Labatt's Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd. — Saskatoon
Saskatoon, Canada · Est. 1960
From the record
What we have established
Status: CLOSED. Labatt acquired the Saskatoon Brewing Company operation around 1960. Federal records document Labatt's Saskatchewan Brewery Limited by 1963. Saskatoon City Council records state the brewery closed in 1993 and was slated for demolition, with a municipal photograph inventory prepared. [Canada Pass 26]
Ownership & corporate history
- Acquired by John Labatt Limited / Labatt1960 – 1993
Current evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Pass 8 integrity correction: Pass 7 row was column-shifted. City heritage states Labatt acquired the Saskatoon Brewing Company operation around 1960; this row now preserves the intended owner/entity fields.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Surviving objects
9 objects held by UNKNOWN — City/Labatt archival transfer request and City of Saskatoon Archives and University of Saskatchewan Archives & Special Collections and Western University — Archives & Special Collections. The archive links to each record rather than reproducing its photograph — the images belong to the holding institution and are licensed object by object.
- sk-obj-labatt-1907-blueprints-docs1907 documents; preservation request 1993
Blueprint / construction documents
- sk-obj-cityarchives-labatt-architectural-drawings1912-1954; 1973; 1986
Architectural drawings / technical plans
- sk-obj-sweet-saskatchewan-labelsHistoric
Beer labels / breweriana
- sk-obj-western-labatt-sask-brewery-subseriesHistoric; finding aid series 1893-1988
Archival subseries
- sk-obj-western-labatt-sask-division-subseriesHistoric; finding aid series 1893-1988
Archival subseries
Market research / archival report
Market research / archival report
Marketing plan / archival report
Marketing plan / archival report
Straight answers
Common questions about Labatt's Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd. — Saskatoon
- Is Labatt's Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd. — Saskatoon still open?
- No. Labatt's Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd. — Saskatoon has closed (1993).
- When was Labatt's Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd. — Saskatoon founded?
- Labatt's Saskatchewan Brewery Ltd. — Saskatoon was founded in 1960 in Saskatoon, Canada.
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