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Industry | Distiller of alcoholic beverages |
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Founded | 1869 |
Fate | Merged with Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd. in 1926; sold to Allied Lyons in 1987 |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Gooderham and Worts, also known as Gooderham & Worts Limited, was a Canadian distiller of alcoholic beverages. It was once one of the largest distillers in Canada.[1] The company was merged in 1926 with Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd., and the merged firm was eventually sold to Allied Lyons in 1987.
The company's distillery facility on the Toronto waterfront was closed in the 1990s. The buildings, dating to the 1860s, were preserved and repurposed as an arts and entertainment district that is called the Distillery District. In 1998, the Gooderham and Worts Distillery was named one of the National Historic Sites of Canada.