Trudeau

Corporations Canada's individuals with significant control register for Trudeau Corporation (1889) Inc. lists Robert L. Trudeau as the sole individual with significant control, holding more than 75 percent of the shares directly since March 2023, and as the corporation's only listed director. A 2021 CNW release said the company transferred ownership to his daughter Anne-Marie Trudeau, the fourth generation, explicitly framed as keeping the company out of foreign hands; both accounts keep control inside the Trudeau family, so ownership is entirely Canadian.

• Federal corporation information - 144373-9 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada - Corporations - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada registry “More than 75% of the shares”
• First woman owner to head Trudeau in transfer to 4thth generation family business press “a transfer of ownership to Anne-Marie Trudeau, the fourth generation and first woman to lead the family company”

Madeinca.ca gives Trudeau's manufacturing location as 'Boucherville, Quebec and abroad' with mixed domestic and imported production, and notes the company has manufacturing facilities in several countries so not all cookware is made in Canada. Trudeau's own site credits its products to 'carefully chosen manufacturers' without naming countries and lists satellite offices in Spain, England, the Netherlands, and China; no product page on trudeau.com discloses a country of origin, so the split between the Boucherville site and overseas contract manufacturers is an estimate weighted toward imports.

• Best Cookware Brands in Canada | Made in CA directory “Manufacturing Location: Boucherville, Québec and abroad”
• About Us | Trudeau Canada vendor_statement “to the expertise of our carefully chosen manufacturers”

Trudeau's head office, main showroom, and warehouse are in Boucherville, Quebec, with a second office, showroom, and warehouse in the Chicago suburbs (Woodridge/Bolingbrook), Illinois, and smaller satellite offices in Spain, England, the Netherlands, and China. A 2021 press release put total headcount at about 100 with no per-site breakdown, so the split favouring the Quebec head office over the Illinois site and the small overseas offices is an estimate.

• About Us | Trudeau Canada vendor_statement “Our head office, which includes our main showroom and warehouse, is located in Boucherville, Quebec, near Montreal. We also have an office, showroom, and warehouse in Woodridge, Illinois, near Chicago, and satellite offices in Spain, England, the Netherlands and China.”
• First woman owner to head Trudeau in transfer to 4thth generation family business press “Trudeau Corporation currently employs about 100 people and is active in about 40 countries.”

Trudeau does not disclose where the plastic, stainless steel, silicone, ceramic, or glass in its products is sourced. With manufacturing concentrated outside Canada and a sourcing office in China, materials are assumed to mostly follow production; the small Canadian share reflects the Boucherville manufacturing madeinca.ca describes. Trudeau sells wholesale through many independent retailers rather than its own storefront, so there is no single-platform dependency to weigh in.

• Best Cookware Brands in Canada | Made in CA directory “Trudeau has operations and manufacturing facilities in several countries, so not all cookware is made in Canada.”