The Sunscreen Company (CyberDERM, Ava Isa)
Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario
Family-run, dermatologist-developed all-mineral zinc oxide sunscreens and clinical skincare under the CyberDERM, Ava Isa and Natrèceutique labels.
St. Catharines, ON CA · thesunscreencompany.com
The Sunscreen Company is a family-run St. Catharines, Ontario maker of all-mineral zinc oxide sunscreens and clinical skincare, founded by physicians Denis Dudley and Sharyn Laughlin with chemist Tom Heinar and run by their daughter Sara Dudley as CEO. It sells direct from a Canadian and a US storefront and through Well.ca, and formulated the Eleven by Venus Williams SPF line for Credo Beauty. The vendor never says where its products are made, and two directories disagree on whether the sunscreens are produced in Canada only or in Canada and the US.
Factors
Ownership
100.0 reportedCA 100%
The vendor describes itself as a small Canadian family company created by two husband-and-wife physicians, a chemist and their daughter, with Sara Dudley as CEO, and its privacy policy names the operating business as CyberDERM-The Sunscreen Company; no investor, parent or acquisition is named anywhere. Corporations Canada returns no federal corporation for The Sunscreen Company, CyberDERM or Cyberderm Laboratories, so the entity is presumably an Ontario corporation; the Ontario Business Registry could not be queried from this session and no shareholder record was checked. The CANADA List corroborates Canadian ownership.
- Cyberderm Clinical Skincare and Mineral Sunscreens — The Sunscreen Company vendor_statement “CyberDERM is our original legacy medical grade brand, created by two husband-and-wife physicians, a chemist and a daughter to create products they could use within their dermatology practice.”
- Our Privacy Policy — The Sunscreen Company vendor_statement “This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which CyberDERM-The Sunscreen Company TM collects, uses, maintains and discloses information”
- The Sunscreen Company In The Press — The Sunscreen Company vendor_statement “our small Canadian company became the creators behind Credo Beauty's collaboration with tennis star Venus Williams”
- Search for a Federal Corporation - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada registry “Searched for: Corporate name: Sunscreen Company 0 results were found, 0 returned.”
- Search for a Federal Corporation - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada registry “Searched for: Corporate name: CyberDERM 0 results were found, 0 returned.”
- The CANADA List directory “A sub-brand of The Sunscreen Company, Canadian-owned and produced locally”
Manufacturing
61.0 inferredCA 70% · US 30%
The vendor's site names no factory, lab or country of manufacture on its story, FAQ, shipping or product pages, and no NPN or DIN is shown that could be traced through Health Canada. The CANADA List records manufacturing as Canada for both CyberDERM and Ava Isa, while madeinca.ca records Canada and the US for the sunscreens, and the site's note that US customers must now order from a separate US shop because of tariffs is consistent with some US production or stock. The split is an estimate weighted to Canada for the skincare lines and part of the sunscreen volume.
- The CANADA List directory “Canadian-owned skincare brand developed by Ottawa-based Cyberderm Laboratories. Ava Isa mineral sunscreens are formulated and made in Canada.”
- Skincare: The Sunscreen Company | Made in CA directory “Manufactured In: Canada and the US (for sunscreens)”
- Shop Our Online Store — The Sunscreen Company vendor_statement “Due to new tariff regulations, all customers shipping to US addresses must order from our USA Shop only.”
- An expert panel of doctors, chemists, and skincare experts craft all of our products. — The Sunscreen Company vendor_statement “We spend years on our research and development for our sunscreen and skincare formulas.”
People
100.0 reportedCA 100%
Every page of the vendor's site gives a single address at 186 Merritt Street, St. Catharines, Ontario, with a 289 area code phone number, and the founders and CEO are described as a family working from that business; no office or staff outside Canada is named. Head count is not disclosed. Directories place the company's origins in Ottawa and Toronto, but the current registered contact is St. Catharines.
- Contact Our Team — The Sunscreen Company vendor_statement “The Sunscreen Company® 186 Merritt Street St. Catherines, ON, L2T 1J6 Canada 289-362-2355”
- An expert panel of doctors, chemists, and skincare experts craft all of our products. — The Sunscreen Company vendor_statement “Our expert panel of physicians, a chemist and marketing all have unique point of views”
Inputs
22.0 inferredCA 15% · EU 25% · other 25% · US 35%
The formulas are built on high-concentration zinc oxide dispersions, titanium dioxide, cerium oxide, plant oils and specialty actives such as Norwegian spruce extract and a patented sugar cane derived booster, and none of these ingredients or the packaging are given an origin on the site; cosmetic-grade zinc oxide and dispersions are typically sourced from US, European and Asian suppliers. The split is an estimate, not a published figure. The site and both storefronts run on Squarespace, a US platform, though direct sales are not the only channel.
- Ava Isa Sun-è-Serum Drops SPF 35 - All Mineral Sunscreen Serum with 25% Zinc Oxide — The Sunscreen Company vendor_statement “Active Ingredient: 25% Zinc Oxide Inactive Ingredients: Caprylic Capric Triglyceride, Glyceryl Isostearate, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Polylactic Acid, Coconut Alkanes”
- Learn about the important science behind sunscreens and how to select the best one for your skin. — The Sunscreen Company vendor_statement “Our Cyberderm Simply Zinc's both contain AOX, otherwise known as Norwegian Spruce Extract”
- An expert panel of doctors, chemists, and skincare experts craft all of our products. — The Sunscreen Company vendor_statement “A plant-derived ingredient from sugar cane actually makes our zinc oxide sunscreens perform better”
Where to buy
- Direct 76.6
- Direct 76.6
- Canadian retailer · Well.ca 68.9
Found via
- The CANADA List 2026-09-13