Tim Hortons
9710 Hwy 9, Palgrave ON L0N 1P0 · Food Take Out
Inspection summary
Tim Hortons has been inspected 4 times by Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit since February 11, 2025. The most recent inspection, on August 27, 2026, recorded 1 infraction.
1 of 4 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 2 inspections with 1 infraction recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing and Protecting food from contamination.
Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.
What these findings mean
Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.
Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk
Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.
Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on July 8, 2025. For example:
Multi-service articles and food contact surfaces cleaned and sanitized after each use and following operations where contamination may have occurred.
Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk
This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.
Recorded once on August 27, 2026. For example:
Furniture, equipment and appliances in food handling and storage rooms arranged and constructed in a clean and sanitary manner.
Food safety training and certificationLower risk
Most jurisdictions require a certified food handler or manager on site, and some require allergen or food-worker training. These findings mean the paperwork or the trained person was missing at the time. They do not by themselves mean food was handled unsafely.
Recorded once on February 11, 2025. For example:
Food handler completed food handler training.
About this data
These results come from Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.
4 inspections
- Routine
1 infraction
- Furniture, equipment and appliances in food handling and storage rooms arranged and constructed in a clean and sanitary manner.
- Fail to maintain and arrange equipment in clean and sanitary condition
- Furniture, equipment and appliances in food handling and storage rooms arranged and constructed in a clean and sanitary manner.
- Routine
0 infractions
- Routine
1 infraction
- Multi-service articles and food contact surfaces cleaned and sanitized after each use and following operations where contamination may have occurred.
- Fail to clean and sanitize food contact surfaces or equipment after each use and as often as necessary
- Multi-service articles and food contact surfaces cleaned and sanitized after each use and following operations where contamination may have occurred.
- Routine
2 infractions
- Multi-service articles and food contact surfaces cleaned and sanitized after each use and following operations where contamination may have occurred.
- Fail to clean and sanitize food contact surfaces or equipment after each use and as often as necessary
- Food handler completed food handler training.
- Fail to ensure completion of food handler training by food handler or supervisor
- Multi-service articles and food contact surfaces cleaned and sanitized after each use and following operations where contamination may have occurred.