Canadian Bicycle Manufacturers 1898
Hi Everyone.
I was doing some research on another bicycling topic and I came across this assesment of the Canadian bicycle trade. It comes from a USA publication "The Cycle Age and Trade Review", February 17, 1898.
There is a list of Canadian Bicycle Companies for before the time of Canadian Cycle and Motor (CCM). Here is a short excerpt:
The Canadian manufacturing product in
1895 amounted to about 16,500 machines,
in 1896 to 24,800 machines, and in 1897 to
36,800 machines. These figures are not
given as accurately representing the out-
put, but are obtained through confidential
disclosures made to the Cycle Age repre-
sentative by people who, from their posi-
tions, should possess reliable knowledge
upon the subject.
Makers, Models, and Prices.
The following are the principal bicycle
manufacturers with the names of th<£r
machines and list prices:
The Massey-Harris Co., Toronto — Massey-Har-
ris; $80 and $85.
H. A. Lozier & Co., Toronto. — Cleveland.
Gendron Mfg. Co., Toronto. — Gendron and Re-
liance.
Welland-Vale Co., St. Catherine, Ont.— Chain-
less, Perfect, Dominion, Garden City; $90, $75,
$50 and $45.
Goold Bicycle Co., Brantford, Ont. — Red Birds;
$90 and $75.
Canadian Typograph Co., Windsor, Ont. — E and
D; $90.
E. C. Stearns & Co., Toronto. — Stearns.
Comet Cycle Co., Toronto. — Comet and wood
frame bicycles; $85.55 and $85.
John Griffith Cycle Corporation, Toronto.—
Humber, Triumph, Sky Lark and Leader.
Planet Cycle Co., Toronto.— Planet; $75.
Tangent Cycle Co., Toronto. — New Rapid.
Mountain City Cycle Co., Montreal — Mountain
City special.
W. Mann & Co., London, Ont. — Alert, Capital.
Ohio, London, Alaska, Yukon, Klondyke; $50 and
upwards.
McBurnie, Beattie & Co., Toronto. — McBurnie;
$80.
Henderson Mfg. Co., Toronto.
D. Lochrie, Toronto.
G. T. Pendrith, Toronto.
In various parts of the country there
are many small makers and assemblers,
but their product for 1897 did not amount
to more than 5,000 machines.
There are few exclusive bicycle dealers
in Canada. Machines are sold in every
village, town and city .throughout the
Dominion. So far as Canadian trade is
concerned, the bicycle was first introduced
in Montreal, the first machine being
shipped from England in 1874.

Enjoy.
Note on Comet Cycle Company.
The company was given permission by the City of Toronto to build a factory in 1895. The company went out of business in 1899.




