Celebrate with Molson Beer and Ale

Blue tinted head and shoulders portrait of a man in the center with red text on a white background surrounding the photograph

Born in England on December 28, 1763, John Molson moved to Canada as a teenager. He quickly found his place, helping to found what would eventually become Canada’s biggest and oldest brewery. While this accomplishment would be enough by most standards to earn him a beloved spot in history, Molson went on to help fund Canada’s first railroad system and introduced steamship travel to the St. Lawrence River. Through his philanthropy, he was directly responsible for Montreal’s transformation into a cosmopolitan hub of culture; he helped found Canada’s first public theater, the Theatre Royal, and built the popular and successful Mansion House Hotel.

Molson moved on to politics and served in Lower Canada’s House of Assembly before deciding not to run again and instead became the president of the Bank of Montreal and sat as chair of the Montreal General Hospital. Following that, he received a powerful political appointment on the Legislative Council, which served the Governor General.

Come December 28th this button might just inspire you to pour a glass of ice-cold Molson Canadian and raise a toast in John Molson’s honor.