Grand and Toy graves
March 4, 2024
Grand and Toy, the family owned, all-Canadian office supply company
On a beautiful mild March day at St. James the-Less Cemetery in Toronto, I discovered the graves of two remarkable entrepreneurs—James Grand and Samuel Toy, the founders of what would become Canada’s iconic office supply retailer, Grand & Toy. James Grand started humbly in 1882, going door-to-door with a wheelbarrow, selling stationery. Just a year […]
