Private company

McMillan

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Canadian creative agency founded in 19961

McMillan was a full-service creative agency based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The agency provides brand strategy, creative development, and integrated marketing to business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) organizations.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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McMillan was a full-service creative agency based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The agency provides brand strategy, creative development, and integrated marketing to business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) organizations.2

The story

McMillan was founded in 1996 by Gordon McMillan, the agency has grown to service accounts throughout North America. Within six months of opening, McMillan landed accounts with Microsoft and Cognos. The following year it added several clients in the high-tech industry, including Oracle University, PeopleSoft, and Nortel Networks. Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) selected McMillan as a preferred marketing vendor in 2003 and McMillan became D&B's lead agency until 2010. McMillan closed its doors on July 31, 2026.

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Timeline

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