February 13, 2003

BY
EDGAR TRANSMISSION

Securities
and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention:
Filing Desk

GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC.  ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 40-F

Dear
Sir or Madam:

On
behalf of Gildan Activewear Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada (the "Company"), submitted for filing pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), is the Company's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended September 29, 2002 on Form 40-F, together with all exhibits
thereto.

As
well, we submit to you signed certifications of H. Greg Chamandy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Laurence G. Sellyn, Executive
Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Please
feel free to contact Gregg Thomassin at (514) 343-8825 or the undersigned at (514) 734-8394 with any inquiries concerning this filing.

| |  | Very truly yours,                                                                              
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| |  | /s/FRANÇOIS D. RAMSAYFrançois D. Ramsay Vice-President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary

Enclosures

|cc: |  | Mrs. Elisabeth Montz
    The New York Stock Exchange
Mr. Brice T. Voran
Mr. Jason Lehner
    Shearman & Sterling
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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,  AS ENACTED PURSUANT TO  SECTION 906 OF THE U.S. SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Gildan Activewear Inc. (the "Company") is filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, its annual report on
Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended September 29, 2002 (the "Report").

I,
H. Greg Chamandy, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as enacted pursuant to
section 906 of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:



|Date: February 13, 2003 |  | By: | /s/H. GREG CHAMANDYH. Greg Chamandy Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,  AS ENACTED PURSUANT TO  SECTION 906 OF THE U.S. SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Gildan Activewear Inc. (the "Company") is filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, its annual report on
Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended September 29, 2002 (the "Report").

I,
Laurence G. Sellyn, Executive Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as enacted pursuant
to section 906 of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:



|Date: February 13, 2003 |  | By: | /s/LAURENCE G. SELLYNLaurence G. Sellyn Executive Vice-President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
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