Our History

Oakrun Farm Bakery was founded in 1979 by the original owners,
John & Ellie Voortman. It started out as a 2,000 sq. ft. Bakery attached to the Voortman's horse stables. It's purpose was to supply bakery products to the local businesses in Ancaster. The bakery grew at such an accelerated pace that the stables were soon shut down to allow the bakery to expand.

The bakery, located in Ancaster, Ontario, has since grown to a plant over 220,000 square feet in size. It has capabilities to produce a diverse number of products for both the fresh and frozen markets. The product list includes English muffins, crumpets, pancakes, tarts, assorted danish both baked or raw, muffins both baked or raw, bagel, cookies (raw), tea biscuits (raw) & cakes. We specifically have geared the plant to be a cost efficient, high volume producer that will give the customer the consistent quality he or she desires.

Oakrun currently operates a fresh DSD distribution system ensuring that our products reach all possible grocery chains throughout Ontario. We currently have 37 independent distributors delivering our fresh products in Ontario.

Along with our DSD system Oakrun also supplies the Food Service, Private label and co­pack markets throughout Canada and the U.S.A. In fact, these businesses which are predominately frozen product make up a majority of our total business. In order to properly handle these products we now have over 30,000 square feet in freezer space on site. We also have on-line freezing capabilities on our bagel, danish, muffin, biscuit, hotcake and cookie lines.

Our facility is well entrenched in food safety programs ensuring that our products are handled and delivered safely to our customers. We abide by all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's) and have developed a HACCP plan for our facility. Our English Muffin and Crumpet lines are Kosher through WK (Winnipeg Kosher). Our danish, pie, tart and bagel lines are approved through COR (Toronto Kasruth Council).  Our plant is also organic certified through the O C P P.

The most critical aspect of our facility is our people. The philosophies developed by our original owners have allowed Oakrun to develop a loyal group of people working in an environment that cares about making Oakrun successful. We have developed a team environment that allows everyone to have a say in improving all areas within the company. These teams have had a major influence in drastically improving efficiencies, reducing waste and allowing the business to become one of the most successful Bakery's in Canada.