Big Country Raw

The company's own about page says it grew out of Big Country Kennels, a dog breeding operation Rob and Geraldine Brouwer ran in Ontario starting in 2008, with no mention of outside investors or a sale. A Corporations Canada federal search for "Big Country Raw" returned zero results, which usually means a provincial (Ontario) incorporation rather than no incorporation; the Ontario Business Registry is not reachable by fetch, so that registration could not be directly confirmed. No press, Wikipedia, or Wikidata record of an acquisition or parent company was found.

• About Us · the vendor's own site “In 2008, Rob and Geraldine Brouwer ran Big Country Kennels and bred German Shorthaired Pointers and Bernese Mountain Dogs.”
• Search for a Federal Corporation - Corporations Canada · registry record “0 results were found, 0 returned.”

The vendor states its raw food is produced at its own plant in Smithville, Ontario, with a temperature-controlled kitchen and cold chain, and repeats this on its contact page as being made in Niagara, Ontario. A second office in Calgary is described as a distribution point servicing western Canada rather than a manufacturing site.

• About Us · the vendor's own site “We produce all of our raw pet food right here in Smithville, Ontario.”
• Contact Us · the vendor's own site “We proudly make our raw food in Niagara, Ontario.”

The careers page reports 160+ employees split between the company's Smithville, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta offices, both in Canada, with no operations named outside the country.

• Careers · the vendor's own site “160+ Employees between our Smithville and Calgary offices”

The vendor says it sources ingredients from federally and provincially approved farms and suppliers, which implies CFIA- and provincially-licensed Canadian meat suppliers, but it does not publish a country-of-origin breakdown for its meat or for supplemental ingredients like fish oil and algae-derived DHA. This mix estimates mostly Canadian meat inputs with a smaller share of imported specialty additives; no supplier list or sourcing map was found to verify the split.

• Food Safety: How We Protect Every Batch · the vendor's own site “We source our ingredients from federally and provincially approved farms and suppliers that meet strict quality and food safety standards.”