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Arterra Wines Canada

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Canada's largest wine company (Jackson-Triggs, Inniskillin, Nk'Mip, Sandbanks, Naked Grape, Sawmill Creek, Growers cider, 164 Wine Rack stores), carved out of Constellation Brands in 2016 and owned by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan; makes VQA and blended wine at eleven Canadian sites and also imports Kim Crawford, Ruffino and bulk wine.

Mississauga, ON CA · www.arterracanada.com

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Arterra Wines Canada, Inc. is a federal corporation headquartered in Mississauga that traces itself to the 1874 Niagara Falls Wine Company and Vincor, was sold by Constellation Brands to the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in December 2016, and now owns over 100 wine brands, eight estate wineries, production plants in Niagara Falls, Oliver and Rougemont, 1,700 acres of vineyards, 164 Wine Rack stores and RJS Craft Winemaking, with about 2,000 staff across Canada. It makes VQA and International Canadian Blend wine, cider and ready-to-drink products in Canada but also imports owned brands such as Kim Crawford and Ruffino and bulk wine from the United States, Spain and France, so the manufacturing and inputs mixes are estimates.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 verified

CA 100%

Constellation Brands' December 2016 8-K exhibit filed with the SEC records the completed sale of its Canadian wine business, including Jackson-Triggs, Inniskillin, wineries, vineyards and the Wine Rack stores, to the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan for about C$1.03 billion. Corporations Canada shows Arterra Wines Canada, Inc. (1382004-1, CBCA, active) with its registered office at the Mississauga head office and its parent 9972137 Canada Inc. (997213-7, incorporated 2016-11-03) registered at 160 Front Street West, Suite 3200, Toronto, which is Ontario Teachers' own head office address, with Teachers' private capital staff among the directors; Teachers' major investments list as at December 31, 2025 still names Arterra Wines Canada, Inc. among its private companies over $250 million. The registry does not name the shareholder directly and no Ontario Business Registry check was possible, but the filing, the registry and the owner's own list agree, so profit accrues to a Canadian pension plan.

Manufacturing

80.6 reported

CA 75% · EU 7% · other 15% · US 3%

Arterra's 2024 report under the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act says it operates eight estate wineries, two winery manufacturing facilities and a bottling facility in Ontario and British Columbia plus a Rougemont, Quebec plant, manufactures wine in Canada, and imports owned wine brands and bulk wine made in the United States, Spain and France; the co-manufacturing page lists six certified production sites in Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Kitchener, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Oliver and Rougemont. The domestic side covers the VQA estates, the International Canadian Blend brands, Growers cider, refreshments, RJS kits and, since 2024, 75,000 cases a year of Kim Crawford bottled in Rougemont, while Kim Crawford (New Zealand), Wallaroo Trail (Australia), Ruffino (Italy) and Bu (Italy and France) are finished abroad. Arterra publishes no revenue split, so the mix is an estimate weighted by its all-Canadian facility footprint and the domestic majority of its brand list; agency imports such as Trivento, Casillero del Diablo, Frontera and Woodbridge are third-party products it distributes and are left out.

  • Modern Slavery Report 2024 filing “Arterra Wines Canada, Inc. operates eight estate wineries, two winery manufacturing facilities and a bottling facility, and over 1,700 acres of premium vineyards in Canada's wine regions of Ontario and British Columbia. It manufactures wine in Canada, and imports owned wine brands and bulk wine made in other countries of origin including but not limited to the United States, Spain and France.”
  • Co-Manufacturing - Arterra Wines Canada vendor_statement “Operating six certified production facilities across Canada, Arterra offers true coast-to-coast coverage and a specialized expertise in wine, cider, and RTDS.”
  • Arterra Wines Canada 2024 ESG Report vendor_statement “Kim Crawford is now bottling 75,000 cases (900,000 bottles) of its world-renowned Sauvignon Blanc locally at Arterra's facilities in Rougemont, Quebec.”
  • Our Brands - Arterra Wines Canada vendor_statement “Kim Crawford From New Zealand's Grape Growing Regions ... Ruffino World's Best-Known, Trusted Italian Wine ... Wallaroo Trail Most popular Australian wine in Canada”

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The head office is at 441 Courtneypark Drive East in Mississauga, which Corporations Canada confirms as the registered office, and the company reports approximately 2,000 full-time and part-time staff across the country at its Mississauga office, the Niagara, Oliver and Rougemont plants, the estate wineries in Ontario and British Columbia, and 164 Wine Rack stores in Ontario. No foreign offices are listed; exports are handled through third-party importers.

Inputs

57.0 reported

CA 50% · EU 15% · other 20% · US 15%

Canadian grapes come from 1,700 acres of owned vineyards and more than 50 contract growers in Ontario and British Columbia, and Growers cider uses apples from Canadian orchards, but the modern slavery report says the wineries also blend Canadian and imported wine and that bulk wine is imported from the United States, Spain and France, with raw materials and packaging procured from Canada and suppliers around the world. The International Canadian Blend brands that make up much of the volume can be mostly imported wine, and the owned import brands are entirely foreign-grown, so the split is an estimate that gives Canada half and spreads the balance across the named US and EU sources and the New Zealand, Australian and other bulk origins.

  • Modern Slavery Report 2024 filing “Operations conducted in Arterra winemaking facilities include processing of Canadian grapes for winemaking, winemaking from Canadian grapes and/or blending of Canadian and imported wine. Raw materials for product and packaging are procured from Canada, and from suppliers around the world, and vary from product to product.”
  • Arterra Wines Canada 2024 ESG Report vendor_statement “over 50 local grape growers, we are supporting the livelihoods of farmers, winemakers, and workers while reducing our carbon footprint”
  • Home - Growers Cider vendor_statement “Natural fruit flavours, made with 100% local apples”

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