Is Kotex Canadian?
No. Kotex is not Canadian. Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Irving, Texas owns the trademark, and Euromonitor lists Kimberly-Clark Canada at about 22 percent of Canadian menstrual care in 2025. U by Kotex is the tampon line here. Kimberly-Clark Canada does not name a Canadian tampon plant on its public pages.
Which tampon brands are made in Canada?
Almost none at grocery scale. Playtex Canada says its tampons are made in Dover, Delaware. Tampax and o.b. are Procter & Gamble lines with no Canadian plant named on their sites. joni in Victoria is Canadian-owned and imports disposable tampons from overseas factories. The brand Only, based in Ontario, imports tampons from Spain through Green Umbrella.
Who owns Kotex, Always and Tampax, and where are they made?
Kotex is Kimberly-Clark of Irving, Texas. Always is Procter & Gamble of Cincinnati. A 2017 Belleville Intelligencer story quoted P&G saying the Belleville, Ontario plant's main focus is Always feminine care. Tampax is also P&G. Playtex tampons are Essity, made in Dover, Delaware per Playtex Canada. Grocery tampon boxes are mostly US-made even when a Canadian office sells them.
Are there Canadian organic tampon or pad brands?
Yes, but few use Canadian factories. joni sells imported organic cotton tampons while based in Victoria. The brand Only, based in Ontario, ships tampons made in Spain by Green Umbrella. Aisle sews reusable pads in East Vancouver since 2000. Öko Créations sews washable pads and Öko-Pads in Boisbriand, Quebec, and prints Made in Boisbriand on the product page.
