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Garnier (incl. Ombrelle)

European-owned · mostly made in Canada · based in Quebec

Fructis and Whole Blends shampoo and conditioner, micellar water, face serums and Ombrelle sunscreen, marketed in Canada by the Garnier Canada team inside L'Oreal Canada.

Montreal, QC CA · www.garnier.ca

49.8

Garnier is a mass-market hair and skin care brand of L'Oreal S.A. of Paris, sold in Canada by L'Oreal Canada Inc., a federally incorporated wholly owned subsidiary headquartered in Montreal with a plant in Ville Saint-Laurent. Ombrelle sunscreen started as a Montreal brand under Dermtek Pharma in 1990 and its licences passed to L'Oreal's Canadian arm in the late 1990s. Which Garnier lines are filled in Montreal versus imported from L'Oreal's US, Mexican and European plants could not be confirmed.

Factors

Ownership

50.0 verified

EU 100%

L'Oreal Canada Inc. is an active Canada Business Corporations Act company with its registered office in Montreal, and its 2026 forced labour report filed under Canada's supply chains act states it is a wholly owned subsidiary of L'Oreal S.A. of Paris. Garnier was acquired by L'Oreal in 1970 and remains a brand of its Consumer Products Division, so profit flows to the French parent; SEDAR+ was not checked because the parent is listed in Paris only.

Manufacturing

40.0 inferred

CA 40% · EU 10% · other 20% · US 30%

L'Oreal Canada's Ville Saint-Laurent plant makes hair care, styling and skin care products, over 197 million units in 2024, and Garnier Canada's general manager said in 2021 that Garnier hand gel was made there; Ombrelle sunscreen originated in Montreal and The CANADA List still records Canadian production. The same directory places Fructis shampoo in the United States and Mexico, and L'Oreal's integrated supply model imports finished goods, so the split is an estimate with no product-level origin labels fetched.

People

77.0 reported

CA 70% · EU 20% · US 10%

L'Oreal Canada reports a Montreal head office at 1500 boulevard Robert-Bourassa and over 2,000 employees across Canada, with a Garnier Canada general manager in Montreal; the registered office matches Corporations Canada. Brand direction and research sit with Garnier at L'Oreal in Clichy, France, and the Canadian website is published by Garnier LLC on L'Oreal USA's platform, so a share is allocated to the EU and US as an estimate.

Inputs

32.5 inferred

CA 15% · EU 35% · other 30% · US 20%

L'Oreal Canada's supply chains report says products are sourced through the group's integrated supply chain, with raw materials procured worldwide by the Operations Division in Paris and finished goods imported into Canada. Formulas and research come from France, packaging and actives from global suppliers, and the split is an estimate.

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