Best Independent Coffee Roasters in Ottawa, Ontario (2026)
Ottawa's roasters run from a Boyd Avenue shop founded in 1978 that roasts on a 30 kilo Petroncini to home-based micro roasters delivering across the city, with a 1981 Fairtrade and organic roaster, a roaster with cafés in LRT stations, a Stittsville roastery that ships to Canada, the USA, Europe, and Australia, and two ByWard Market cafés that roast their own. Stated founding years on the sites and listings run from 1978 to 2020.
We've mapped the active independent coffee roasters listed under Ottawa as of October 2026, which includes roasters in Nepean, Stittsville, Bells Corners, Orléans, and Vars. Every fact below comes from the roaster's own website or its Roast Local listing. Where a site does not state something (a founding year, a roasting machine, a street address), this guide does not state it either. The orbit section covers the roasters Roast Local lists across the Ottawa River in Gatineau.
Centretown, the Glebe, and the ByWard Market
Little Victories Coffee Roasters
Little Victories runs cafés in Ottawa, including 44 Elgin, per its site, and Roast Local lists it at 801 Bank Street. Named coffees include 7-10 Split Espresso, Bright Eyed Espresso, Sunshine, and Perfect Dark, plus small-lot coffees sold in 100 gram jars. Little Victories sells at its cafés, online with free shipping above a minimum number of bags, and through pay-as-you-go subscriptions.
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Opulence Coffee
Opulence Coffee is a roaster and café at 261 Dalhousie Street in the ByWard Market that roasts its beans every 2 to 3 days, per its site. It sells a Signature range from light to dark, an espresso blend, and an EA decaf, in the café and online with free shipping across Canada above a threshold.
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Ideal Cafe
Ideal Cafe is a café with a scratch kitchen near the ByWard Market, listed by Roast Local at 176 Dalhousie Street. Its site states its coffee is roasted weekly, and its listing notes mostly dark roasts. It sells beans in the café and online.
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Hintonburg, Little Italy, and the west side
Happy Goat Coffee Company
Happy Goat Coffee was founded in 2010 and started roasting in a garage before moving to a larger facility, per its About page. It runs a café at 35 Laurel Street, and the About page counts 15 cafés across the city, including Elgin, Sandy Hill, Main, Hopewell, kiosks in LRT stations, World Exchange Plaza, and the National Gallery of Canada. Named coffees include a Brazil Mogiana Espresso, a Guatemala Huehuetenango, and an Ethiopia Guji. Happy Goat sells online with free shipping across Canada above a threshold, by subscription, wholesale, and at Farm Boy.
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Bridgehead Coffee
Bridgehead Coffee dates to 1981 and roasts 100 percent Fairtrade and organic coffee, per its site. Roast Local lists its roastery at 130 Anderson Street, near Preston Street. Named coffees include Logdriver Espresso, Centro House, Bytown Boom, and Steady Hands Decaf. Bridgehead sells at its Ottawa locations, online with free shipping across Canada above a threshold, by subscription, wholesale, and through catering.
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Kafia International Coffee
Kafia International Coffee was founded in 1978, per its site, and roasts on an Italian Petroncini 30 kilo roaster at 842 Boyd Avenue. The shop, open Tuesday to Saturday, sells coffee and brewing equipment, plus burlap bags and coffee chaff from the roasting. Its Roast Local listing counts more than 20 single origins and blends, and its site says it supplies wholesale accounts.
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Nepean, Bells Corners, and Stittsville
The Ministry of Coffee
The Ministry of Coffee was founded in 2013, per its site, and roasts at The Coffee Lab at 203 Colonnade Road in Nepean. It runs cafés at 141 Laurier Avenue West and in the VIA Rail station at 200 Tremblay Road. Named coffees include Classic and Pink Ranger, a Colombia. The Ministry of Coffee sells online and wholesale, and runs professional barista courses and catering.
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Francesco's Coffee Company
Francesco's Coffee Company was founded in 2002, per its site, and roasts at 48 Jamie Avenue in Nepean on French-built SAMIAC roasters. The site says it roasts only what it has sold. Its list runs from Caffé Europa and the Garibaldi espresso blend to a Tanzanian Peaberry, with several Fair Trade coffees. Francesco's sells online with shipping across Canada, by subscription, wholesale, and as private label.
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September Coffee Co.
September Coffee Co. roasts single-origin specialty coffee on a Loring S15 Falcon at 154 Iber Road in Stittsville, per its Roast Local listing, which also notes the September Studio tasting bar at the roastery. Its site organises coffees into series, including the Shower, Storm, and Squall series, ships to Canada, the USA, Europe, and Australia, and offers monthly subscriptions that include a zine. It also sells wholesale.
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Good Oswald Coffee Roasters
Good Oswald Coffee Roasters roasts on a fluid bed roaster, per its site, and is a home-based micro roaster in Bells Corners, per its Roast Local listing. Named coffees include a Costa Rica Tarrazu, an Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, a Tanzania Peaberry, and the Good Oswald Espresso Blend. It sells online only, with local Ottawa delivery from the 1st to the 8th of each month, local pickup, and subscriptions.
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The east end: Canotek, Stevenage, Orléans, and Vars
The Artery Community Roasters
The Artery Community Roasters describes itself on its site as a social enterprise where people living with disabilities are paid a living wage to roast and package specialty coffee. Roast Local lists it at 5510 Canotek Road, with a founding year of 2020. Named coffees include Lighthouse, Sunset Espresso, Stephen Hawkbean, and Spro Jackson. The Artery sells online, by subscription box, through retail partners shown on a map on its site, wholesale, and through catering.
