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Canadian dairy cooperative
Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited is a dairy products co-operative in Canada producing butter, sour cream, cottage cheese, whipped cream and lactose free milk for retail, food service, industrial and export markets. The company is based in Mississauga, Ontario and owned and operated by Ontario milk producers.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited is a dairy products co-operative in Canada producing butter, sour cream, cottage cheese, whipped cream and lactose free milk for retail, food service, industrial and export markets. The company is based in Mississauga, Ontario and owned and operated by Ontario milk producers.2
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What Gay Lea reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
The company was founded in 1958 as United Dairy and Poultry Co-operative Limited and later renamed Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited, to reflect the brand name of its products.
In 1981, Gay Lea purchased the 106-year-old Teeswater Creamery. They also acquired Stirling Creamery in 2016.
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