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Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Yukon

Family-owned micro-roastery in downtown Whitehorse, Yukon, run by owner-operator Katya McQueen with her siblings, mother, and husband, roasting green coffee from Latin America, Africa, and Indonesia on site in small batches and selling direct online and from its own cafe.

Whitehorse, YT CA · midnightsuncoffeeroasters.com

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Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters is a small, family-owned and operated micro-roastery in downtown Whitehorse, Yukon, owned by Katya McQueen and run day to day by her siblings, mother, and husband. Coffee is roasted on site in small batches and sold direct online and from the company's own cafe, with no wholesale or retailer channel found. As of August 2025 the vendor has suspended shipping to the US over new tariffs and de minimis changes.

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Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The vendor's About page names Katya McQueen as owner/operator of this family-owned and operated business, with her siblings, mother, and husband running day-to-day operations from the Whitehorse shop. Corporations Canada's federal search requires an interactive form submission that could not be completed with the tools available, and the Yukon corporate registry site returned an access-denied response, so neither registry could independently confirm the ownership share; this rests on the vendor's own statement.

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Midnight Sun roasts all its coffee on site at its downtown Whitehorse shop in small batches daily, with the roasted product packaged there for online and in-cafe sale. No outside roasting, co-packing, or second facility is mentioned anywhere on the site.

  • about us - Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters vendor_statement “We roast on site with a cozy cafe inside, and in the summer, a gorgeous patio with mountain views outside. We have been micro-roasting premium coffee in small batches, daily, for over 15 years.”

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Midnight Sun is a single-site business: the only disclosed location is the shop and roastery at 21 Waterfront Place in Whitehorse, and the About page describes the owner, head roaster, bookkeeper, and other staff as family members working from that location.

  • contact - Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters vendor_statement “21 Waterfront Place (with Icycle Sport) Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6V1, Canada”
  • about us - Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters vendor_statement “Micah, our younger brother, is Midnight Sun Coffee Roaster's head roaster... sister Casey does this with great ease... Katya's husband Steve makes the shop look great, fixes all the broken stuff.”

Inputs

20.0 reported

other 100%

Green coffee cannot be grown in Canada, so every bean Midnight Sun roasts is imported; the FAQ page describes the roaster itself as the 'middle men' paying a premium to buy and resell fairly traded green coffee. Named single-origin products on the shop page are Brazilian, Colombian, Dark Peru Organic, and Sumatran, all landing in OTHER with no stated origin in the US or EU, so the mix goes entirely to OTHER as a best estimate from the stated product lineup.

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