Is "Made in Canada" an endangered species???


I came across a pair of these early 20th century toy cap guns while wasting a bit of time on eBay a couple of years ago.

"L&M"  and "Made in Canada" were the only markings on the cap guns that obviously were modeled after the popular "top break" revolvers mostly made by Smith & Wesson, Iver Johnson, Hopkins & Allen and Forehand & Wadsworth  from the 1870's to the early 20th century.
 



In the present day, "Made in Canada" is quite rare when it comes to consumer goods, and seeing those words stamped, or engraved proudly into these toy cap guns made me smile, and then buy the pair of relics from another  time, when "Made in Canada" wasn't an endangered species.

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