A sectional is a sofa built from separate pieces that join into an L, a U or a sofa with a long chaise. Canadian-made sectionals do exist, and at Merit Home Furniture on Vancouver Island every one we list as Canadian-made comes from Decor-Rest, which builds them in Woodbridge, Ontario. Of the 61 sectionals on our site, 11 Decor-Rest styles carry our Canadian Made tag, and each of those pages gives Canada as the place it is made.
Eight of the 11 Island Living sectionals we list come from Island Living's in-stock range, which is made overseas for Island Living, while its made-to-order pieces are built in Burnaby, BC. The other three are display models of made-to-order styles, and their pages don't carry our Canadian Made tag. Ashley and La-Z-Boy make most of the rest, and neither lists a plant in Canada. The last ten are held at our Campbell River or Port Alberni stores: four untagged Decor-Rest pieces, and six from other makers whose pages don't say where they're built.
A Canadian-made sectional at Merit is ordered piece by piece in the cover you choose, so the order is a list of named pieces rather than a photo. In Duncan we draw it with you on the invoice: which way each piece faces, and the measurements.
Which sectionals are made in Canada? The 61 on our site, by maker
This table sorts all 61 sectionals on our site by maker and says which ones join the Canadian-made furniture we carry. The sources are the makers' own sites and our live product pages, re-read on October 16, 2026.
| Maker | Listed | Canadian |
|---|---|---|
| Decor-Rest, Woodbridge, Ontario | 15 | Yes on the 11 tagged styles |
| Island Living in-stock range, made overseas for Island Living | 8 | No |
| Island Living made-to-order styles, display models at Duncan | 3 | Not tagged |
| Ashley, plants in the US and Vietnam | 17 | No |
| La-Z-Boy, plants in the United States and Mexico | 12 | No |
| Other makers, at Campbell River or Port Alberni | 6 | Not stated |
The Marzilli family incorporated Decor-Rest in Toronto in 1972. Its history page says the family bought land on Chrislea Road in Woodbridge in 2000 and built there. That address is still its base of operations.
The "Made in" line on our Decor-Rest pages, which reads Canada, says where the pieces are built. The Competition Bureau asks more of a written Made in Canada claim. The last substantial transformation has to happen here, with "at least 51% of the total direct costs" spent in Canada. The claim also needs a qualifier, and one of the Bureau's examples is "Made in Canada with imported parts". Decor-Rest says it works with exclusive fabrics from around the world, so the cover on a Canadian-built sectional can be imported. Reading a Made in Canada label gets a fuller treatment in its own guide. All 11 sectionals are also grouped with the other Canadian-built furniture we list.
What are the pieces of a sectional called?
The pieces of a sectional are named for where their arms sit and the job they do in the layout. The names below are Decor-Rest's, and the sizes, length by depth in inches, are for its 2006 sectional, from Decor-Rest's own listing of that style. Island Living uses plainer labels for the same parts, such as one-arm sofa and one-arm love.
| Piece | 2006 size, in. | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| RHF or LHF sofa | 75 by 40 | A sofa with an arm at one end only, so the open end can meet the next piece |
| RHF or LHF loveseat | 53 by 40 | The same, two seats long |
| Corner | 39 by 40 | A square armless seat that turns the L |
| Wedge | 68 by 40 | An angled corner piece, wider than the square corner |
| Armless chair | 22 by 40 | One seat with no arms, to lengthen a run |
| Armless loveseat | 45 by 40 | Two seats with no arms |
| RHF or LHF sofa with chaise | 75 by 62 | A one-arm sofa whose end seat runs deep for your legs |
| RHF or LHF cuddler | 61 by 62 | A wide end seat as deep as the chaise |
| RHF or LHF corner sofa sectional | 91 by 40 | A sofa with the corner seat built into one end |
| Ottoman with chaise seat cushion | 29 by 51 | An ottoman topped with a chaise-length cushion |
RHF and LHF stand for right-hand facing and left-hand facing, and they name the end of a piece that carries the arm. Which end that is, standing in your room, is where sectional orders go wrong. Telling left from right on a sectional has a guide to itself.
