[1] Orca Book Publishers was founded in 1982[2] and is based in Victoria, British Columbia.

[3] Orca primarily published children's literature,[3] printing usually around 95 publications per annum.

[7] Orca published Eric Walters' pandemic novel Don't Stand So Close To Me in 2020.

[8] 15,000 of the company's books caught fire while on the MV Zim Kingston vessel near Victoria, British Columbia in October 2021.

[9] In 2022, the company moved production of its books from China and Korea to Canada.