Olymel
Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Quebec
Olymel, Lafleur and Flamingo pork, chicken and turkey.
Saint-Hyacinthe, QC CA · www.olymel.com
Olymel is a division of Sollio Cooperative Group, a Quebec farmer-owned agricultural co-operative, processing Canadian-raised pork and poultry (Olymel, Lafleur, Flamingo) at plants across Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and New Brunswick.
Factors
Ownership
100.0 reportedCA 100%
Olymel's about-us page states it is "a division of Sollio Cooperative Group" (formerly La Coop fédérée), a Quebec agricultural co-operative owned by its farmer members, and Sollio's own 2024 annual report lists Olymel as one of its three divisions. Corporations Canada shows an active federal corporation, Olymel International Inc. (844433-1), and affiliated Sollio entities (Fondation de Sollio Groupe coopératif; Sollio Agriculture Livestock Production), but the parent co-operative itself is not a CBCA filer, so this rests on the parties' own statements rather than a registry record of the co-op structure.
- About us | Olymel vendor_statement “A division of Sollio Cooperative Group”
- Sollio Cooperative Group 2024 Annual Report vendor_statement “Our three divisions, Sollio Agriculture, BMR Group and Olymel”
- Corporations Canada federal corporation search: Olymel registry “Olymel International Inc. Status: Active Corporation number: 844433-1”
Manufacturing
100.0 reportedCA 100%
Olymel's own facility map (about-us page) lists all current slaughter, processing and bacon plants in Canada: Quebec (Ange-Gardien, Anjou, Bécancour, Berthierville, Drummondville, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, St-Damase, St-Esprit, St-Henri, St-Jean-Baptiste, Ste-Rosalie, two sites in Trois-Rivières, Yamachiche), Ontario (two sites in Brampton, Cornwall, Oakville, Port Colborne), Alberta (Red Deer) and New Brunswick (Clair), plus a hog-production site in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. Olymel closed its Princeville (QC) and Paris (ON) plants in late 2023 and its Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (QC) plant in 2025, redeploying that volume to the Trois-Rivières and Saint-Henri plants; those closures are reflected by their absence from the current map.
- About us | Olymel vendor_statement “Slaughter plant / Distriubtion / Sales”
- Measures to reorganize activities and optimize operations: Olymel announces the closure of its fresh pork processing plant in Princeville and its poultry processing plant in Paris, Ontario press “Olymel operates 24 pork and poultry processing plants and 5 distribution centres in Canada”
- Olymel to build state-of-the-art integrated plant in Trois-Rivières press “a major investment of $142 million that will allow Olymel to better serve its customers”
- Sollio Cooperative Group 2024 Annual Report vendor_statement “the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu plant... were transferred to the Trois-Rivières and Saint-Henri plants”
People
100.0 reportedCA 100%
Olymel reports about 12,000 employees, essentially all at its Canadian plants and its Saint-Hyacinthe head office; its facility map shows only small sales offices outside Canada (Australia, Japan, South Korea), immaterial to headcount.
- About us | Olymel vendor_statement “12 000 Employees”
Inputs
96.0 reportedCA 95% · other 5%
Olymel states its pork and poultry are raised by Canadian, largely Quebec-based, farmers, many of them Sollio co-op members; the Trois-Rivières expansion release describes "value-added products made with meat of superior quality that's produced by local farmers." Minor ingredients such as spices, casings and packaging are not confirmed as Canadian-sourced, so a small OTHER share is estimated.
- About us | Olymel vendor_statement “Proudly Canadian”
- Olymel to build state-of-the-art integrated plant in Trois-Rivières press “value-added products made with meat of superior quality that's produced by local farmers”
Where to buy
Grocers
- Search results for "olymel" vendor_statement “Olymel Old Fashioned Smoked Ham, 300g”
- Search results for "lafleur" vendor_statement “Lafleur Original Family Pack Bacon, 500-g”
- Sollio Cooperative Group 2024 Annual Report vendor_statement “exclusively in Walmart stores in Québec”