The long part of a sectional is the chaise, the end seat that runs deep enough to put your feet up. A plain L can be three pieces: a one-arm sofa, the corner and a one-arm loveseat facing the other way. Built from the 2006 sizes, that L runs about 114 inches along one wall and 93 along the other.
What does a two-piece sectional mean?
A two-piece sectional is two pieces that join, often a one-arm sofa or loveseat with a chaise. The Island Living Clayoquot on our site is one, which Island Living lists as a 55-inch one-arm loveseat and an 80-inch chaise return. The Clayoquot is one of the imported in-stock pieces, so it is here as an example of the shape.
Is a sectional the same as a modular sofa?
A modular sofa is made of seat-sized blocks meant to be rearranged at home. A sectional's pieces are made for set places in one layout, which is why a one-arm piece has its arm fixed on one side. Decor-Rest's own page for the 2875 says all of its modular components are available individually for custom configuration. Not every sectional is sold piece by piece, though: Ashley's Bovarian is listed as one three-piece set.
How a Decor-Rest sectional is priced and ordered
Decor-Rest sectional prices depend on two choices, the pieces and the cover. Decor-Rest says its designs can be customized in hundreds of fabrics and leathers, and its listings give each piece a single size. So what you customize is the set of pieces and the cover.
The from-price on Merit's 11 Decor-Rest sectional pages, $1,099 to $2,249 in the entry fabric, comes with the size of a single piece, and that's what it buys. A three-piece L costs more than the number on the page, and the cover you choose moves it again. We price the whole layout with you, piece by piece. A piece can also be added later, while the style is still made. Styles do end: Island Living, for one, brings in new styles twice a year and says it can no longer produce a style once it is discontinued.
The Decor-Rest 2006 shows how far one style goes: Decor-Rest lists 19 items for it, counting a stand-alone sofa, loveseat, chair and ottoman. The Decor-Rest 2875, second only to the 2541 on from-price among the 11, is a lower and deeper style than the 2006, 31 inches high with a 27-inch seat depth.
Island Living sectionals: eight imported, three made-to-order display models
Most Island Living sectionals on our site come from its in-stock range, so they aren't Canadian-made. Island Living also builds sectionals to order, and its own site has a made-to-order sectionals gallery. Three of those styles, the Shawnigan, Qualicum and Tofino, are on display at Merit's Duncan store as two-piece sectionals. Their pages call them made to order but name no plant, so this guide doesn't count them as Canadian-made.
Island Living in-stock sectionals, imported
From the two-piece Clayoquot to the Island Living Sproat, a 124-inch sectional by Island Living's own listing, these come ready-made in the covers Island Living stocks. They can't be customized the way the Burnaby pieces can.
Island Living made to order, Burnaby
Built in Burnaby in a fabric chosen from more than 400 that Island Living keeps in stock. The frame is kiln-dried solid wood, 1 1/8 inches thick, over 2.0 to 2.75 lb seat foam. Island Living warrants frame, springs and seat foam for a lifetime (25 year), pro-rated (foam against excessive loss of resiliency). Island Living says an order generally ships in four to six weeks when the fabric is in stock, and it won't change a piece's physical dimensions.
Most of the 16 made-to-order Island Living sofa pages on our site list one-arm, armless, corner or chaise pieces in their size tables, but none of them prices a piece. If a Burnaby-built Island Living sectional is what you're after, ask us first and we'll find out what can be ordered.
How durable are the Decor-Rest and Island Living sectionals we list?
Sectional durability comes down to the frame, the seat foam and the warranty the maker puts behind them. Both makers publish all three. The table sets the two ranges we list side by side: Canadian-made Decor-Rest, and the imported Island Living in-stock pieces in the Island Living column.
| Part | Decor-Rest | Island Living |
|---|---|---|
| Frame | Air or kiln dried North American maple or birch hardwood, corners double-doweled | Kiln-dried hardwood lumber and plywood |
| Seat foam | 1.9 lb standard, or a 2 lb high-resiliency core on some styles | 1.8 to 2.25 lb density |
| Frame warranty | Lifetime limited, replacement parts only after year one | Lifetime (25 year), pro-rated |
| Seat foam warranty | 5 years limited | 1 year |
| Fabric warranty | 1 year; 5 years on Majestic fabrics, 2 on leather | 1 year |
Whoever built it, a warranty claim starts with us. Merit stands behind the maker's warranty, orders the parts and handles the repair. Accidental damage, such as a stain or a burn, is not covered. For longer cover, SmartOne from Zucora, the extended plan we offer, lasts up to five years from the purchase date and sends someone out to repair it.
