Manitoba Liquor Control Commission

Manitoba Liquor Control Commission

Former type	Crown corporation
Industry	Retail (Department & Discount)
Fate	Merged with Manitoba Lotteries Corporation
Successor	Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corporation
Founded	1923
Defunct	2013
Headquarters	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Products	Liquor sales and distribution to both consumers and businesses
Revenue	approx: $284.1 Million CAD (fiscal 2013-2014)
Number of employees	1,200
Website	Manitoba Liquor Control Commission corporate website

The Manitoba Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) was a Crown Agency mandated with regulating, distributing and selling beverage alcohol in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The Manitoba government merged MLCC with the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation in 2013 to form the Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Corporation.

The Liquor Control Commission of Manitoba was established in 1923 to control the sale of alcoholic beverages in Manitoba. The Liquor Control Act empowered the Commission to buy, import and sell liquor; control the possession, sale and transportation of liquor; and to establish liquor outlets throughout the province of Manitoba.

At the time of its merger, MLCC employed approximately 1,200 full and part-time workers. Workers at the MLCC are members of the Manitoba Government Employees Union. In October 2008, MLCC was named one of "Canada's Top 100 Employers" by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine. Later that month, MLCC was also named one of Manitoba's Top Employers, which was announced by the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper.

It is headquartered in Winnipeg and has 51 Liquor Marts, 175 Liquor Vendors (partners with the MLCC), and eight specialty wine stores throughout Manitoba. The MLCC's products include a total of 4,341 active product listings as of 2012.

The MLCC's enforcement of liquor controls includes inspections of licensed premises, sale permit functions as well as professional shoppers in liquor marts to ensure proof-of-age challenges.

In 2012, 444 Winnipeg Jets tickets were received by the MLCC in exchange for $250,000 a year it spends to advertise at games. Of these, four tickets went to the office of the minister responsible for MLCC, 66 went to the board, 188 went to head office staff, 108 to store managers, 62 to MLCC executives, eight to the MLCC social club, and four to charity.