Pencils, eh
A virtual museum of the golden age of the Canadian pencil industry.
Companies of Foreign Origin Establishing in Canada Since 1930The document below shows that #3 Dixon Pencil Company, #4 Eagle Pencil Company and #18 Venus Pencil Company all established in Canada in early 1931. Pen and Pencil Manufacturers 1951Eberhard Faber would establish their factory in Acton Vale, QC shortly after this document was published. Pen and Pencil Manufacturers 1966The table comes from a Dominion Bureau of Statistics document listing a census of Pen and Pencil Manufacturers in Canada in 1966. This industry is defined as comprising those "Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing fountain pens and parts; ball-point pens; lead and mechanical pencils; and crayons". According to this report, over half a million gross of non-mechanical black lead pencils were produced in Canada in 1966. Pen and Pencil Manufacturers 1976Note that the Eagle factory in Drummondville is now owned by Berol Limited and the Venus Pencil Company has become Venus Esterbrook Canada Ltd.
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