Simple
Nothing decorative without a reason.
MADE IN CANADA / 49° N
A useful place for ideas, lists, sketches, and everything you have not figured out yet.
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THE IDEA
FOLD49 is a Canadian pocket notebook brand built around simplicity, usefulness, and quiet confidence. The name connects how a notebook begins with where we come from.
FIRST EDITION / 01
The everyday passport pocket notebook. Designed to stay out of the way until you need it.

MATERIAL / IN USE



Nothing decorative without a reason.
Made to be carried, marked, and kept.
Made here, without making a spectacle of it.
PARALLEL / PAPER / PLACE
Designed and produced in Canada for wherever your thinking takes you.
FIRST RELEASE / 2026
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HELLO@FOLD49.CA ↗FREE FIELD GUIDE / PDF
A practical reference to common notebook formats—from pocket-sized B8 to Legal—with dimensions in millimetres and inches.
| Format | Millimetres | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| B8 | 62 × 88 mm | 2.4 × 3.5 in |
| B7 / Passport FOLD49 | 88 × 125 mm | 3.5 × 4.9 in |
| B6 Slim | 110 × 176 mm | 4.3 × 6.9 in |
| B6 | 125 × 176 mm | 4.9 × 6.9 in |
| B5 / ISO | 190 × 250 mm | 7.48 × 9.84 in |
| B5 / JIS | 182 × 257 mm | 7.20 × 10.1 in |
| B5 / Semi | 177 × 250 mm | 7.00 × 9.80 in |
| A8 | 52 × 74 mm | 2.0 × 2.9 in |
| A7 | 74 × 105 mm | 2.9 × 4.1 in |
| 90 × 140 mm | 3.54 × 5.51 in | |
| A6 | 105 × 148 mm | 4.13 × 5.83 in |
| Regular | 110 × 210 mm | 4.33 × 8.26 in |
| A5 Slim | 125 × 210 mm | 4.90 × 8.26 in |
| A5 | 148 × 210 mm | 5.83 × 8.26 in |
| A4 | 210 × 297 mm | 8.3 × 11.7 in |
| Letter | 216 × 279 mm | 8.5 × 11.0 in |
| Legal | 216 × 356 mm | 8.5 × 14.0 in |