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Manitoba Business: Merchants Bank of Canada
Established in 1864 with headquarters at Montreal, Quebec, the Merchants Bank of Canada operated branches across western Canada including several in Manitoba through much of the early 20th century. It was absorbed by the Bank of Montreal in 1921.
Manitoba Branches
Branch
Address
Period
Arnaud
Austin
Bagot
Bowsman
1043 Rosser Avenue
1907-?
Carberry
Dominion City
Dugald
Fannystelle
Gladstone
Griswold
221 East Railway Street
1914-?
Hazelridge
Lauder
Macdonald
75 Hampton Street
1912-1921
Minitonas
Moore Park
Morris
Napinka
Neepawa
Oakbank
Oak Lake
Oakville
Portage la Prairie
Roblin
Rossendale
310 Main Street
1915-?
St. Jean Baptiste
Sidney
South Railway Street
1909-1921
Sinclair
37 Crescent Avenue West
1901-1921
Starbuck
Winnipeg
1919-1921
1902-1921
1914-1921
1919-1921
1914-1921
424 Portage Avenue
1151 Portage Avenue
1919-1921
See also:
Manitoba Business: Bank of Montreal
Sources:
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Monuments to Finance, Vol. II: Early Bank Architecture in Winnipeg by David Spector, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, August 1982.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
We thank Robert Smith and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 March 2022
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