Is Glidden a Canadian company?

No, Glidden is not a Canadian company; it is an American paint brand, though it is sold in Canada and has history of being available in Canadian retail stores. Glidden was founded in 1875 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Francis Harrington Glidden, as Glidden Varnish Company, making it one of oldest paint companies in America. Today, Glidden is owned by PPG Industries, Inc., which is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a large publicly traded American company founded in 1883. PPG acquired Glidden from AkzoNobel in 2012 for 1.05 billion dollars. Glidden paints are manufactured in the United States at PPG plants and distributed in US at Home Depot, Walmart, and PPG Paints stores. In Canada, Glidden is sold at Home Depot Canada and Walmart Canada, and is manufactured for Canadian market, sometimes at Canadian plants operated by PPG, but brand ownership remains American. There is confusion because Glidden was previously owned by AkzoNobel, a Dutch company, and some Canadian paint brands like Dulux Canada are owned by PPG. Canadian-owned paint companies are Cloverdale Paint and MF Paints, not Glidden. So Glidden is American owned by PPG, an American company, not Canadian, though its products are available in Canada and meet Canadian standards.