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Who owns this brewery?
From the archive
Northam Brewery Limited Partnership (since 2005)
VERIFIEDYESEvidence BChecked 2026-09-08
- Since
- 2005
- Direct owner
- Northam Brewery Limited Partnership
How Tally knows
The archive holds 2 dated, evidenced ownership events for Bear Brewing Company Ltd.: Bear Brewing Company Ltd. was acquired by Big Rock Brewery (2002); Bear Brewing Company Ltd. was sold to Northam Brewery Limited Partnership (2005). Each event cites its source, listed below; the current owner is read from the most recent event, and Tally does not restate it as the ultimate parent — that is a separate question.
Evidence
2 sources
- Canadian Trademarks Details: BEAR BREWING COMPANY & DESIGN — 0850304 — Canadian Intellectual Property Office (accessed 2026-09-08) Proves: The Bear Brewing trademark passed from Bear Brewing Company Ltd. to Big Rock Brewery Partnership (transfer 2003-01-02) and then to Northam Brewery Limited Partnership (transfer 2005-10-11).
- Bear Brewing Company (Big Rock Brewery), Kamloops — RateBeer (accessed 2026-09-08) Proves: Big Rock acquired Bear Brewing in 2002; NorthAm Beverages purchased the brewery from Big Rock in 2005 and it became Kamloops Brewing.
The chain
- 2002Big Rock Breweryacquired_by — Resolves held claim HOC-0034 ("ACQUIRED OWNER"). The pass dated this 2002-07-01; the cited evidence supports the year, and the CIPO record shows the BEAR BREWING trademark transferred to Big Rock Brewery Partnership on 2003-01-02 (registered 2003-03-19).
- 2005Northam Brewery Limited Partnershipsold_to — Resolves held claim HOC-0034 ("ACQUIRED OWNER"). Big Rock sold the Kamloops operation in 2005 (trademark transferred 2005-10-11, registered 2006-07-25); it continued as Kamloops Brewing / KB and the Bear brands were phased out. Not part of the held claim's wording — a second dated fact the
Connections
- Bear Brewing Company Ltd.owned byNortham Brewery Limited Partnership
- Bear Brewing Company Ltd.acquired byNortham Brewery Limited Partnership
What we still don’t know
No open research gaps recorded for this answer.