There are no goggles like nostalgia goggles, so we’re taking a look at what Canadian Websites Looked like back in 1999, courtesy of the Wayback Machine. Note: some of these may be from a wee bit earlier or later, depending on what the site captured.

The Montreal Canadiens

Fun fact: websites for Canadian hockey teams used to just sort of do what they wanted and weren’t standardized at all.

Tim Hortons

Sadly, Tim’s was still baking their content in 1999.

Toronto Stock Exchange

Slick, but dated.

Loblaws

At what point did grocery store websites become useful? Certainly not in 1999.

Leafnet

Do you want megabytes of information on the Leafs? You’ve come to the right place!

Canadian Tire

A store locator was cutting-edge content in 1999.

Canadian Airlines

So, who remembers Canadian Airlines?

The Edmonton Oilers

Note that the Oilers logo at the bottom right was a spinning GIF.

Government of Canada Primary Internet Site (Canada Site)

Yes, that’s seriously what the government called their site. Also, you could for real, seriously, we’re not kidding, look up the phone number of nearly any federal public servant back then. What a world.

Eaton’s

Remember when websites had silly gimmicks for how you’d “enter” their site?

The Ottawa Senators

Do you see that? It’s time to browse!

West Edmonton Mall

Don’t laugh, this website won an award for being a top site on the web!

RBC

Even back in 1999, you could use online banking.

Maclean’s

You couldn’t read much of their content online, but you could get the cover story.

Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment, the Vancouver Canucks Website

Daddy, who are the Vancouver Grizzlies?

University of Toronto

It’s pretty no-frills, but your average Canadian university website had a ton of useful information.

The Tragically Hip

The Hip joined the World Wide Web in ’97, ahead of many artists.

Canada’s Wonderland

Hey, you could order season passes online!

The Calgary Flames

They actually linked directly to Ticketmaster, which is the sanest part of any old hockey website we’ve seen.

YTV

Just in case you couldn’t watch TV but could view the internet, YTV’s website could tell you what you were missing.

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