players in the industry, filed for bankruptcy protection with Deloitte, leaving the Fur Harvesters Inc. auction in North Bay, Ont., as the main player in Canadian fur.
Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, shutting down international travel so key to the fur and auction industry.
That meant the traditional, in-person fur auctions went to an online platform.
This March, the plan is for the fur auctions to
