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Shops licensed to sell alcohol

Every retail location in the municipality licensed to sell alcohol. Not a count of grocery stores: the province publishes no such register, and this list carries gas bars, marinas and a brewery alongside the supermarkets.

per 1,000 permanent residents · current

Divided by the 2025 population, the nearest published to this figure.

1.1× between the largest and the smallest.

per 1,000 person-years · current

Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.

1.5× between the largest and the smallest.

per 1,000 peak residents · current

Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.

2.1× between the largest and the smallest.

What these figures carry

  • A licence to sell alcohol, not a grocery register. Ontario publishes none, and a shop that chose not to be licensed is not on this list.

Dysart et al

  • Here: Eagle Lake Country Market, Esso Gas and Convenience Store, Foodland, Fort Irwin Marina, Harcourt General Store.

Minden Hills

  • Here: Boshkung Brewing Co., Canadian Tire Gas and Convenience Store, Carnarvon Convenience, Centex Gas and Variety Store, Deluxe Convenience Store.

Highlands East

  • Here: Cardiff Country Store, Foodland, LCBO, Wilberforce Service Centre.

Algonquin Highlands

  • Here: Food Town, Haliburton Highlands Brewing, LCBO, Parkway Cottage Resort And Trading Post.

Which way is better

Contested. Whether a settlement wants more shops selling alcohol is a question for the settlement. Nothing on this page is ranked, and the bars are ordered by size rather than by merit.

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