[1] In 2012, Random House of Canada became the sole owner of fellow Canadian publishing company McClelland & Stewart, having purchased the 75% it didn't already own from the University of Toronto.

In 2002, Anchor Canada published its first original trade paperback titled The Notebooks: Interviews and New Fiction from Contemporary Writers.

Each year editors choose between 1 and 4 books and promote them through the campaign in order to bring some of Canada's most talented new authors to national and international attention.

[5] The Random House Canada imprint published works by Canadian and international authors starting in 1986.

[10][11] In October 2010, Random House of Canada introduced the "Conversation Starters" application for Apple's iPhone and iPad.

[12] In February 2011, Random House of Canada announced a partnership with OverDrive, a digital distributor of downloadable e-books.

Through this the distribution agreement, Canadian libraries, schools and colleges were able to access Random House titles through OverDrive's e-book catalog.