FEED WHAT NOURISHES YOU
We are made for Canada
For over a century, we’ve been nourishing the well-being of Canadians with our high-quality products. Now, we want to help Canadians nourish their well-being beyond the kitchen.
We all feel it. Busy lifestyles and full schedules can get the best of us and we are often left at the bottom of our own to-do list.
At Dempster’s®, we want to inspire Canadians to dedicate time to you, to relax, indulge in a treat, stay healthy, be creative, or do whatever we need to do to give something back to ourselves. Because when we do, we’ll all feel our best and be better parents, friends, and family members.
Your well-being is as important to us as the bread we bake.
OUR VALUES
Committed to the
well-being of Canadians
We’re on a mission to inspire people to nourish their entire well-being. We’re not just talking about yoga retreats, face masks or going for a run. Self-care can take many forms. Whatever that looks like, there’s an endless amount of ways that we can give back to ourselves. Because taking time for yourself feels good any way you slice it. And at Dempster's®, we understand that feeling good is exactly what Canadians deserve.
OUR INGREDIENTS
No artificial flavours or colours.
As the #1 Bread Brand* In Canada, we believe in keeping things wholesome and delicious. At Dempster's®, we proudly bake our products without Sodium Stearoyl-2-Lactylate or Acetylated Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono and Di-glycerides. Because if you ask us, simpler just tastes better.
*Based on $ volume Commercial Bread; source NielsenIQ National GB+DR+MM L52WKS PE June 15, 2024
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Nourishing Communities
As we grew from a small Toronto bakery to providing delicious bread to Canadians across the country, you have always been at the core of what we do. That’s why we’re committed to Canada. We were the first to launch sustainable cardboard bread tags to reduce our environmental impact and we proudly commit our time to initiatives that benefit our communities, like supporting Canadian charities and organizing an annual race to benefit local food banks.
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Inspired by his parents, James Dempster opens his first bakery on his own.
James Dempster was born in Glasgow, Scotland. As it turns out, both his parents were, you guessed it, bakers.
An Ideal start.
The Dempster family immigrated to Canada and opened their first bakery, Ideal Bakery in Toronto.
Like parents, like son.
Inspired by his parents, James Dempster opens his first bakery on his own. Dempster’s Staff of Life Bakery was a one man operation which laid the foundation for the Dempster’s® brand we all enjoy today.
A new generation.
James Dempster’s sons James Jr. and Nelson find similar interest in the baking business and take over operations from their dad.
The tradition continues.
Dempster’s® was purchased by Canada Bread. Together, they continued the tradition of baking great bread for Canadians from coast-to-coast.
