Kawartha Dairy

The vendor's about-us page states it is 100% Canadian-owned and still run by the Crowe family, who bought the Bobcaygeon dairy in 1937; a 2017 press report calls it a family-owned company that funded 96% of a plant expansion itself. Ontario's business registry blocks automated lookups, so this is not independently verified against the corporate filing.

• About Us - Kawartha Dairy vendor_statement “Kawartha Dairy has been proud to be a 100% Canadian-owned company, still operated by the same family that started it back in 1937.”
• Ontario government invests $311,200 in Kawartha Dairy in Bobcaygeon press “Premier Kathleen Wynne was at Kawartha Dairy in Bobcaygeon to announce $311,200 in provincial funding to help the family-owned company build a new state-of-the-art refrigeration and distribution facility.”

All products are made at the company's single plant in Bobcaygeon, Ontario, per the vendor's own about-us page. A 2017 provincial-funding announcement corroborates a Bobcaygeon refrigeration and distribution facility supporting 115 existing jobs there, with no mention of any other production site.

• About Us - Kawartha Dairy vendor_statement “Although the office and plant are in Bobcaygeon, to many cottagers and summer visitors the heart of Kawartha Dairy lies in Minden.”
• Ontario government invests $311,200 in Kawartha Dairy in Bobcaygeon press “Kawartha Dairy's new refrigeration and distribution facility will create 10 new jobs and support 115 existing jobs in Bobcaygeon.”

The company is headquartered and staffed in Bobcaygeon, Ontario, with 16 company-run retail stores across Ontario and British Columbia; 2017 press coverage cites 115 jobs at the Bobcaygeon plant alone. No evidence of staff or operations outside Canada.

• Kawartha Dairy | Ice Cream | Milk | Dairy Products vendor_statement “Bancroft Barrie Bobcaygeon Britannia Beach Burlington Cobourg Danforth Huntsville Ice Cream Mountain Lindsay Minden Newmarket Orillia Ottawa Peterborough Uxbridge”
• Ontario government invests $311,200 in Kawartha Dairy in Bobcaygeon press “Kawartha Dairy's new refrigeration and distribution facility will create 10 new jobs and support 115 existing jobs in Bobcaygeon.”

Milk and cream, the dominant input by volume, come entirely from Ontario farms through the Dairy Farmers of Ontario cooperative, almost 90% from within 100km of Bobcaygeon, per the vendor's own FAQ and corroborated by press coverage. The remaining share is an estimate for non-dairy ice cream ingredients (sugar, cocoa and fruit flavourings, and stabilizers like locust bean gum and carrageenan) that are typically imported; no published breakdown for these was found.

• About Us - Kawartha Dairy vendor_statement “the dairy receives deliveries of fresh milk daily, most of which is from the local area and all of which is from Ontario farms”
• Ontario government invests $311,200 in Kawartha Dairy in Bobcaygeon press “Kawartha Dairy makes all of its products using fresh milk from Ontario farms.”
• Frequently Asked Questions - Kawartha Dairy vendor_statement “Almost 90% of the milk we use comes from farms located less than 100kms from our Bobcaygeon location, something we're really proud of.”