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Top 25 Ethnic specialty food distributors based in Canada
RevenueBase identified 194 ethnic specialty food distributors headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 2,211 professional contacts across them, including 492 with verified work emails. Montreal is the largest hub.
This list covers ethnic specialty food distributors headquartered in Canada, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.
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The 25 largest ethnic specialty food distributors based in Canada
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 151 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are the largest Canadian full-service importer and distributor of specialty foods with national coverage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 150 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Your importer and distributor of Oriental food products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 118 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Who Are We?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Shah Trading Company is Canada's Largest Ethnic Food Distributor of Rice and Grains, Beans, Peas and Lentils, Spices and Herbs, Nuts and Dried Fruits and other Specialty Items.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “OIC Foods is committed to offering an ever-evolving selection of ethnic food solutions, celebrating tradition and innovation through premium ingredients and authentic recipes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “For over 55 years BOSA Foods has been a leading importer and distributor of specialty Italian and Mediterranean food products to the food service and retail markets in Western…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Aurora Importing is the largest Italian Dry Food Importer in Canada, and has been in the business for over 65 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Etablie en 1989, GROUPE PHOENICIA a débuté ses opérations avec un modeste entrepôt de pi.ca.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Super Asia Foods is a wholesale distributor of quality and trusted products located in Toronto Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Full service national Distributor in Canada and the US.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since 1968, Finica Food Specialties Ltd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Dovre Specialty Foods is a distributor of award-winning specialty food brands from across Canada and around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cioffi's is simply the best and most authentic Burnaby Meat Market and Italian Deli that you'll find.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Molisana Imports has been representing Premium Italian brands in Canada for over 40 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Valoroso Foods Ltd is a family owned and operated business founded in 1995.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For more than 35 years, Ti Foods has been catering to the growing demand for Asian food in Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Food Distribution Canada” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “BCI provides sales and service leadership into three key categories within food processing and foodservice sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Gourmet Trading has been bringing the best specialty food brands to Canada since 1990.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Explore Eastern Canada's premier distributor of Asian foods, offering a vast product catalogue and exceptional service for over 50 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ptifoods is Canada's leading importer and manufacturer of authentic South Asian foods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Mantab Food Group is a Canadian family-run business and a leading international food importer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Kolonaki Group of Companies is a leading importer and distributor of craft wines, beers, and spirits, premier foods and beverages, and curated lifestyle items.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For the past 14 years, Ran Foods Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: ethnic specialty food distributors. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names ethnic specialty food distributors.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of ethnic specialty food distributors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name ethnic specialty food distributors. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Ethnic specialty food distributors based in Canada at a glance
As of Sep 16, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Canada, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Canada, over 194 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among ethnic specialty food distributors, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Canada whose own description of what they do matches “ethnic specialty food distributors”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names ethnic specialty food distributors), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among ethnic specialty food distributors, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Canada are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 492 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Ethnic specialty food distributors by metro
- Ethnic specialty food distributors in Montreal29
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names ethnic specialty food distributors, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many ethnic specialty food distributors are there based in Canada?
RevenueBase identified 194 ethnic specialty food distributors headquartered in Canada as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
I-D Foods Corporation LA Corporation DES Aliments I-D, headquartered in Laval, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most ethnic specialty food distributors?
Montreal leads with 29 headquartered companies, followed by Mississauga (19) and Toronto (14).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 492 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 194 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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