SCD - History

In 1929, a young George Dawson began the original Stoney Creek Dairy from a small garage at the back of his home on King Street, collecting milk from surrounding farms, bottling it and providing his neighbours with fresh milk from their own community. Right from the beginning, the Dairy delivered only the highest quality products and the highest level of service to its customers. Over the next several years the dairy installed new equipment, developed its own ice cream recipes and began manufacturing and serving its own delicious flavours of ice cream.

Twelve years after starting the dairy, the now legendary Dairy Bar opened and quickly became a favourite meeting place. To keep up with growing demand, a more modern facility was built, opening in 1964 still on the original site. In 1974 an older section of the building was destroyed in a blaze, a scary moment for what had become one of Stoney Creek’s favourite landmarks. The Dairy was rebuilt to the original design and re-opened in the spring of 1975. In 1979, the Dairy began to focus exclusively on ice cream.

In the late 1990’s, the facility underwent a massive overhaul, with an investment of close to $13 Million, to make the Stoney Creek plant a state of the art manufacturing facility. Today, Stoney Creek Dairy is one of the most modern ice cream making facilities in North America. The Famous Dairy Bar remains on the original site and continues to be one of the largest ice cream outlets in North America. Regardless of whether you buy one of our many packaged ice cream products from your local retailer or you visit the legendary Dairy Bar for a great sundae, shake or cone, you're sure to find that just like in the beginning, quality remains Stoney Creek Dairy’s first and most important ingredient.