W. McNally & Co. was Montreal-based hardware and metal merchandise company dealing with builders', contractors', and gas works' supplies. It was founded by William McNally (1855-1912) in 1876. It was the largest business of its kind in the Dominium in the late 1800s and the early 1900s.

W. J. Gage and Company was a Toronto-based publishing, bookselling, and binding company. In 1874, William James Gage (1849-1921) became a partner of the publishing firm of Adam Miller & Co. After Mr. Miller died in 1875, Mr. Gage conducted the business with Mrs. Miller until her retirement in 1878. In 1879, the company changed its name to W. J. Gage & Co. In 1893, it was incorporated and became W. J. Gage & Co., Limited. The company owned a paper mill (Kinleith Paper Co. Ltd, St. Catharines) and manufactured its paper. In 1904, its large warehouse and factories were destroyed by fire. The firm moved to Spadina Avenue, from 1906 to 1958, and then to Scarborough. It continues as Gage Educational Publishing Company, a division of Nelson Education, a major Canadian publisher of school textbooks and educational reference books.

Founded in 2001 the Virtual Museum of Canada is Canada's national virtual museum. With a directory of over 3,000 Canadian heritage institutions and a database of over 600 virtual exhibits, the VMC brings together Canada's museums regardless of size or geographical location. This creates an opportunity for Canadian communities to tell their stories and preserve their history.
The VMC includes virtual exhibits, educational resources for teachers, and over 900,000 images. The resources are bilingual; available in both French and English. The content on the VMC is created by Canadian museums and is administered by the Canadian Museum of History.