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Tea

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  1. 96.4 Algonquin Tea Company Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario Certified organic herbal teas made from botanicals grown and wild-harvested near Algonquin Park since 1996 (Pine Tea, Sacred Blend, the Algonquin Collection), plus the Wild @ Heart line of imported black, green, and oolong teas blended with Ontario and Quebec herbs.
  2. 92.2 Tea Horse Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario Indigenous-owned Thunder Bay tea company that roasts Northwestern Ontario wild rice (manoomin) and blends it with imported tea.
  3. 89.8 Tega Organic Tea Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in British Columbia Woman-owned Mission, BC tea brand (Nu-Tea Company) selling organic, Fairtrade, carbon neutral black, green, rooibos, herbal and matcha teas in compostable plant-based tea bags, blended and packed in Canada by a co-packing partner and sold direct online, on Amazon.ca and through natural retailers.
  4. 89.2 Genuine Tea Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario Toronto tea company founded by Sarah Wilcox and David O'Connor that imports farm-direct loose leaf tea, Uji matcha and herbal botanicals, then hand-blends and packs them into loose leaf, compostable pyramid bags, microground lattes and sparkling iced tea at its Scarborough, Ontario facility.
  5. 89.2 King Cole Tea Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in New Brunswick Orange pekoe, decaf, green, flavoured and organic tea bags and loose tea, blended and packed in Sussex, New Brunswick since 1910. The flagship brand of G.E. Barbour Inc., a family-owned food manufacturer founded in Saint John in 1867 and owned by the same family since 1952. Canadian retailer · 80.3
  6. 89.2 Sloane Tea Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario Toronto tea blender and importer founded by tea sommelier Hoda Paripoush, selling whole leaf loose teas, sachets, matcha and tea lattes in signature caddies direct online and through independent grocers, gift shops, hotels and cafes.
  7. 88.6 Pluck Tea Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario Toronto tea blender founded in 2012 by tea sommelier Jennifer Commins; black, green, oolong, herbal, rooibos, chai, iced tea and matcha, blended and packed in midtown Toronto with Canadian botanicals.
  8. 88.5 Four O'Clock Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Quebec Organic and Fairtrade black, green, white, chai, rooibos, herbal and matcha tea bags, blended and packed in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec by family-owned Trans-Herb E Inc., which also sells Herbalist, La Courtisane and Sens teas and private label blends.
  9. 88.0 Just Us! Coffee Roasters Co-op Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia worker-owned co-operative that has roasted fair trade organic coffee since 1995, Canada's first fair trade coffee roaster, roasting green beans at its Grand Pre roastery and selling direct online and through Atlantic Canadian grocers and cafes.
  10. 88.0 Level Ground Trading Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in British Columbia Victoria, BC direct fair trade coffee roaster and importer founded in 1997, roasting green coffee bought from small-scale farmer cooperatives in ten countries, also selling tea and dried goods, direct online and through Canadian grocers, Amazon.ca, and US-owned retailers operating in Canada.
  11. 88.0 Murchie's Tea & Coffee Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in British Columbia Canada's oldest tea company (1894): over 130 loose and bagged teas and 25 coffee roasts, blended and packed in Delta, BC, sold through eight BC stores and a web shop.
  12. 87.0 Muskoka Tea Company Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario Certified organic loose leaf tea blends, hand blended and packaged in Huntsville, Ontario, by two sisters-in-law.
  13. 85.5 Tealish Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario Toronto founded loose leaf tea brand, trading since 2005, that sells its own black, green, herbal, rooibos, yerba mate, oolong and matcha blends through its web shop and Amazon.ca, with wholesale and private label programs on the side.
  14. 85.0 Granville Island Tea Company Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in British Columbia Family-run loose leaf tea shop at the Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver since 1999, selling over 200 single-origin teas, house blends, signature tea bags and a masala chai mix from its stall and online.
