Food

Ontario offers all sorts of fresh grown food, hundreds of fruits and vegetables and top notch meats and dairy. The amazing taste is only on advantage of eating Ontario grown food, but all else that it helps too, makes it the easy decision for any grocery shopper! Foodland Ontario Foodland Ontario is a consumer promotion program that was introduced by the Ontario Government in 1977. Since its start it has partnered with [...]

Canada’s most popular coffee shop was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1964 by hockey player Tim Horton and Jim Charade. In 1967, Horton partnered with Ron Joyce, who assumed control over the company when Horton died in a car accident in 1974. Tim Hortons overtook McDonald’s as Canada’s largest food service operator, accounting for 22.6% of revenues from the fast food industry. As of 2010, there are 3,040 Tim Hortons in [...]

  LCBO The LCBO has been around since the end of prohibition in Canada in 1927 and the first self-serve liquor store was in 1969. Since then, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) has become the world’s largest single purchaser of beverage alcohol products, and serves as the provincial regulator for hard alcohol. LCBO stores can be found everywhere, selling mainly liquor, wine, spirits, and beer. All Ontario bars and [...]

Ontario has it all – diverse geography and cuisines to match. Since the country and province are so multi-cultural, Ontario meals are made to match our growing diversity with culturally traditional foods, western adaptations, and regional specialties. Ontario has cuisines that can be found around the globe, and it also has home-grown specialties that are highly coveted by tourists. Ontario’s agriculture, local ingredients and diverse regional flavours make the dishes [...]

Come Savor The Tastes of Ontario Our culturally infused foods will excite the senses and is sure to satisfy everyone from the urban foodie to the classic food lover. Discover the eclectic cuisine in urban Toronto and Ottawa, the home comfort of Muskoka, the quiet ambiance of the Niagara wine region. Be sure to check out all the mouth-watering bakeries and cafes, farmers markets, cooking classes and cheese shops along the [...]

Enjoying and appreciating culinary excellence is something to be celebrated in Ontario. It’s not surprising that the province is host to a multitude of food festivals every year. Come and experience the diverse flavours offered by chefs and restauranteurs who share their culturally infused dishes at these mouth-watering food festivals. Bon Appetit – Ottawa Nearly 100 restaurants and caterers partner with dozens of wineries and breweries to put on this [...]