celebrating our canadian heritage
Truly Canadian Company
Maple Leaf Foods is a Canadian Company with Made in Canada Products making them the perfect partner for your Canada Day festivities this year. As an iconic Canadian company with over a century of experience in the foodservice industry, Maple Leaf Foods is Canada’s #1 manufacturer in the packaged meats foodservice industry.
Maple Leaf Foods employs 13,000 Canadians across 17 Canadian manufacturing facilities. The majority of Maple Leaf products are made in Canadian manufacturing plants using Canadian labour. Maple Leaf on average, uses meat raised and slaughtered in Canada (approx. 90%), which is distributed through distribution centres located in Canada and shipped by Canadian freight carriers.
Not only is Maple Leaf Foods Canada’s leading manufacturer in packaged meats, Maple Leaf has a rich history rooted in our Canadian culture. Aside from their well-known and loved Canadian brands, the following are a few additional facts about Maple Leaf that you can share with your staff and patients/residents. Maple Leaf Foods traces its roots back more than 180 years to Grantham Mills, built in 1836 in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Maple Leaf plays a major role in communities across the country, having opened the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security to support communities across the country by developing long-term strategies aimed at overcoming the barriers to food security. Maple Leaf is proud to be the World’s and Canada’s First and only major food company to be carbon neutral. Maple Leaf became carbon neutral in 2019 and have set goals to further reduce carbon emissions by 30% by 2030.
Maple Leaf is the World’s and Canada’s leader in Animal Care & RWA food safety. As part of Maple Leaf’s animal care commitment, Maple Leaf embraces practices that enhance animal well-being, and work closely with their producers, partners and suppliers to advance high standards of animal care throughout their supply chain. Food Safety is paramount at Maple Leaf. It is the goal of Maple Leaf to always provide their customers with safe, great tasting food produced in a safe work environment.
‘Authentically Canadian’ Menu
Start your meal with a Ceasar mocktail. Did you know that the ceasar is considered to be Canada’s national cocktail? Or you can serve Canada’s one and only Canada Dry Gingerale
Montreal Smoked Meat served on rye bread with mustard, featuring Mainstreet Deli Montreal Style Corned Beef
BLT Hot Dog with Ketchup (Canadians love Ketchup on their hot dogs!), featuring Maple Leaf’s Roller Grill Wiener (7” 5/lb)
Maple, Mustard & Rosemary Carved Ham, featuring Burns Easy Carve Bone-In smoked Ham
Maple & Mustard Glazed Ham, featuring Maple Leaf Boneless Toupie Ham
Tourtiere Pie served with roasted vegetables or a light salad, featuring Maple Leaf 125g Tourtiere Pie
Poutine topped with Pulled Chicken or Turkey, featuring Maple Leaf Pulled Chicken or Turkey Strips
Finish your meal with these traditional Canadian dessert ideas: Beaver Tails, sugar donuts, butter tarts, Nanaimo bars, or mini red & white cupcakes.
Themed Activities
Celebrate our Canadian Heritage with your seniors and their loved ones with the following activity ideas:
Wear Red & White – Start your day by asking your staff and residents to wear red and white and raise our Canadian Flag.
Pin the Maple Leaf – Play a game of pin the Maple Leaf on the flag
Edible Inukshuk – Have your residents make an edible Inukshuk statue with food.
Canadian Scavenger Hunt – hide ‘Canadian-themed’ items such as loonies, maple leaves, a canoe paddle, Tim Horton’s cups, a Canada Goose, hockey pucks, etc. and have residents find the items.
Fireworks – End your celebration in true Canadian fashion with fireworks or sparklers for your residents.
