On this page
- Which paint brands are Canadian?
- Who owns Dulux, Sico and Glidden in Canada now?
- Is Benjamin Moore Canadian?
- Is Sherwin-Williams a Canadian company?
- Where is Behr paint made?
- Quebec-made paint for Gatineau homes
- Why every paint sold in Canada meets the same VOC limits
- How to choose a paint brand for an Ottawa home
- Canadian paint brands: common questions
Which paint brands are Canadian?
Ownership and manufacturing are two different questions, and a brand can pass one and fail the other. This is where each brand stands on 2026-11-02, from the companies’ own pages and filings:
| Brand | Owned by | Made in Canada? |
|---|---|---|
| Beauti-Tone (Home Hardware) | Home Hardware, Canadian | Yes, Burford, Ontario |
| Cloverdale Paint | Family-owned, British Columbia | Yes, plants in BC, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario |
| Dulux (in Canada) | CIL; the Dulux name is licensed from AkzoNobel | Yes, says Dulux |
| Sico, Bétonel, Glidden (Canada) | CIL, Vaughan, Ontario | Yes, by CIL |
| Laurentide, Boomerang, Splendi | Société Laurentide, Quebec family company | Yes, Quebec and New Brunswick |
| Peintures MF | MF Paints, part of The Protech Group | Yes, Laval, Quebec |
| Benjamin Moore | Berkshire Hathaway, US | Canadian company since 1906; current plants not published |
| Sherwin-Williams, General Paint, Para | Sherwin-Williams, US | Not confirmed for today |
| Behr | Masco, US | Not broken out by country |
If buying Canadian matters to you, the two clear answers are Beauti-Tone and Cloverdale. Both are owned here and made here, and both say so on their own sites.
Beauti-Tone
Home Hardware calls Beauti-Tone “Canada’s #1 Canadian owned and Canadian made retail paint brand”. It has been produced by BeautiTone Paint and Home Products since 1980, in Burford, Ontario, with domestic and imported materials.
Cloverdale Paint
Cloverdale was founded in 1933 in Langley, British Columbia, and still describes itself as a family-owned company. Its plants are in Surrey, Calgary, Winnipeg, Mississauga, Oakville and London, Ontario. Its store locator, read 2026-11-02, lists no store in Ottawa.
Who owns Dulux, Sico and Glidden in Canada now?
A company called CIL, short for Canadian Industries Limited, headquartered in Vaughan, Ontario. Getting there took three changes of hands in two years:
- October 2024: PPG agreed to sell its US and Canada architectural paint business, including Glidden, Dulux in Canada and Sico, to American Industrial Partners.
- December 2, 2024: the sale closed at US$550 million, and the business was renamed The Pittsburgh Paints Company.
- September 2025: the Canadian side became a stand-alone company, CIL, covering Dulux, Sico and Bétonel.
CIL says it manufactures its products in Canada and employs more than 1,500 Canadians. Trade press in February 2026 reported that its Vaughan plant makes millions of gallons a year, with Dulux, Sico, Glidden and Bétonel produced for the Canadian market.
Is Dulux a Canadian company?
Dulux paint sold here is made in Canada, but the name is not Canadian. Dulux.ca says its products are 100% manufactured in Canada, from two plants. It also says the Dulux trademark belongs to AkzoNobel and is licensed for use in Canada only.
CIL’s press release names no owner, only “a committed ownership group”. So we can say Dulux is made in Canada. We cannot say who owns the company that makes it.
Is Sico Canadian made?
Yes. Sico was founded in Quebec City in 1937 and became the best-selling paint brand in Quebec by 1977. AkzoNobel bought it in 2006 and PPG in 2013. Its Beauport plant in Quebec City closed in 2019, with production moved to Ontario, so today Sico is a Quebec brand made by CIL in Ontario.
In April 2026, RONA said it was refocusing its paint aisle on Sico and RONAPRO by Dulux, so that is the paint you will find at RONA in Ottawa and Gatineau.
Is Benjamin Moore Canadian?
No. Berkshire Hathaway bought Benjamin Moore & Co. in December 2000. The Canadian company, though, is old: it was incorporated on September 7, 1906.
Where is Benjamin Moore paint manufactured?
Benjamin Moore’s own Canadian history names a Montreal factory built in 1953 and a Burlington, Ontario plant expanded in 2000 for its solvent-based paint. The same history says manufacturing at its Toronto plant ended in 2000 after 94 years. It publishes no list of where each product is made today.
Is Sherwin-Williams a Canadian company?
No. Sherwin-Williams was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1866. It reached Canada early, with its first international presence in Montreal in 1892.
Two names many Ontario painters know are now Sherwin-Williams brands. In 2013 it bought the US and Canada business of Comex, which included General Paint and Para, about 80 Canadian stores and three plants in Canada.
Where is Behr paint made?
Behr is a brand of Masco, an American company. Masco’s 2025 annual report says Behr gives The Home Depot exclusivity on the Behr brand in North American retail, and that the business runs nine manufacturing plants in North America. It does not say how many are in Canada.
Quebec-made paint for Gatineau homes
Across the river, two Quebec makers sell paint made in the province:
- Société Laurentideis a family-owned company with plants in Shawinigan and Victoriaville, Quebec, and Richibucto, New Brunswick. It makes Laurentide, Boomerang (its recycled paint) and BMR’s Splendi line.
- Peintures MF says its products are 100% made in Quebec, at Laval.
- Sico started in Quebec City, though it is now made in Ontario.
Laurentide also helped set up Éco-Peinture, Quebec’s paint recycling program.
Why every paint sold in Canada meets the same VOC limits
Brand aside, every architectural paint sold in Canada has to meet the same federal limit on volatile organic compounds (VOCs), the solvents you smell while paint dries. The rule is SOR/2009-264, and its limits are:
- Flat paint: 100 grams per litre
- Non-flat paint: 150 g/L
- General primers and sealers: 200 g/L
- High-gloss: 250 g/L
In 2022, Environment and Climate Change Canada consulted on cutting flat and non-flat paint to 50 g/L. As of 2026-10-19 the regulation in force has not changed, so treat 50 g/L as a proposal, not the law.
How to choose a paint brand for an Ottawa home
Pick the product line before the brand. A brand’s top interior line and its contractor line can differ more than two brands’ top lines do, and the numbers that tell them apart are on each can’s technical data sheet:
- The sheen, which decides how much a wall hides and how well it scrubs.
- The minimum temperature,usually 10 °C for interior topcoats, which matters in a cold Ottawa basement.
- The recoat time, which decides how many days a room is out of use.
- The VOC figure, for a nursery or a bedroom you need back the same night.
Our guide to the best paint for kitchen cabinets reads four of those data sheets side by side, and it is the same method for walls.
Prep decides more than the label
Whichever brand you choose, the finish lasts as long as the prep under it. When we work as painters in Ottawa and Gatineau, walls are masked and covered, patched and sanded, caulked and primed before any colour goes on. Our page on interior painting in Ottawa walks through that order room by room.
Not sure about a colour in a particular brand? A colour consultation settles it before the first can is opened.