Mill Street Brewery
European-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario
Toronto craft brand (Original Organic Lager, Tankhouse Pale Ale, 100th Meridian) owned by Labatt and AB InBev since 2015; most production moved to Labatt's London, Ontario plant in 2025.
Toronto, ON CA · millstreetbrewery.com
Mill Street is a Toronto-founded craft brand that has belonged to Labatt Brewing Company Limited since 2015, and through Labatt to Ambev S.A. and Anheuser-Busch InBev. The beer is still brewed in Ontario, mostly at Labatt's London plant since the North York brewery closed in 2025, but the profit leaves Canada.
Factors
Ownership
33.6 verifiedEU 62% · other 28% · US 10%
Labatt bought Mill Street in 2015; the vendor's privacy policy names Labatt Brewing Company Limited as the operating entity within the Anheuser-Busch InBev family, Corporations Canada shows Labatt as an active federal corporation that is a wholly owned subsidiary of a listed company, and Ambev's 2025 Form 20-F lists Labatt as its Canadian subsidiary and Mill Street among its Canadian brands and plants. AB InBev (Belgium) held 62.3 percent of Ambev at the end of 2025 and the rest trades on B3 in Brazil and as NYSE ADRs, so the split of the minority between OTHER and US is an estimate. The terms of use also name a Mill Street Brewery & RTD Canada Inc., which is not a federal corporation and whose Ontario registration could not be checked.
- Ambev S.A. Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 filing “Our controlling shareholder, ABI, indirectly held shares in us representing 62.3% of our total and voting capital stock”
- Federal corporation information - 1758140-8 - Corporations Canada registry “wholly-owned subsidiary of such a corporation”
- Mill Street Brewery vendor_statement “Mill Street Brewery, Labatt Brewing Company Limited, a Canadian corporation”
- Mill Street Brewery vendor_statement “Mill Street Brewery & RTD Canada Inc., Labatt Brewing Company Limited, Anheuser-Busch InBev and our subsidiary and affiliated entities”
- Mill Street loses indie appeal with Labatt takeover, gains access to new customers press “Acquisition of the privately held Mill Street will help expand the brand into new markets, including Quebec.”
- Mill Street Brewery - Wikipedia press “It was purchased in 2015 by Canadian brewer Labatt Brewing Company, which in turn is owned by the global brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev.”
Manufacturing
100.0 reportedCA 100%
Labatt told CBC in March 2025 that the majority of Mill Street production was moving from the expiring North York lease to its London, Ontario brewery, with small batches still brewed at the Toronto brewpub and other GTA facilities; the Ottawa and Toronto brewpubs brew their own draught. Ambev's 20-F lists a Mill Street beer and spirits plant under Canada. No source suggests any Mill Street beer is brewed outside Ontario.
- From Mill Street to Simcoe Street: Labatt shifts Toronto brewery's production to London press “The majority will be produced in London, however, we will continue to brew in our brew pub in Toronto as well as other facilities in our brewing network in the GTA”
- Mill Street Brewery vendor_statement “Our brewpub teams craft an ever-changing roster of small batch beer, which are brewed and made exclusively available at our brewpubs.”
- Ambev S.A. Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 filing “Canada Plant Type of Plant St. John's Beer Halifax Beer Montreal Beer/RTD London Beer/RTD Edmonton Beer/RTD Creston Beer Mill Street Beer/Spirits”
- The CANADA List directory “Belgian-owned, but still brewed in Toronto with (generally) locally-sourced ingredients.”
People
100.0 reportedCA 100%
The brand and its owner Labatt are run from 207 Queens Quay West in Toronto, the registered office on the Corporations Canada profile and the address in the privacy policy, and the brewpubs are in Toronto, Pearson airport, and Ottawa. Brewing staff are in London and the GTA; the 39 North York jobs were cut in 2025. Group functions sit with AB InBev abroad, but no employee count by country was found.
- Federal corporation information - 1758140-8 - Corporations Canada registry “207 Queens Quay West Suite 299 Toronto ON M5J 1A7”
- Mill Street Brewery vendor_statement “Located in the heart of the Historic Distillery District, Mill Street Brew Pub operates out of the Mill Street Brewery.”
- From Mill Street to Simcoe Street: Labatt shifts Toronto brewery's production to London press “The move impacts 39 workers, who will be considered for open positions elsewhere in the company”
Inputs
63.5 reportedCA 65% · EU 5% · other 10% · US 20%
The vendor says its barley comes from the Canadian prairies and that it uses local packaging and ingredients where it can, while its IPAs name Citra, El Dorado, and Cashmere hops from the US and Galaxy, Taiheke, and Motueka hops from Australia and New Zealand. The split is an estimate weighted to malt and cans, which are Canadian.
- Mill Street Brewery vendor_statement “Our barley comes from the Great Plains of Canada.”
- Mill Street Brewery vendor_statement “use local, sustainable packaging and ingredients whenever we can”
- Mill Street Brewery vendor_statement “Using Citra, El Dorado and Galaxy hops, this IPA allows you to click into a bold world of tropical and stone fruit flavours.”
Where to buy
- Direct 71.3
- Canadian retailer · The Beer Store 64.2
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