Who owns High Liner?
High Liner is owned by High Liner Foods (Canada, TSX: HLF).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: High Liner Foods Incorporated 2025 Annual Information Form. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- High Liner Foods Incorporated reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Lunenburg
- Origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Lunenburg
- Founded
- 1926
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fish & seafood
- Parent ticker
- TSX: HLF
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About High Liner
High Liner is the frozen fish brand conceived in 1926, when the Lunenburg shareholders of W.C. Smith & Company moved into fresh fish and cold storage as Lunenburg Sea Products. The company says it is the market leader in Canadian retail frozen seafood. Its range runs from blue-box fish sticks to Pan-Sear Selects fillets, and it also sells to foodservice.
Ownership timeline of High Liner
- Current owner High Liner Foods [1] reported
Where High Liner sits in High Liner Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by High Liner Foods
High Liner Foods controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
- Fisher Boy
- Mrs. Paul's (1946)
- Sea Cuisine
- Van de Kamp's (1915)
Other brands in fish & seafood, and who owns them
The 38 brands in fish & seafood on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Bakkafrost, with 6; High Liner Foods has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Islands | Bakkafrost | 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands |
| Isabel | Bolton Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| La Monégasque | Unimer | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Ōra King | NZ King Salmon | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Mushroom | QL Resources | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Ducktrap River of Maine | Mowi | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Coln Valley Smokery | PRFoods | 🇪🇪 Estonia |
| Nutaaq | Royal Greenland | 🇬🇱 Greenland |
About the owner: High Liner Foods
High Liner Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Lunenburg, Canada, founded in 1899. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSX: HLF.
High Liner Foods is a Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, maker of value-added frozen seafood for retailers and foodservice across North America. It traces its history to W.C. Smith & Company, founded in Lunenburg in 1899, has been listed since 1967 and took its current name at the end of 1998. It runs plants in Lunenburg, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Newport News, Virginia.
High Liner Foods: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇦 High Liner and other Canadian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 179 brands that began in Canada. 46 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; High Liner is not one of them.
- Alexis de Portneuf — Saputo 🇨🇦
- Baby Gourmet — Hero Group 🇨🇭
- EnviroKidz — Nature's Path 🇨🇦
- Fantino & Mondello — Maple Leaf Foods 🇨🇦
- Freybe — Premium Brands 🇨🇦
- Gardein — Conagra Brands 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of High Liner?
The parent company of High Liner is High Liner Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in Canada.
Is High Liner Canadian?
Yes. High Liner originated in Canada in 1926 and its owner, High Liner Foods, is also headquartered in Canada.
Is High Liner still owned by High Liner Foods?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, High Liner is still owned by High Liner Foods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] High Liner Foods Incorporated 2025 Annual Information Form — High Liner Foods Incorporated, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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