[9] In February 1921, it was reported to the Canadian National Exhibition Association board that "headway was being made" in signing up exhibitors.

[11] The land used for the building was outdoor space for agricultural and life stock exhibits; they were moved to the eastern end of the site.

"[14] The Globe suggested the building demonstrated the "growing popularity of the segregation principle," referring to the grouping of exhibits by theme.

[15] Early tenants included: Borden's[17] Canadian Milk Products Limited[18] Keepsweet Table Cream[19] Lion Brand Macaroni (A. Puccini & Co., Limited)[20] O'Keefe's Carbonated Beverages[20] Weston's Olde English Shoppe[21] As of April 1922, the CNE noted that all of the Pure Food Building space was allotted, and 25 late applicants had been denied.

They promised their full support when the matter was to appear before city council, and the property committee similarly recommended the board be allowed to make interim expenditures on concrete piers.

[29] Similarly, a photo caption for the 1951 Canadian Restaurant Association conference describes the samples at that event of reminding visitors of the "halycon days" in Pure Food.

[30] Construction began in mid-August 1949 to create a permanent 60-by-30-foot (18.3 m × 9.1 m) structure for Borden Foods mascot Elsie the Cow, a real jersey cattle, at the southeast corner of the grounds.

A. Northey approved a new $1.5 million structure to replace the existing Pure Food Building in 1954, to be built on the same site.