Archive record · Brewery
New Ontario Brewing Company
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
- Founded
- 2015
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-QXK1TNRG
- Last checked
- 2026-09-08
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
From the record
Summary
Destination Ontario profile; first-party address/opening-year pass required.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
New Ontario Brewing Co. Pours in North Bay, Ontario. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Michael (Mike) Harrison2014
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2015 Chamber newsletter identifies Michael Harrison, Dan Delorme and Ron Clancy as owners/operators; Oct. 2016 BayToday identifies Harrison and Clancy as the two co-owners. Source: https://abcdocz.com/doc/1542959/april-2015-chamber-newsletter---north-bay-and-district-cham...
- Owned by Ron Clancy2014
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2015 Chamber newsletter identifies Harrison, Delorme and Clancy as owners/operators; Oct. 2016 BayToday identifies Harrison and Clancy as the two co-owners. Source: https://abcdocz.com/doc/1542959/april-2015-chamber-newsletter---north-bay-and-district-cham...
- Owned by Dan Delorme2014
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
April 2015 Chamber newsletter identifies Delorme as an owner/operator; by Oct. 20, 2016 BayToday names only Harrison and Clancy as the two co-owners. Exact exit date and transaction type remain UNKNOWN. Source: https://abcdocz.com/doc/1542959/april-2015-chamber-newsletter---north-bay-and-district-cham...
- Owned by Christian TremblayDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
2020 report explicitly calls Tremblay one of the company shareholders. Entry date, percentage and exit date remain UNKNOWN. Source: https://www.e-malt.com/mnewsasp/news.asp?ArticleID=37253&Command=ArticleShow
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 1881 Cassells Street, North Bay, ONNorth Bay, Ontario
FORMER PRODUCTION BREWERY / RETAIL
Operated by New Ontario Brewing Company
Site detail
Pass 97 resolves the exact original modern New Ontario address. BayToday confirms the brewery opened in Sept. 2015 and later moved to Seymour.
Events
- North Bay Chamber newsletter documented the company as owned and operated by business partners Michael Harrison, Dan Delorme and Ron Clancy.2015-04
OWNER_SET_DOCUMENTED
Snapshot, not exact transaction date.
- The modern New Ontario Brewing Company opened to the public on Sept. 23, 2015.2015-09-23
BREWERY_OPENED
Modern entity is distinct from 1905–1915 brewery.
- By Oct. 20, 2016 BayToday described Mike Harrison and Ron Clancy as the two co-owners, implying Dan Delorme had exited the published owner set sometime after the 2015 snapshot.2016-10-20
OWNER_SET_CHANGED_BY_DATE
Do not infer sale, share transfer, or exact exit date.
- Christian Tremblay was publicly described as one of New Ontario Brewing Company's shareholders.2020-02
SHAREHOLDER_SNAPSHOT
Entry date, percentage and later status remain UNKNOWN.
- New Ontario Brewing adopted the Wildwoods Brewing name roughly six months before its December 2024 closure.2024
Closure
Exact rebrand date not source-locked.
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Bear Runner Blonde
Year-RoundBlonde Ale
Destination Ontario/Northern Ontario tourism source identifies these flagship beers; first-party catalogue verification still required.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Tree Topper Red Ale
Year-RoundRed Ale
Destination Ontario/Northern Ontario tourism source identifies these flagship beers; first-party catalogue verification still required.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Frisky Pete's English Pale Ale
Year-RoundEnglish Pale Ale
Destination Ontario/Northern Ontario tourism source identifies these flagship beers; first-party catalogue verification still required.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Clothing Hoptional IPA
Year-RoundIPA
Destination Ontario/Northern Ontario tourism source identifies these flagship beers; first-party catalogue verification still required.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Bear Runner Blonde Ale
Year-RoundBlonde Ale
/ LCBO Current LCBO; Ontario; flagship beer; 4.5%.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
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