Canadian Dog Food Brands

1. Vetdiet

Head office in Anjou, Quebec

Vetdiet says its products are made in Canada, to its own nutrition and food safety rules. The brand is part of the Legault family business, which marked 100 years in 2019. The company lists its office at 11200 Renaude-Lapointe Street in Anjou, Quebec. The FAQ does not name the plant town, and it does not list the countries where the ingredients are grown.

2. Go! Solutions

Head office in Chilliwack, British Columbia

Go! Solutions says its kibble is manufactured in Canada by Elmira Pet Products, using equipment Petcurean owns. Tetra Pak wet recipes for dogs and cats are made by NaturPak Pet in Wisconsin. Booster pouches are made by Tropical Canning in Thailand. Petcurean, the company behind the brand, runs the sister Now Fresh site from British Columbia. A shareholder list was not on the pages reviewed.

3. Now Fresh

Head office in Chilliwack, British Columbia

Now Fresh kibble is manufactured in Canada by Elmira Pet Products, and Petcurean owns the equipment in that plant. The contact office is in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The safety FAQ gives wet food a shelf life and never names a city for those pouches. No page reviewed names a foreign owner.

4. FirstMate

Head office in Chilliwack, British ColumbiaFounded 1989

FirstMate canned dog food is made in the company's own cannery in Port Kells, British Columbia. Dry food is made in Chilliwack. Chicken and turkey in the cans come from British Columbia, while albacore tuna comes from Alaska. Nasta Pet Food, a French family group, bought FirstMate and its parent, Taplow Ventures, in February 2026.

5. ACANA

Head office in Acheson, AlbertaFounded 1985

ACANA kibble sold in Canada is cooked at Champion Petfoods' kitchen in Acheson, Alberta. Mars, Incorporated finished buying Champion on 28 February 2023. Dried food is also cooked in Auburn, Kentucky. Champion says its canned foods are made by a collaborator, and it does not name that plant. Some recipes use New Zealand lamb.

6. ORIJEN

Head office in Acheson, AlbertaFounded 1985

ORIJEN is one of two brands from Champion Petfoods, which Mars, Incorporated bought on 28 February 2023. Champion cooks dried and freeze-dried food at NorthStar in Acheson, Alberta, and at DogStar in Auburn, Kentucky. Its FAQ says canned food is made by a collaborator and does not name the plant. Lamb comes from New Zealand and some fish from Scandinavia.

7. PetKind

PetKind's FAQ lists Canada Fresh, dry and canned, as fully produced in Canada. Tripett and That's It split by market: Canadian stores get a Canadian plant, and US stores get an American one. Canadian inputs include beef, bison, poultry and wild salmon. Lamb and venison come from New Zealand. Canada Fresh salmon is European. The owner is unnamed.

8. KASIKS

Founded 1989

KASIKS is made by the FirstMate company, which says it manufactures all of its own pet food. Dry food is made in a CFIA-inspected plant in Chilliwack, British Columbia. Cans are filled at a CFIA-inspected cannery in Port Kells. The same page names KASIKS dry formulas. Nasta Pet Food, a French family group, bought FirstMate in February 2026.

9. Pedigree

Pedigree belongs to Mars, which calls itself a family-owned business. In March 2026 the head of Mars Pet Nutrition in Canada said the Bolton, Ontario plant has spent 40 years producing Pedigree, Temptations and Whiskas. An $86 million share of a wider Ontario program went to Temptations capacity. The release does not say every Pedigree can on a Canadian shelf was filled in Bolton.

1. Purina ONE

Head office in St. Louis, Missouri

Purina ONE is a Nestlé Purina brand. Nestlé bought Ralston Purina in 2001 and formed Nestlé Purina, based in St. Louis. The US brand FAQ says Purina ONE is made in facilities in the United States. The Canadian FAQ says only that it is made at North American facilities, and it does not name a Canadian plant.

2. Dog Chow

Head office in St. Louis, MissouriFounded 1926

Dog Chow is a Purina brand, and the Canada FAQ says Nestlé owns Purina. The Dog Chow page says the food is crafted in North American facilities that Purina owns. A second answer is sharper: 99 percent of Purina pet food sold in North America is made in the company's own plants in the United States. The head office is in Saint Louis, Missouri.

3. Hill's Science Diet

Hill's Science Diet is a Hill's Pet Nutrition line inside Colgate-Palmolive. On the adult chicken and barley page, Hill's says every bag of its dry dog food is made in its own United States facilities. Ingredients on that page come from North America, Europe, and New Zealand. A Canadian contact page only lists a mailbox in Topeka, Kansas.

4. Purina Pro Plan

Head office in St. Louis, Missouri

Purina Pro Plan is a Nestlé Purina brand. The United States brand FAQ says all Pro Plan foods are made at Purina facilities in the United States. Purina's Canada FAQ says 99 percent of Purina pet food sold in North America is made in the company's own plants there. It names a Canadian office in Mississauga and a head office in Saint Louis.