Champlain Financial Corporation: version 1

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# Champlain Financial Corporation <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Champlain Financial Corporation
disambiguation: Montreal private holding company; lead investor in the Quebec group that bought BCI Foods in 2018
country: CA
website: https://www.champlaincanada.com/
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name      | type   | locale | from | until |
| --------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Champlain | search | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref                 | url                                                               | title                                                                                                 | accessed   | publisher                       | kind        | published  | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| champlain-2018      | https://www.champlaincanada.com/release/baxters-canada-inc-bci/   | A group of Quebec investors led by Champlain Financial Corporation acquires Baxters Canada Inc. (BCI) | 2026-09-14 | Champlain Financial Corporation | publication | 2018-05-24 |           |         |         |             |          |
| champlain-portfolio | https://www.champlaincanada.com/portfolio/baxters-canada-inc-bci/ | Champlain portfolio: BCI Foods                                                                        | 2026-09-14 | Champlain Financial Corporation | publication |            |           |         |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Champlain Financial Corporation is a Canadian private holding company based in Montreal that has been building a diversified private investment portfolio in Canada and the United States since 2005.[^champlain-2018] In May 2018 it led a group of Quebec investors that acquired Baxters Canada Inc., the Saint-Hyacinthe soup and sauce maker now trading as BCI Foods, from Scotland's Baxters Food Group, making the business Canadian-owned again; Champlain dates the investment to June 2018 and names Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Fondaction and Investissement Québec as its partners in the deal.[^champlain-portfolio]
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