  15. 84.0 Western Family Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in British Columbia Pattison Food Group's store brand at Save-On-Foods, Urban Fare and PriceSmart Foods. Canadian retailer · 75.6
  16. 82.2 President's Choice Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario Loblaw's flagship store brand: PC, PC Blue Menu, PC Organics and PC Black Label across every aisle. Canadian retailer · 74.0
  17. 80.1 Compliments Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Nova Scotia Sobeys' store brand across Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo and Thrifty Foods. Canadian retailer · 72.1
  18. 79.5 Irresistibles Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Quebec Metro's premium store brand. Canadian retailer · 71.6
  19. 78.7 Firebelly Tea Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario Ottawa-based, online-only loose leaf tea brand launched in 2021 by DAVIDsTEA co-founder David Segal and Shopify president Harley Finkelstein, selling organic black, green, herbal, mate and matcha blends without added flavourings in home-compostable pouches, plus a line of tea accessories.
  20. 78.4 Tea Squared Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario Toronto loose leaf tea importer and blender founded in 2013 by Frank Weber, selling black, green, oolong, white, pu-erh, chai, rooibos, herbal, fruit and matcha teas, pyramid tea bags and Ma-Cha matcha latte mixes direct online and wholesale to cafes, restaurants and retailers.
  21. 78.3 Selection Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Quebec Metro's everyday store brand, sold at Metro, Food Basics and Super C. Canadian retailer · 70.5
  22. 73.6 JusTea Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in British Columbia Farmer-direct Kenyan purple, black, green and herbal teas from a family-owned Vancouver company, sold in tins and refill pouches.
  23. 70.0 Cha's Organics Canadian-owned · made overseas · based in Quebec Montreal importer of organic, fair trade Sri Lankan spices and coconut products whose tea line is a single Masala Chai black tea.

Middle shelf

  1. 68.7 DAVIDsTEA Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Quebec Montreal specialty tea brand founded in 2008 that sells proprietary loose leaf blends, sachets, and matcha through its own stores, its web shop, Amazon, and grocery and pharmacy shelves across Canada.
  2. 64.6 Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario Mississauga, Ontario tea and coffee company founded in 1912, a fourth-generation family-owned business controlled by the Higgins family, roasting coffee at plants in Mississauga and Fort Worth, Texas. Coffee brands include Marley Coffee, Martinson, Wolfgang Puck Coffee, and Higgins & Burke, plus private label for grocery and foodservice; the site has no consumer storefront. Amazon.ca · 48.4
  3. 64.0 Hojicha Co. Canadian-owned · made overseas · based in Ontario Direct-to-consumer importer of Japanese roasted green tea (hojicha) leaf and powder grown, roasted, and packaged in Kyoto, run by two Ontario co-founders.
  4. 60.9 Grosche Canadian-owned · made overseas · based in Ontario Cambridge, Ontario maker of coffee and tea brewing gear and drinkware, family owned since 2006, designed in Canada and manufactured at contract factories in Taiwan and China, sold direct and through Amazon.ca and Walmart.ca.
  5. 41.7 Twinings European-owned · made in Europe UK black, green, herbal, chai and decaf tea bags, loose tea and K-Cups; Canadian web shop run by Twinings North America from New Jersey with a Woodbridge, Ontario office.

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  1. 38.3 Tetley Foreign-owned · made in Europe · based in Ontario Orange pekoe and specialty tea bags; the volume leader on Canadian shelves, sold here by Tata Consumer Products Canada Inc. Canadian retailer · 34.5
  2. 30.9 Red Rose European-owned · made in the US · based in Ontario Orange pekoe black tea bags, decaf, and K-Cup pods; a Saint John, New Brunswick heritage brand from 1894 whose Canadian rights now belong to Lipton Teas and Infusions (Amsterdam, owned by CVC Capital Partners), sold in Canada by Lipton Teas and Infusions Canada Inc., an Ontario importer with no plant of its own. Canadian retailer · 27.8
  3. 28.6 Great Value US-controlled US-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario Walmart's store brand, sold at Walmart Canada. Walmart Inc. of Bentonville, Arkansas is the sole parent; its 2026 proxy shows Walton Enterprises, LLC holding the controlling voting block (44.11%), and Walmart Canada Corp operates Great Value as its wholly owned Canadian subsidiary. US retailer · 17.2
