Many Canadians enjoy yogurt as part of their breakfast or as a snack, and Canada offers many domestic yogurt options. Our country has many companies producing yogurt in Canada from locally sourced ingredients. These companies are committed to high standards and create yogurts ranging from artisan cream-tops and cultural speciality recipes to plant-based alternatives.
Below we highlight ten Canadian yogurt producers, including both large-scale co-ops and family-run farms, each offering domestically made yogurts.
Canadian Yogurt Companies
Tree Island Gourmet Yogurt 🍁
Manufacturing Location: Cumberland, British Columbia
Where To Buy: Wide range of retailers
Key Details:
- Grass-fed milk
- Canadian-made
Tree Island Gourmet Yogurt produces yogurt in small batches on Vancouver Island using grass-fed milk sourced from local farms. The company produces Greek-style yogurts, fruit yogurts, and cream-top yogurts, and emphasises using less sugar and fewer additives. Tree Island combines artisan manufacturing with sustainability initiatives, such as partnering with watershed and bee-habitat conservation.
Hans Dairy 🍁
Manufacturing Location: Mississauga, Ontario
Where To Buy: Grocery stores in Ontario and Atlantic Canada
Key Details:
- Family-owned company
- Natural ingredients
Hans Dairy has been making yogurt in Mississauga, Ontario, since 1997. It was founded by two sisters in Ontario and produces traditional South Asian-style yogurts using 100% Canadian milk and natural ingredients. Their product line includes fruit-smoothie yogurts and dahi yogurts grown from bacterial cultures.
Organic Meadow 🍁
Manufacturing Location: Ontario
Where To Buy: Grocery stores nationwide
Key Details:
- Organic farmer cooperative
- Multiple yogurt formats
Organic Meadow is a dairy cooperative based in Ontario, producing a wide range of dairy products, including milk, cream, butter, and yogurts under its own brand. Their yogurts are made with pure organic milk and active probiotic cultures. The company also offers lactose-free options. As a farmer-built cooperative, Organic Meadow emphasises local ingredients, transparency, and environmentally friendly practices.
Avalon Dairy 🍁
Manufacturing Location: Burnaby, British Columbia
Where To Buy: Grocery stores in Western Canada
Key Details:
- Family-owned company
- BC’s oldest independent dairy
Avalon Dairy has been operating in British Columbia since 1906 and produces plain, organic, and probiotic yogurts alongside its wide range of dairy products. All their yogurts are produced with Canadian milk, which is never sourced from factory cows. Instead, their partner farms’ cows are well looked after at small-scale farms with holistic animal husbandry policies.
Bles-Wold Yogurt 🍁
Manufacturing Location: Lethbridge, Alberta
Where To Buy: Retailers in Alberta
Key Details:
- Farm-based production
- Canadian A2 milk
Bles-Wold Yogurt is a Canadian, family-owned company in Southern Alberta, producing yogurt from milk sourced from their own herd. Their yogurts, including Greek and quark yogurts, are made with high-protein A2 milk and pure natural ingredients. Bles-Wold emphasises animal welfare and ensures its cows are pasture-raised and receive a nutritious diet, which contributes to the rich taste of their yogurts.
Eby Manor 🍁
Manufacturing Location: Waterloo, Ontario
Where To Buy: Ontario retailers and the farm shop
Key Details:
- 100% A2 Guernsey-milk yogurt
- Family-run farm
Eby Manor Ltd. is a family farm and creamery based in Waterloo, Ontario. The farm, which has been owned by the current family since 1959, produced its first batch of milk in 2012. The company produces Balkan-style yogurt made from 100% A2 protein Guernsey cow milk with minimal additives.
YOSO 🍁
Manufacturing Location: Cambridge, Ontario
Where To Buy: Online and in stores
Key Details:
- Dairy-free plant-based yogurts
- Innovative yogurt products
YOSO is an innovative Canadian company based in Cambridge, ON, creating plant-based yogurts and catering to the growing vegan and dairy-free market in Canada. Using ingredients such as coconut, oats, almonds, and soy, YOSO’s product line includes “first in Canada” products such as dairy-free culture systems with probiotics.
M&C Dairy 🍁
Manufacturing Location: Ontario
Where To Buy: Regional grocery stores
Key Details:
- Family-run dairy
- Local sourcing for local markets
M&C Dairy is a smaller regional dairy operation in Ontario with roots reaching back to 1905. It produces yogurts and other cultured dairy products for the local markets. The company, which is a family-run operation, ensures all its milk is sourced and processed locally into yogurt.
Hewitt’s Dairy 🍁
Manufacturing Location: Hagersville, Ontario
Where To Buy: In stores regionally
Key Details:
- Yogurt from cow and goat milk
- 100% Canadian milk
Hewitt’s Dairy is a Canadian dairy company producing yogurt from both cow and goat milk. All Hewitt’s Dairy yogurts are made from 100% Canadian-sourced milk in Hagersville, ON, without additives or preservatives. While their yogurt range is not as extensive as some other dairy companies’, their plain yogurts have versatile uses and are available in whole to low-fat options.
Liberté 🍁
Manufacturing Location: Saint-Hyacinthe & Montréal area, Quebec
Where To Buy: Grocery chains nationwide
Key Details:
- Established Canadian brand
- In operation since the 1930s
Liberté Inc. was founded in 1936 in Montreal and operates a major yogurt manufacturing facility in Quebec, with nationwide distribution. They offer a wide range of yogurt products, from plain Greek-style to flavoured variants. While Liberté is now owned by the French company Sodiaal, its operations are still based in Canada.
