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.
Manitoba Branches
Branch |
Address |
Period |
Status |
Arnaud |
|
?-? |
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Austin |
22 Second Avenue |
1920-1922 |
Demolished (2023) |
Bagot |
|
?-? |
|
Bowsman |
213 First Avenue |
1919-1922 |
|
Brandon |
1043 Rosser Avenue |
1907-? |
|
Carberry |
34 Main Street |
?-1910 |
|
Dominion City |
|
?-? |
|
Dugald |
|
?-? |
|
Fannystelle |
|
?-? |
|
Gladstone |
|
?-? |
|
Griswold |
|
?-? |
|
Hartney |
221 East Railway Street |
1914-1922 |
|
Hazelridge |
|
?-? |
|
Lauder |
|
?-? |
|
Macdonald |
|
?-? |
|
MacGregor |
75 Hampton Street |
1912-1922 |
|
Minitonas |
307 Main Street |
1919-1922 |
|
Moore Park |
|
?-? |
|
Morris |
|
?-? |
|
Napinka |
|
?-? |
|
Neepawa |
|
?-? |
|
Oakbank |
|
?-? |
|
Oak Lake |
|
?-? |
|
Oakville |
112 Second Street |
1919-1922 |
|
Portage la Prairie |
|
?-? |
|
Roblin |
|
?-? |
|
Rossendale |
|
?-? |
|
Russell |
310 Main Street |
1915-? |
|
St. Jean Baptiste |
|
?-? |
|
Sidney |
South Railway Street |
1909-1922 |
|
Sinclair |
Railway Avenue |
1915-1922 |
|
Souris |
37 Crescent Avenue West |
1901-1922 |
|
Starbuck |
|
?-? |
|
Winnipeg |
842 Corydon Avenue |
1919-1922 |
|
377 Main Street |
1902-1922 |
|
1386 Main Street |
1914-1922 |
|
1793 Main Street |
1919-1922 |
|
270 Morley Avenue |
1914-1922 |
|
424 Portage Avenue |
?-? |
|
1151 Portage Avenue |
1919-1922 |
|
804 Selkirk Avenue |
1919-1922 |
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See also:
Manitoba Business: Bank of Montreal
Sources:
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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
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