Measuring an awkward Island room for a Canadian-made sectional
Measuring for a Canadian-made sectional means fitting set piece sizes to your walls, doors and windows before anything is ordered. The steps, in order:
- Measure each wall the sectional will touch. Go corner to corner, then mark the windows, doors, heaters and vents along it. A fixed wall length caps how many pieces fit on that side, and a door can decide where the chaise goes.
- Add up the pieces for each run. The corner counts on both walls: its length on one run and its depth on the other. That is the sum behind the 2006 L above.
- Check the depth. A chaise or a cuddler reaches much further into the room than the other pieces, so mark where it will end against the path people walk.
- Leave an inch. Island Living says its handmade pieces may vary by up to one inch. It rounds its listed sizes up to the next full inch, to avoid a piece arriving too large for the space.
- Measure the way in. The biggest piece has to clear every doorway, stair turn and elevator between the truck and the room. The sofa mistake we see is an entrance nobody measured, the doorway or the elevator.
- Check the drawing, then measure again. Once the sectional is drawn on the invoice, we ask you to go home and measure again to be sure it fits.
Can a sectional work in a small living room?
A sectional can work in a small living room when it has few pieces and short ones. On the 2006 list, the armless chair (22 inches) and the corner (39) are the shortest seats. A sofa with chaise is one piece that stays on a single wall. A small condo with only one long wall may be better served by a sofa and a separate chair.
Room planning is one of the things I know best: measuring the room, drawing it out and choosing the configuration with you. The Island has plenty of odd-shaped character homes, cabins and small condos, and Rubeena and I enjoy the challenge of fitting a sectional into one.
When a Canadian-made sectional is the wrong buy
A Canadian-made sectional is the wrong buy when the room can't wait. A Decor-Rest sectional in a cover you choose is a special order, ready for pickup or delivery 8 to 10 weeks after the order goes in. A special order from deposit to delivery has its own walk-through. If one runs late, we provide loaner furniture free of charge until it arrives.
The deposit is a commitment too. We take 24% on a special order, so a sectional is worth measuring twice before it's written up.
Seeing it first is harder than with a stocked sofa. No showroom floor holds every way a style's pieces combine, so part of the sectional you order may be one you have only seen on paper. And if the room is a plain rectangle that an in-stock sectional already fits, a special order adds weeks without solving anything.
Where the sectional sizes, prices and made-in facts come from
- Decor-Rest Furniture, the 2006 sectional's list of items and sizes, and the 2875 sectional page, both checked September 2026.
- Decor-Rest Furniture company pages: its history, frame construction, fabrics and leathers and limited warranties, all checked September 2026.
- Competition Bureau Canada, the 51% test for Made in Canada claims (modified March 17, 2025), checked September 2026.
- La-Z-Boy, its plants in the US and Mexico, and Ashley Furniture Industries, US and Vietnam plant maps, checked September 2026.
- Merit's live product pages and sectionals collection, read October 16, 2026.
Bringing a room sketch to the Duncan showroom
Merit's Duncan showroom is at 107 Ingram Street, open Monday to Saturday, 9 to 5. Bring your wall lengths, doorway widths and a rough sketch with the windows and doors marked, and we'll lay the pieces out on paper with you. Take the drawing home and come back when you're ready. If you're in Nanaimo, our Nanaimo showroom at 3230 Norwell Drive is closer, and a call to (250) 756-1153 is the way to ask what it has set up.
Delivery from the Duncan store is $150 across the Island, assembly included, so the pieces are joined in your room. A delivery to one of the smaller Gulf Islands goes by ferry, and whether we reach yours is a question for the Duncan store.
Call the Duncan store, (250) 746-5527
Other guides on Canadian makers sit on the hub for buying Canadian, and the guide to choosing any sectional for an Island room starts from scratch.