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BeaverTails

Logo: BeaverTails Canada Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Canadian restaurant chain, specializing in pastries

BeaverTails is a Canadian restaurant chain, specializing in pastries known as BeaverTails, that is operated by BeaverTails Canada Inc. Its namesake products are fried dough pastries, individually hand-stretched to resemble beaver's tails, with various toppings added on the pastry. The chain originated in Killaloe, Ontario in 1978 and opened its first permanent store in Ottawa two years later.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Beaver Tails Byward Market Ottawa Canada
Photo: Peter Reichert, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

BeaverTails is a Canadian restaurant chain, specializing in pastries known as BeaverTails, that is operated by BeaverTails Canada Inc. Its namesake products are fried dough pastries, individually hand-stretched to resemble beaver's tails, with various toppings added on the pastry.2

The story

BeaverTails began when Grant and Pam Hooker turned their family recipe for fried dough into a corporate business. They sold their first pastries at the Killaloe Craft and Community Fair in 1978.

The concept was based on a recipe for fried pastry dough from Grant Hooker's grandmother, who was of German origin.

Two years later, they opened the first BeaverTails stand in the Byward Market in Ottawa. In 1987, Pino Di Ioia accepted a summer position as the manager of the BeaverTails location at La Ronde. In 2002, along with his wife and twin brother, they took over the management of BeaverTails.

From Wikipedia’s article on BeaverTails, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

BeaverTail

The BeaverTail is a fried dough pastry that is sold in a variety of flavours. Most flavours of BeaverTails are topped with sweet condiments and confections, such as whipped cream, banana slices, crumbled Oreos, cinnamon sugar, and chocolate hazelnut. BeaverTails are also made in savoury variations, such as with poutine or hotdogs.

"BeaverTails" and "Queues de Castor" have been registered as trademarks since 1988 by BeaverTails Canada Inc and its affiliated companies.

From Wikipedia’s article on BeaverTails, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1978Founded Founded in Killaloe1

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