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Oneka Elements

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Quebec

Botanical shampoo, conditioner, body wash, hand soap and lotion from a Quebec farm, with bulk refills.

Frelighsburg, QC CA · www.onekaelements.com

Found at Sobeys Co-op Whole Foods
92.3

Oneka Elements is a family-owned maker of botanical shampoo, conditioner, body wash, hand soap and lotion, founded in 2007 by the couple Stacey and Philippe and run from an Ecocert-certified organic farm in Frelighsburg, Quebec, where the lab and boutique also sit. The legal entity is Ecoterre Distribution Ltd.; products are labelled made in Canada and madeinca.ca lists Frelighsburg as the manufacturing site. Its store locator names IGA and Rachelle-Béry (Sobeys), Calgary Co-op and Canadian Whole Foods Market stores, plus roughly 300 independent stores in Canada and 300 more in the northeastern United States and Michigan.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The terms and privacy pages name the operating entity as Ecoterre Distribution Ltd. at 23 rue Principale, Frelighsburg, Quebec, with Philippe Choinière as privacy officer, and the Our People page says Oneka is family born and family owned with no investor or parent named. Corporations Canada returns zero results for Ecoterre Distribution, so it is most likely a Quebec provincial corporation; the Registraire des entreprises du Québec could not be reached today and the shareholders remain unverified. The CANADA List and madeinca.ca both record it as Canadian owned.

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Product pages carry a Made in Canada label, the Our Story timeline says the Oneka lab at the farm opened in October 2021, and the farm page says the plants grown there are certified organic by Ecocert Canada. madeinca.ca lists Frelighsburg, Quebec as the manufacturing location and The CANADA List records Canada as the sole manufacturing country; no contract manufacturer outside Canada is named anywhere.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The head office, farm, lab and boutique share the single Frelighsburg, Quebec address and the Our People page describes one small team of employees and collaborators there; no office outside Canada is named. Headcount could not be confirmed because LinkedIn was unreachable and the site has no careers page.

Inputs

48.5 inferred

CA 40% · EU 5% · other 45% · US 10%

The vendor grows botanicals such as angelica, lavender, lemon balm and raspberry leaf on its own organic farm and uses apple cider vinegar from the family orchard, but the bulk of a shampoo or body wash is water, plant-derived surfactants and oils, which are typically coconut or palm based and imported. The split is an estimate; the site discloses no sourcing country for surfactants, oils or bottles.

Where to buy

Grocers

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