"Canada's Pride" was a graphite pencil sold by Librairie Beauchemin Ltd (a bookstore, not a library). Library in English and Librairie in French are false cognates (aka False Friends or Faux Amis)... two words that sounds the same but have different meanings.  Une librairie is where you go to buy a book, not to borrow one. The company had a long history in Montreal as a book printer and seller, starting around 1845. 

The image below left shows an advertisement for Canada's Pride pencils from a 1911 Almanac. I don't know if they had the facilities to make these pencils themselves or if they were made in the US and imported. They appear to have been popular and I've seen a number of advertisements over a decade long period (1906-1916). The pencil is described as, "​The colour, a beautiful brilliant golden yellow, with an embossed silver inscription, makes it the prettiest pencil."

Below you an see a patent record for the words "Canada's Pride" and "Maple Leaf" from July 1908.

In a Canadian government publications dated 1916 for equipping Canadian Expeditionary Forces for overseas deployments, it specifically lists "Canada's Pride" pencils as part of the supplied equipment.  Note the alternate "Orloff" pencil was probably manufactured by Eagle Pencil in New York.

Like many old pencils sold in Canada, I've never seen one of these pencils other than in advertisements. If you're aware of any photos, please let me know.

Red and Blue checking pencils have historically been used by copy editors. The red end could be used to identify mistakes by circling or striking errors, while the blue end could be used to make notations, notes or additions. Many of these pencils are painted two different colors to identify which side had which color core. Interestingly, most of the Canadian versions of these pencils were painted all red and imprinted to identify the color of each side.  Below are a few Canadian red & blue editing pencils. 

I recently acquired a receipt that appears to be from 1919 from a pencil company that I haven't heard of in the past. The receipt says that the company is a pencil manufacturer but the items on the receipt appear to be dip in penholders and rubber bands. 

I'm honestly not sure if this is an actual receipt or a page from a 1940s Bookkeeping and Accounting workbook. There are clues that could point in either direction. 

I learned a few things about invoices by looking at old accounting textbooks. In the top right you'll see the statement "TERMS N/30  2%/10".  I found that this means that if the buyer pays the invoice within 10 days, they may deduct 2% of the price of the invoice. If the buyer does not pay in the first 10 days, they are expected to pay the total amount of the invoice in 30 days. These terms are sometime read, "net 30, two ten".  The accounting textbook contained several sample invoices that were similar to this one except for the block in the bottoms with all the initials and handwritten notes.

I was fortunate to win an auction for the set of Ticonderoga pencils shown below. I believe these pencils date to the 1940s or early 1950s based on the design of the paper band holding the set. The ferrule isn't painted... I don't know if it was never painted or the painting flaked off over the years. 

Below are a couple of pictures showing similar packaging. One is a set of Dixon Sovereign pencils with a picture of King George VI, who reigned from 1936-1952. Also shown is an advertising ink blotter. The 2-digit dash 4-digit phone number shown dates from pre-1954.

The Canadian Centennial was a yearlong celebration held in 1967 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation. July 1st is the anniversary of The British North America act which created Canada. Back in 1967, July 1st was known as Dominion Day. The holiday wasn't changed to Canada Day until 1982.

The Canadian Centennial year celebration included a visit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Parliament Hill. The Queen's visit to Canada included a visit to Expo '67 in Montreal. Lots of memorabilia was created to celebrate this day including a special "Canadian" typeface... Cartier. Also created were the stamps and pencils shown below.

The pencil industry has seen lots of mergers and acquisitions over the years. Sometimes this results in a change in company name. The Eagle Canada Pencil of Company Limited acquired North-Rite Limited in 1965. At the time, Eagle was Canada's largest manufacturer of pencils and pens. North-Rite was a major Canadian manufacturer of ballpoint pens, mechanical pencils and fountain pens. North-Rite was run as a subsidiary company of Eagle Pencil for some time. In about 1969, Eagle changed its name to Eagle/North-Rite Limited. By 1975 the name had changed again to Berol. This allows pencils that were packaged in boxes with the Eagle/North-Rite name to be fairly accurately dated to this period of time. Below are a few examples of these.

The pencil shown here has a paper ferule indicating it was probably made in the 1940s during World War II when metal was reserved for the war effort. It is also stamped "Canadian Graphite" indicating it was probably made by Dixon Pencil Inc. This was the only company I know of that used graphite from an mine in Ontario and stamped there pencils with this phrase.

The next time I'm around Yarmouth, I'll have to stop in to the Red & White Dayton Food Store to connect with a bit of history.

Every once in a while, a visit to a second hand shop leads to a special find. I was very excited to discover the set of colored pencils shown below recently. It is a like new set of twelve Canadian made Eagle Turquoise Prismacolor pencils (Art Set No. 952).  

The set probably dates to the 1960s.  Below is a Canadian school supply catalog from 1962 showing nearly the same set. It seems the selection of colors might be slightly different. The set I found has colors 901, 903, 909, 921, 924, 915, 935, 938, 931, 916, 910, 946. The set below appears to have slight variations... for example 902 Marine Blue instead of 901 Indigo Blue.

Vintage school supply catalogues can provide some great information about pencils produced and sold in Canada. Here are the pencil pages from a couple of Canadian school supply catalogues.

The E. N. Moyer Company, Ltd. was a school furnishings and supply company that started in Ontario, Canada. The first catalogue was from 1884. 

Located at 949 Rue Côté St. in Montréal, Québec. The building that this school and office supply store used to occupy is still there but no longer a store.

Stationery companies often gave out ink blotters which contain advertisements for products they sold. Some these advertisements are for pencils. I have shared some photos of ink blotters in the past. Below are three ink blotters from the Hay Stationery Company of London, Ontario.  ​