  4. 26.8 Lipton European-owned · made in the US · based in Ontario Yellow Label black and green tea bags, decaf green tea and herbal pyramids sold in Canada by Lipton Teas and Infusions Canada Inc., the Ontario import and distribution arm of Amsterdam-based Lipton Teas and Infusions. Lipton iced tea is a separate Unilever and PepsiCo joint venture and is not covered here. Canadian retailer · 24.1
  5. 25.2 Tazo European-owned · made in the US Chai, black, green and herbal tea bags, chai and matcha latte concentrates and K-Cup pods. An American brand founded in Portland in 1994, now owned by Lipton Teas and Infusions of Amsterdam and imported into Canada by Lipton Teas and Infusions Canada Inc. Amazon.ca · 18.9
  6. 19.6 Kirkland Signature US-controlled US-owned · mostly made in the US · based in Ontario Costco's private label, owned by Costco Wholesale Corporation (Issaquah, WA) and sold in Canada through Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. (Ottawa, ON). Kirkland Signature is Costco Wholesale Corporation's private label (NASDAQ: COST, Issaquah WA), sold only through Costco's own warehouses and costco.ca. US retailer · 11.8
  7. 0.0 365 by Whole Foods Market US-controlled US-owned · made in the US Whole Foods Market's store brand, sold at its Canadian stores in BC and Ontario. Whole Foods Market is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., and 365 is sold only through Whole Foods' own stores. US retailer · 0.0
  8. 0.0 Bigelow Tea US-controlled US-owned · made in the US Fairfield, Connecticut specialty tea company founded in 1945 by Ruth Campbell Bigelow and still 100 percent family owned as R.C. Bigelow, Inc., blending and packing black, green, herbal and chai tea bags (Constant Comment, Earl Grey, Cozy Chamomile) at plants in Connecticut, Idaho and Kentucky. Sold in Canada through retailers such as Well.ca and shipped direct from the US store. Wholly owned by the Bigelow family of Fairfield, Connecticut, with all blending and packing at its US plants.
  9. 0.0 Celestial Seasonings US-controlled US-owned · made in the US US herbal, black, green and chai tea bags (Sleepytime, Lemon Zinger); a Hain Celestial brand on Canadian shelves. Wholly owned by a single US public parent, The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAIN), and made at one US plant in Boulder, Colorado, per Hain's FY2025 Form 10-K. Canadian retailer · 0.0
  10. 0.0 Numi Organic Tea US-controlled US-owned · made in the US US organic and fair trade black, green, white, pu-erh and herbal teas in bags and loose leaf, from an Oakland, California public benefit corporation. US company: founder control in Oakland, California with a 42 percent stake held by the J.M. Smucker Company.
  11. 0.0 Stash Tea US-controlled Foreign-owned · made in the US US black, green, herbal and chai tea bags and loose leaf from Tigard, Oregon, owned by Japan's Yamamotoyama since 1993; Canadian Shopify storefront with a store finder. Every unit sold in Canada is imported through Universal Tea Company, Inc. d/b/a Stash Tea, a US subsidiary of Yamamotoyama of America, with all production at its US plants and no Canadian entity behind the stashtea.ca storefront.
  12. 0.0 Traditional Medicinals US-controlled US-owned · made in the US Sebastopol, California herbal and medicinal tea company founded in 1974 (Throat Coat, Smooth Move, Nighty Night, Echinacea Plus), an independent certified B Corp and California benefit corporation that blends its bagged teas at one solar-powered plant in Sebastopol from organic herbs sourced in more than 35 countries. Sold in Canada through a bilingual online store and at Loblaws, Real Canadian Superstore, Save-On-Foods, Metro, Sobeys, Walmart, and Well.ca. Independent US company with all manufacturing at its single Sebastopol, California plant.
  13. 0.0 Uncle Lee's Tea US-controlled US-owned · made overseas US importer of green, white, oolong, chai, organic and dieter's tea bags, mostly Fujian-grown, run from South El Monte, California; on Canadian shelves through Well.ca and Amazon.ca. US company run from a single South El Monte, California office; every unit sold in Canada is imported through it. Canadian retailer · 0.0
  14. 0.0 Yogi US-controlled US-owned · made in the US Eugene, Oregon herbal, green and black wellness tea bags (Ginger, Restful Sleep, Egyptian Licorice), sold in North America by the privately held East West Tea Company, LLC and blended at its LEED-certified Eugene factory. The Canadian site has no cart; it points shoppers to Loblaws, Sobeys, Well.ca and Amazon.ca. Owned by East West Tea Company, LLC of Eugene, Oregon, with all North American production at its single Eugene factory. Canadian retailer · 0.0