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Montana Coffee & Tea Services
Montana Coffee & Tea Services roasts 100 percent arabica coffee, per its site, from an industrial park on Stevenage Drive, per its Roast Local listing. Named coffees include French Breakfast, Krista Jazz, La Femme Fatale, and Al-Amir Arabic Coffee. It sells online with local delivery and pickup, open weekdays from 9:30 to 3:30.
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The Orléans Coffee Co.
The Orléans Coffee Co. describes itself on its site as a small-batch, just-in-time coffee bean roaster in Ottawa. Named coffees include Dark Magic, its house blend, a Brazil Cerrado Peaberry, an Indonesia Mandheling, and a Costa Rica Honey. It sells online with home delivery.
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Poppa-Bean Coffee Company
Poppa-Bean Coffee Company is based in Vars, per its site, and sells online, at the Ottawa Farmers' Market and Metcalfe market, and through retailers it names, including The Piggy Market in Ottawa and The Black Walnut Bakery in Cumberland. Its Roast Local listing notes it also sells green coffee for home roasters.
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Online and roast to order
North Brew Coffee
North Brew Coffee roasts all of its coffee to order in Ottawa, per its site, and its Roast Local listing gives a founding year of 2018. Named coffees include Mountain Mist, High Point, Twin Peaks, Elevation Espresso, and Double Diamond Decaf. North Brew sells online with free local delivery in Ottawa and shipping across Canada and internationally, works with cafés and shops, and gives a portion of proceeds to local charities.
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Polar Coffee Roasters
Polar Coffee Roasters roasts small batches to order on an Aillio Bullet, per its site, and sells online. Its Roast Local listing notes single-origin coffees, an espresso blend, and free local delivery within Ottawa.
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Across the river: Gatineau
Brûlerie Aladdin (Gatineau)
Brûlerie Aladdin roasts its coffee on site at 774 boulevard Saint-Joseph, per its site, which dates the business to 1996. It sells organic and Fairtrade coffee in store and online, with shipping across Canada.
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Café la Brûlerie (Gatineau)
Café la Brûlerie describes itself on its site as the first roasting house to settle in the Outaouais, operating for more than 20 years. Roast Local lists it at 69 boulevard Saint-Joseph. It sells coffee, tea, and nitro cold brew in kegs, in store and online.
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Brûlerie Élixir (Gatineau)
Brûlerie Élixir roasts single-origin coffees and house blends such as Panacée and Souffle de vie, per its Roast Local listing, with a shop at 97 avenue Gatineau and online sales shipped across Canada by Canada Post.
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Cafés Aroma Select (Gatineau)
Cafés Aroma Select is a roasting house and coffee shop at 200 rue Principale in the Aylmer sector, per its Roast Local listing. It sells its own single origins and blends along with espresso machines, machine repair, and loose-leaf tea.
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What makes Ottawa's roasting scene distinctive
The stated founding years span more than forty years. Kafia dates to 1978, Bridgehead to 1981, Francesco's to 2002, Happy Goat to 2010, The Ministry of Coffee to 2013, North Brew to 2018, and The Artery to 2020.
Some roasters run café networks, and others have no storefront. Happy Goat counts 15 cafés across the city and The Ministry of Coffee runs two plus its Coffee Lab. Good Oswald, The Orléans Coffee Co., North Brew, Polar, and Poppa-Bean sell online, by delivery, or at markets, without a café.
Several name their roasting machines. Kafia roasts on a 30 kilo Petroncini, Francesco's on SAMIAC roasters, September on a Loring S15 Falcon, Polar on an Aillio Bullet, and Good Oswald on a fluid bed roaster.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many independent coffee roasters are in Ottawa?
Roast Local lists 16 active independent coffee roasters under Ottawa, including Nepean, Stittsville, Bells Corners, Orléans, and Vars. This guide names sixteen of them: Little Victories, Opulence, Ideal Cafe, Happy Goat, Bridgehead, Kafia, The Ministry of Coffee, Francesco's, September, Good Oswald, The Artery, Montana, The Orléans Coffee Co., Poppa-Bean, North Brew, and Polar. Four Gatineau roasters are covered in the section across the river.
What is Ottawa's oldest coffee roaster?
By stated founding year, Kafia International Coffee, which its site dates to 1978 and which roasts at 842 Boyd Avenue. Bridgehead's site dates it to 1981. Across the river, Brûlerie Aladdin's site dates it to 1996.
Which Ottawa coffee roasters ship across Canada?
Bridgehead, Happy Goat, and Opulence ship free across Canada above a threshold, and Francesco's, North Brew, and Little Victories ship as well. September ships to Canada, the USA, Europe, and Australia. Good Oswald and Polar focus on local Ottawa delivery, and Kafia sells from its Boyd Avenue shop.
Where in Ottawa are the roasters?
Kafia roasts at 842 Boyd Avenue, Francesco's at 48 Jamie Avenue in Nepean, The Ministry of Coffee at 203 Colonnade Road, September at 154 Iber Road in Stittsville, and The Artery on Canotek Road. Opulence and Ideal Cafe are on Dalhousie Street in the ByWard Market, Happy Goat's Laurel Street café is at number 35, and Bridgehead's roastery is listed at 130 Anderson Street.
Last updated: October 2026