Our investing partners

Current Partner Companies:

Aquaterra Corporation Ltd.
Aquaterra is a market leader in bottled water distribution in Canada under the Canadian Springs and Labrador Springs brands. Aquaterra’s market position and its management team’s strong track record made them an ideal Birch Hill partner. Birch Hill made the investment in June of 2006.

Atria Networks LP
Atria Networks LP owns and operates one of Ontario's largest fibre-optic networks, linking Ottawa, Waterloo Region, Vaughan, Hamilton, Markham, Orangeville, Barrie, Guelph, Cornwall and all surrounding areas. Atria offers the fastest high-dependability broadband solutions for Internet access, point-to-point connections and IT continuity, including offsite data storage, email and web security and Internet redundancy.

Bio Agri Mix LP
Bio Agri Mix LP is the largest supplier of medicated feed additives for the animal health industry in Canada.

BIOX Corporation
BIOX produces biodiesel, a renewable, non-toxic and environmentally friendly fuel that can be used in any unmodified diesel engine. The BIOX process is a new low-cost method to produce biodiesel fuel from a wide variety of agricultural feedstocks.

Carmanah Design and Manufacturing Inc.
Carmanah Design and Manufacturing is the dominant global supplier of stranders and flakers, used in the production of oriented strand board, and is one of the leading suppliers of debarking equipment in North America.

Comcare Limited
Comcare is a leading provider of home healthcare throughout Canada. Services include: home & personal support, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work and speech language pathology.

Constellation Software Inc.
Constellation Software is a software provider with seven operating platforms: Trapeze Software Inc. - public transit, Harris Computer - municipal utilities, Friedman - door/window/cabinet/furniture manufacturers, Emphasys Solutions - public housing, Constellation Justice Systems - district attorneys, Gary Jonas - club management / administration, and CHS - homebuilding / contracting.

Creation Technologies LP
Creation Technologies provides highly complex, low to medium volume electronic contract manufacturing. Based in Vancouver, Creation has seven manufacturing facilities across North America.

Emerging Information Systems Inc. (EISI)
EISI is the market leader in financial planning software. EISI's core products provide fully integrated, comprehensive financial planning solutions to professional advisors in the wealth management industry.

Greenfield Ethanol Inc.
Greenfield Ethanol is the largest ethanol producer in Canada and one of the more established producers in North America.

Marsulex Inc.
Marsulex operates a number of plants in Canada and the U.S. that provide outsourced environmental compliance services to a variety of industries such as oil refining and power generation.

MLL Telecom Limited
MLL Telecom is a U.K.-based wireless telecommunications company specializing in wireless backhaul, network design/builds and network operation. MLL's focus is on providing wireless communications backbone services primarily to cellular telephone companies such as Vodafone.

Nealanders International Inc.
Nealanders is a full service producer and distributor of food ingredients, supplying the broadest range of complementary ingredients to a large and diversified customer base. Nealanders is also the exclusive Canadian distributor for several of the world's pre-eminent ingredient manufacturers, and is the largest co-packer of instant oatmeal in Canada.

Novadent Inc.
Novadent is a leader in the full service dental laboratory industry serving dentists throughout the United States. To date, Novadent has completed 9 acquisitions and currently operates 5 dental laboratories concentrated in the Pacific Northwest, California and Florida.  The company focuses on introducing best-in-class systems and processes across its network to better serve its customer base.

R.J. McCarthy
R.J. McCarthy is Canada’s largest school uniform supplier with 15 retail stores in Ontario and British Columbia.  McCarthy’s has been outfitting students for over half a century and has built a strong reputation for quality products and a high level of customer service.

Shred-it
Shred-it is a global leader in the Records and Information Management industry. The Company assists organizations in reducing the risks and costs associated with information protection, primarily through secure document destruction and records storage services.

Sleep Country
Sleep Country is the largest mattress retailer in Canada under both the Sleep Country Canada and Dormez-vous banners.  In addition, Sleep Country is the largest mattress retailer in Arizona under the Sleep America banner.

TSC Stores LP
TSC is a specialty retailer of hardware, farm supplies and animal products focused on rural and small-town markets throughout southern Ontario.

The Cookie Jar Group
The Cookie Jar Group is an integrated entertainment and education company that develops, produces, markets and distributes high-quality, non-violent programming and supplemental education products for children, families and educators worldwide. Its subsidiaries include Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. and Cookie Jar Education which owns a 65% interest in Carson-Delloa Publishing (a newly formed company which holds the operating assets of Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company Inc., HighReach Learning Inc., Unique Collating and Bindery and School Specialty Publishing).

Previous Partner Companies:

A-Channel Inc.
Television stations.

ACE Bakery Limited
Fresh and par-baked artisan breads.

Alert Care Corp.
High quality independent retirement living for seniors.

Algonquin Group Ltd.
OEM automobile services.

AltaGas Services Inc.
Natural gas/plant systems operator.

Atlas Cold Storage Income Trust
Temperature controlled warehousing and distribution services.

Anchor Lamina Inc.
Manufacturer and distributor of products used in the tool, die and mold industries.

Avotus Corporation (formerly MDR Switchview Global Networks Inc.)
Telemanagement software.

Bluewave Energy LP
Petroleum distribution.

Celestica International Holdings Inc.
Computer and peripheral manufacturer.

Com Dev International Ltd.
Satellite equipment designer and manufacturer.

Eastern Container Corp.
Paperboard manufacturer.

Holiday Group Retirement LP
Retirement Homes.

Innergex II
Innergex is an independent power developer and operator focused on hydro-electric facilities.

Lift Technologies Inc. (Lift)
Design and manufacture of fork lifts and associated equipment.

Lion's Gate Entertainment Group
Entertainment services.

Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE)
Sports entertainment.

Persona Communications Corp.
Cable television, internet and telecom services.

Q9 Networks Inc.
Internet infrastructure and managed services.

Seaspan International Ltd.
Barging and transportation services.

St. Mary's Paper Ltd.
Specialty paper producer.

360networks Inc. (GlobeNet Communications Group Limited)
Submarine cable developer and international long distance provider.