Thornloe is a village in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the Timiskaming District.

Fresh milk was utilized from neighboring farms all within a 25KM footprint in this unique Northern agricultural region.

The Thornloe Cheese Factory employed more than 35 full and part-time workers, and purchased over 3 million litres of milk from local farmers.

Gay lea, current owners of the Thornloe Cheese brand since 2019 decided to shudder the business after 83 years of production on October 31, 2023,[2][3] citing it too costly to upgrade to current standards.

[4] The Thornloe Cheese Factory had been shutdown since serious equipment failures halted operations in mid-September 2023.