Stonemill Bakehouse

Bimbo Canada's own site lists Stonemill among the 18 brands it produces and states it acquired Stonemill Bakehouse in 2016; Bimbo Canada itself was purchased by Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: BIMBOA), a Mexico City-headquartered public company, from Maple Leaf Foods in May 2014. The vendor's own site footer and privacy and terms links point to bimbocanada.com, confirming Stonemill is not independently operated; the Boehringer family founding story is heritage branding, not current ownership. Corporations Canada's federal registry search page returned Page Not Found on every URL tried, so this rests on vendor statements and press coverage rather than a filing.

• About Us | Bimbo Canada vendor_statement “We produce and distribute more than 1,000 products across 18 brands Canadians know and trust, like: Dempster's®, Villaggio®, POM®, Bon Matin®, Stonemill®, Natural Bakery®, Takis®, Little Bites™, Vachon®, Hostess® and more.”
• About Us | Bimbo Canada vendor_statement “In May 2014, the company was purchased by Grupo Bimbo, the world's largest baking company with operations in 34 countries. Bimbo Canada has acquired many companies over the years, including Vachon Bakery in 2015, Stonemill Bakehouse in 2016 and Natural Bakery in May, 2023.”
• Stonemill Bakehouse vendor_statement “© 2026 Bimbo Canada. All rights reserved.”
• Bimbo Canada - Wikipedia press “Purchased by Grupo Bimbo (BIMBOA:Mexico) on May 23, 2014 for CAD$1.83 billion, Canada Bread is currently led by Alejandro Pintado, President, and operates as an independent business unit of the global baking company.”

The vendor's homepage states the bread is baked in Canada, though most loaves start from a sourdough starter culture flown in from Germany. The exact plant address was not named on the vendor's site or Bimbo Canada's site; Bimbo Canada states it operates 15 bakeries across the country without naming which one runs the Stonemill line, so a specific city (reported elsewhere as Scarborough, Ontario) could not be independently confirmed.

• Stonemill Bakehouse vendor_statement “A European Starter That’s Baked in Canada”
• About Us | Bimbo Canada vendor_statement “We are headquartered in Etobicoke, Ontario, and operate 15 bakeries, and 183 sales centres across the country.”

Stonemill's consumer relations address is in Etobicoke, Ontario, the same city Bimbo Canada names as its head office; Bimbo Canada states it employs more than 4,000 associates across its Canadian bakeries and sales centres, with no Stonemill-specific staff reported outside Canada.

• Contact Us | Stonemill Bakehouse vendor_statement “Stonemill® Consumer Relations 2 International Boulevard, Suite 100, Etobicoke, ON M9W 1A2”
• About Us | Bimbo Canada vendor_statement “We employ more than 4,000 associates from coast to coast.”

The vendor's site names no origin for its wheat flour despite repeated searches of its Our Story, Our Craft, and FAQ pages; it does document a sourdough starter flown in from Germany. Flour, the dominant ingredient by weight, is assumed mostly Canadian given Bimbo Canada's Ontario milling scale, while specialty grains used in some lines, such as chia and quinoa, are typically imported from outside North America. This split is an estimate, not a sourced figure.

• Our Craft | Stonemill Bakehouse vendor_statement “Most of the bread we make begins from a unique sourdough starter flown in from Germany.”