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 March 1922.
Branch
Address
Period
Status
Arnaud
?-?
22 Second Avenue
1920-1922
Demolished (2023)
Bagot
?-?
213 First Avenue
1919-1922
1043 Rosser Avenue
1907-?
34 Main Street
?-1910
Dominion City
?-?
Dugald
?-?
Fannystelle
?-?
Gladstone
?-?
Griswold
?-?
221 East Railway Street
1914-1922
Hazelridge
?-?
Lauder
?-?
Macdonald
?-?
75 Hampton Street
1912-1922
307 Main Street
1919-1922
Moore Park
?-?
Morris
?-?
Napinka
?-?
Neepawa
?-?
Oakbank
?-?
Oak Lake
?-?
112 Second Street
1919-1922
Portage la Prairie
?-?
Roblin
?-?
Rossendale
?-?
310 Main Street
1915-?
St. Jean Baptiste
?-?
South Railway Street
1909-1922
Railway Avenue
1915-1922
37 Crescent Avenue West
1901-1922
Starbuck
?-?
Winnipeg
1919-1922
1902-1922
1914-1922
1919-1922
1914-1922
424 Portage Avenue
?-?
1151 Portage Avenue
1919-1922
1919-1922
See also:
Manitoba Business: Bank of Montreal
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: 15 May 2023