Archive record · Brewery
Labatt's Manitoba Brewery Limited
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Also known as Labatt Manitoba Brewery, Labatt's Winnipeg Brewery
- Founded
- 1958
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-M879YQXM
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Historical production brewery. Federal brewing-industry lists identify Labatt's Manitoba Brewery Limited at 137 Colony Street from 1958. University of Winnipeg archival records document a major brewery fire there in September 1975. A 1985 labour agreement places the Labatt Manitoba brewery division at Notre Dame Avenue and Keewatin Street, indicating later Winnipeg production-site relocation/continuity. Exact final closing year remains UNKNOWN.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
The last name on a line that began at Colony Creek in 1873, and it finished at 137 Colony Street, where federal brewing-industry lists place it from 1958. University of Winnipeg archival records document a major fire at the brewery in September 1975. By 1985 a labour agreement puts the Labatt Manitoba brewery division at Notre Dame Avenue and Keewatin Street, so production either moved or continued at a second Winnipeg site. The final closing year is not established, and is left unknown.
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Timeline
- 1958Succeeds Shea's
Federal lists place Labatt's Manitoba Brewery Limited at 137 Colony Street.
- 1975Major fire
Documented in University of Winnipeg archival records, September 1975.
- 1985Notre Dame and Keewatin
A labour agreement places the brewery division at a different Winnipeg location.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26, which cited https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/statcan/32-205/CS32-205-1958-eng.pdf for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19 - historyProbable
Lineage dates as recorded in Manitoba Pass 26: 1958, 1975, 1985.
Tally's Manitoba master, Pass 26 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Labatt's Manitoba Brewery Limited
- Is Labatt's Manitoba Brewery Limited still open?
- No. Labatt's Manitoba Brewery Limited has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Historical production brewery. Federal brewing-industry lists identify Labatt's Manitoba Brewery Limited at 137 Colony Street from 1958. University of Winnipeg archival records document a major brewery fire there in September 1975. A 1985 labour agreement places the Labatt Manitoba brewery division at Notre Dame Avenue and Keewatin Street, indicating later Winnipeg production-site relocation/continuity. Exact final closing year remains UNKNOWN.
- When was Labatt's Manitoba Brewery Limited founded?
- Labatt's Manitoba Brewery Limited was founded in 1958 in Winnipeg, Canada.
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