Manitoba Business: Royal Bank of Canada

This Montreal-based bank was founded in 1869. It absorbed the Northern Crown Bank in 1918 and merged with the Union Bank of Canada in 1925.

Manitoba Branches

Branch	Address	Period	Status
Beausejour	601 Ashton Avenue	1918-?
Binscarth	Russell Street	1918-?	Acquired from Northern Crown (1918), demolished (?)
Carberry	33 Main Street	1925-1934	Deconstructed (2023)
Carman	32 First Street Southwest	1925-1942
Crystal City	121 Broadway Street South	1925-1975
Flin Flon	?	1929-?
Hamiota	39 Maple Avenue East	1925-1977
Holland	103 Broadway Street	1925-1937
Lac du Bonnet	Third Street	1919-1971	Demolished (?)
McCreary	516 Burrows Road	?-?
Melita	139 Main Street North	1919-1968
Miniota	153 North Railway Avenue	1918-1967
Minnedosa	32 Main Street South	1925-1946
Newdale	Main Street	1925-?
Rapid City	Fourth Street	1925-1994
Roblin	158 Main Street Northwest	?-?
Roland	72 Third Street	1925-1970
Russell	202 Main Street	1925-?
Somerset	302 Third Street	1925-1970
Souris	6 Crescent Avenue West	?-?
Sperling	Main Street	1925-1931	Demolished (2011)
The Pas	?	?-?
Virden	190 Nelson Street West	1925-1933
Waskada	Railway Avenue	1925-1968
Wawanesa	147 Fourth Street	1919-?
Whitemouth	Whitemouth	?-?
Winnipeg	Henderson Highway at Johnson Avenue
	646 Logan Avenue	1925-1939
	460 Main Street	1909-?
	504 Main Street	1925-?
	618 Main Street	1946-?
	968 Main Street	1918-?
	1825 Main Street	1925-?
	216 Portage Avenue
	654 Portage Avenue	1918-?	Demolished (1983)
	Provencher at Aulneau
	Sargent at Beverley
	409 Selkirk Avenue	1925-?
	859 Sherbrook Street	1918-1962

See also:

Manitoba Business: Northern Crown Bank

Manitoba Business: Union Bank of Canada

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Royal Bank Building (220 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)

Sources:

Bridging the Years, 1879-1967 by Miniota Women Institute, 1967, page 133.

Logs and Lines from the Winnipeg River, pages 104, 166.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

We thank Jordan Makichuk and George Penner for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 February 2025