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Is FirstMate Pet Foods Canadian?

The short answer

FirstMate is a Chilliwack, British Columbia pet food maker that owns and operates both its dry production facility and a human-grade cannery, rather than contracting manufacturing out. A British Columbia government export catalogue confirms the plants and describes the business as family-owned, founded by Michael Florian in 1989. Manufacturing is the strongest-evidenced claim on this page; ownership rests on the company being described as family-owned rather than on a shareholder record.

Head office: Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Website: firstmate.com

What “Canadian” means for this brand

These are separate facts and we keep them separate. A company can be Canadian-owned and manufacture abroad, or foreign-owned and manufacture here. Each line below carries its own evidence and its own date.

Made in Canada

Yes

Applies to: dry kibble and canned food produced at the company’s own Chilliwack facilities

The product itself is manufactured in Canada. This is about the factory, not the head office.

The CFIA, USDA and EU certifications named in the source are inspection and export standards, not evidence of location. The Chilliwack facility itself is what places manufacturing in Canada.

Sources:
  • FirstMate Pet Foods - Province of British Columbia
    “both a dry production facility and human grade cannery, which are certified by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the United States Department of Agriculture and the European Union”
    Read September 9, 2026
  • Our Quality | FirstMate Pet Foods
    “Owning and operating their facility provides FirstMate with full control over quality from beginning to end.”
    Read September 9, 2026

Last verified September 9, 2026

Canadian-owned company

Yes

The company that owns the brand is Canadian. This says nothing about where its products are manufactured.

Recorded at lower confidence than the manufacturing claim above. A provincial export catalogue evidences facilities and describes the business as family-owned; it is not a shareholder record, and no corporate registry search succeeded.

Sources:

Last verified September 9, 2026

Made with Canadian ingredients

Partly

Applies to: the Pacific Ocean fish, Fraser Valley grubs and free-run Fraser Valley chickens named by the source

Some or all of the inputs are sourced in Canada. Check the scope note for which ones.

Named inputs only. The company does not publish an origin for every ingredient.

Source:

Last verified September 9, 2026

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How we check this

Every claim on this page links to the source we read and the date we read it. We take origin and manufacturing statements from a company’s own site, its packaging, or a government record, and we do not infer where something is manufactured from who owns the company. Ownership and manufacturing change independently, so each claim is dated separately. The oldest check on this page is from 2026-09-09.

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