Which Barbecue Grills Are Canadian-Owned? Not Weber 🇨🇦
Weber and Traeger are American-owned, and Pit Boss was founded in Alberta before selling to W.C. Bradley Co. of Georgia in 2023. Napoleon, Broil King and Crown Verity are three Ontario grill makers still owned in Canada. Ownership verified October 2026.
🍁 Verified Canadian Brands
3 Local OptionsNapoleon
🇨🇦 Canadian-Owned📍 Barrie, ON · Est. 1976
Family-owned Wolf Steel, 50 years in 2026
Broil King
🇨🇦 Canadian-Owned📍 Waterloo, ON · Est. 1906
Onward Manufacturing — third-generation Witzel family
Crown Verity
🇨🇦 Canadian-Owned📍 Brantford, ON · Est. 1991
Verity family, privately Canadian-owned
🔍 Investigation Breakdown
Video Script & Investigation
Shopping for a barbecue grill or smoker? Do you know which brands are actually Canadian-owned? Weber and Traeger are both American-owned. And Pit Boss started in Alberta in 1999, then sold to an American company in Georgia in 2023. Three big names are still owned here. Napoleon, built by Wolf Steel in Barrie, Ontario, is family-owned and turns fifty this year. Broil King comes from Onward Manufacturing in Waterloo, Ontario, run by the third generation of the Witzel family. And Crown Verity in Brantford, Ontario has been Verity-family owned since 1991. Canadian-owned. Canadian rooted. This is Canadian made.
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FOREIGN-OWNED BRANDS
- Weber — US (BDT & MSD Partners)
- Traeger — US (NYSE: COOK)
- Pit Boss — started in Alberta, sold to
- W.C. Bradley Co., Georgia, in 2023
Ownership checked October 2026