Press
Trout Lake Holdings Ltd is a self-funded holding company based in Toronto that builds and buys creative businesses. Founded in 2021, it built Cloud Gallery in Orillia, which has paid Canadian artists over $2M, and acquired Collingwood's Butter Gallery in 2026. The company believes creative businesses thrive with owners who care about the art and the business equally, and that this creates exceptional outcomes for artists and customers.
- Legal name
- Trout Lake Holdings Ltd
- Headquarters
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Founded
- 2021
- Run by
- Blake Fletcher
- Funding
- Self-funded
- Companies
- Cloud Gallery, Orillia, Ontario. Established 2021.Butter Gallery, Collingwood, Ontario. Established 2016, acquired 2026.
- Images
- The hand-drawn line illustrations of Trout Lake, Cloud Gallery and Butter Gallery.
- Press contact
- blake@troutlakeholdings.com
Timeline
- 2021Trout Lake Holdings founded in Toronto
- 2021Built Cloud Gallery in Orillia
- Sep 2026Acquired Butter Gallery in Collingwood
The name
The name comes from Trout Lake, a lake inside a park inside a city, in Vancouver's John Hendry Park. It stands for the power a place can have to change your life.