True Loaf | Bread company

Welcome to True Loaf

Thank you for visiting True Loaf Bread Company. We are a family-run bakery offering delicious breads from 7:00am to 1:00pm Tuesday through Saturday. All of our breads are freshly baked daily in our shop at 573 Gladstone Avenue in downtown Ottawa, between Bronson and Lyon.

We love bread, so our mission is simple: we are dedicated to baking the finest quality breads. We put great care into every loaf we create and we love to share this passion with our customers.

We bake breads for all occasions. There are crusty golden baguettes with fresh airy insides and oversize dark whole wheat sourdough miches that make a perfect accompaniment to any meal. We make tasty sourdoughs with flavours including raisin chai, olive and rosemary and toasted seeds that will have you craving one more slice every time. We offer delicious chewy buns pebbled with dark chocolate, candied ginger and orange on a bed of sliced almonds - a delectable afternoon treat – and many others.

For authentic texture and taste, we use many different leavening methods and as little machinery as possible to avoid compromising our dough. Our ingredients are sourced from local and organic suppliers whenever possible.

True Loaf bread is served by many of Ottawa’s fine restaurants and is enjoyed by customers throughout the National Capital region and as far away as Montreal, Toronto and Los Angeles. You’ll find our bread listing, information about the baking process, bread keeping tips and more on this site.

Community involvement and sustainability

At True Loaf, we are dedicated to contributing to the wellbeing of our community. We donate regularly to the Ottawa Food Bank and participate frequently in charity events in the area.

We also take our obligations to our environment seriously. We compost all food waste, conscientiously choose cleaning and wrapping products and recycle or reuse everything we can.