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Sir John Evelyn Leslie Wrench was born Oct. 29, 1882 in County Fermanagh, Ireland. He started a postcard company and ran it from 1900 to 1904, when it closed. He then edited the Overseas Daily Mail and visited North America. he formed the Royal Over-Seas League (originally named the Over-Seas Club) to promote unity in the British Empire. He founded the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth in 1918.

Worsley Studio was a commercial photographic studio operating in Duncan, B.C. In 1962, the studio was located at 159 Trunk Road, Duncan.

The Workmen's Compensation Act was passed in British Columbia in 1916 and the Workmen's Compensation Board was established in 1917. In 1974, the name changed to the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia.

Allen Wootton was a member of the Vancouver Natural History Society and was married to Edith (neé Unsworth) Wootton.

Woodward's Department Stores was a company controlling a chain of department stores across Western Canada.
Charles Woodward established the first Woodward's store at the corner of Main and Georgia Streets in 1892. In 1902, a new store was built at Hastings and Abbott, which was expanded several times over the next fifty years. In 1926, a store was opened in Edmonton, and by the late 1940s, the company began to open numerous stores in B.C. and Alberta, including: Port Alberni (1948); West Vancouver (1950); New Westminster (1951); Oakridge Mall, Vancouver (1959); Calgary (1960); Mayfair, Victoria (1963); a second store in Edmonton (1965); Prince George (1966); and Surrey (1966).