Grange Park in Toronto, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
George Weston 1864-1924
Photographed by Tim Boyd, November 14, 2025
1. George Weston 1864-1924 Marker
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George Weston was born in Oswego, New York in 1864. His family moved to Toronto and at age 12 George was apprenticed to a local baker. In 1882, Weston bought a bread delivery route from his employer and two years later a bakery. With the increasing popularity of his "Real Home Made Bread," he opened the "Model Bakery" near this site, in 1897. This bakery used the latest bread-making technology and was praised by the press for its modern efficiency and cleanliness. In 1910, Weston entered Toronto politics. Elected as the "business man's candidate," he served four years as alderman. He joined with bakers from Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg to form the Canada Bread Company in 1911, while continuing to produce biscuits at his own bakery. In 1921, he left Canada Bread to focus on the Weston family business, with his son Garfield as vice president. George Weston died in 1924, having established Canada's largest baking company and laid the foundation for a leading global food business.
George Weston naquit en 1864 à Oswego, New York. Sa famille s'installa à Toronto et, dès l'âge de 12 ans, George devint apprenti chez
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un boulanger des environs. En 1882, Weston racheta à son employeur un circuit de livraison et, deux ans plus tard, une boulangerie. En 1897, grâce à la renommée croissante de son « Véritable pain maison », il ouvrit la « Model Bakery » à proximité de ce site. Cette boulangerie, qui utilisait une technologie de panification de pointe, était encensée par la presse pour sa propreté et son rendement modernes. En 1910, Weston se lança dans la politique municipale. Élu « candidat de l'homme d'affaires », il fut conseiller municipal à Toronto pendant quatre ans. En 1911, il s'associa à des boulangers de Toronto, Montréal et Winnipeg pour créer la Canada Bread Company, tout en poursuivant la production de biscuits dans sa propre boulangerie. En 1921, il quitta Canada Bread pour se consacrer à l'entreprise familiale Weston dont son fils Garfield assumait la vice-présidence. George Weston mourut en 1924, après avoir établi la plus grande entreprise de boulangerie du Canada et posé les jalons de l'une des plus importantes sociétés agroalimentaires au monde.
Location. 43° 39.043′ N, 79° 23.628′ W. Marker is in Toronto, Ontario. It is in Grange Park. It is on Phoebe Street 0.1 kilometers west of Beverly Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11 Phoebe Street, Toronto ON M5T 1A8, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Toronto and on the Golden Horseshoe. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Rupert’s Land.
5. Weston’s “Model Bakery” (near the location of the marker) ca 1900
Toronto Public Library (public domain)
Credits. This page was last revised on September 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 18, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 132 times since then and 96 times this year. Last updated on September 25, 2026, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 18, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
