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Gage Educational Publishing Company, otherwise known as Gage Learning, is a division o
Nelson Education
(nelson.com), a major Canadian publisher of school textbooks and educational reference books.


History

Gage Educational is descended from W. J. Gage & Company, Ltd., a Toronto publisher renamed in 1879 for its partner
William James Gage Sir William James Gage (September 16, 1849 – January 14, 1921) was a Canadian educator, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Life and career Gage was born in Toronto Township, Canada West, the son of Andrew Albert Gage and Mary Jane Grafton. ...
(1849–1921); formerly Adam Miller and Company. Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, Gage was a well-known Canadian publishing company. Gage's dictionaries were a staple in many Elementary School classrooms, as were Gage-published workbooks and textbooks. The Gage senior-level dictionary, as of 1983 called the ''Gage Canadian Dictionary'' was often considered the official dictionary of
Canadian English Canadian English (CanE, CE, en-CA) encompasses the Variety (linguistics), varieties of English language, English used in Canada. According to the 2016 Canadian Census, 2016 census, English was the first language of 19.4 million Canadians or ...
. The ''Gage Canadian Dictionary'' was one of three school dictionaries in the Dictionary of Canadian English Series, which as of 1962 defined the lexicography of Canadian English.Gregg, R. J. 1993. Canadian English Lexicography. In: Sandra Clarke (ed.). Focus on Canada. Amsterdam: Benjamins. The scholarly flagship dictionary in that series was the 1st edition of ''
A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles ''A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles'' (DCHP) is a historical usage dictionary of words, expressions, or meanings which are native to Canada or which are distinctively characteristic of Canadian English though not necessarily ...
'' (Avis et al. 1967).


References

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The Homeroom – British Columbia Textbooks – W.J. Gage & Co., Toronto
* W.J. Gage & Company. ''W.J. Gage & Co. Limited: A story of sixty-five successful years, 1844-1909.'' Toronto: W.J. Gage, 1909?. CIHM/ICMH Microfiche series; no. 87290 Book publishing companies of Canada {{Canada-media-company-stub