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Mid 1800s Weight Clocks
There were many individual sellers of weight-driven clocks in British North America in the decades before Canadian federation in 1867. Some lived in the old provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Some lived in the 1830s in Upper Canada (U.C., now part of southern Ontario) and... [More]

The Arthur Pequegnat Clock Company
Arthur Pequegnat came from Switzerland to Berlin, Ontario ca. 1874 with his many brothers, sisters, and parents. In the 1880s he was importing watches for sale locally in western Ontario. Around 1897 Arthur built a factory in Berlin to manufacture ... bicycles! When that... [More]

Westclox Canada
The Western Clock Company in LaSalle, Illinois shipped their alarm clocks north to Canada for many years early in the twentieth century. In 1920, Peterborough, Ontario was chosen as the site for a Canadian factory. Following two successful years in rented space, the company... [More]

Canadian Neon-Ray Clock Company
Based on our research to date, mainly through reading the old business directories at the National Library in Ottawa, this business was in operation from ca. 1942 to the mid 1960s at 371 Dowd Street in Montreal. The first President was Walter Pam. There probably is a connection... [More]

Snider Clock Corporation and Snider Clock Manufacturing Company Limited
The first of these Toronto-based companies, the Snider Clock Corporation, was set up in 1950 by Harry Snider, who operated a wholesale jewelery business on Yonge Street at the time. The company name was changed in 1957 to the Snider Clock Mfg Co. Limited. Over a period of... [More]

Blackforest Clock Company and Forestville Clock Company
The Blackforest Clock Company of Toronto, Ontario was founded by Leopold and Sara Stossel in 1928. Both clock movements and complete clocks were imported from Germany and sold through department and jewelry stores across Canada. Their son Ed Stossel started working part time with... [More]

Canada Clock Company, Hamilton Clock Company, and Canada Clock Company
The first attempts by Canadians to produce clocks in a factory environment are represented by this set of three companies that struggled to survive against the imports in the late 1800s. The first Canada Clock Company was created in Whitby, Ontario in the spring of 1872 and produced clock... [More]