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
Name
Occupation
Service
Rank
Birth Date
Death Date
Arthur Rice Birch
Bank Clerk
6th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Corporal
13 July 1889
1 January 1915
George Adolphus Bishop
Bank Clerk
Canadian Light Horse
Private
23 June 1893
8 February 1916
Jean Joseph Cloutier
[Brandon Armoury, Brandon College]Bank Clerk
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
24 May 1896
29 October 1917
Cecil Fox
[MacGregor, MacGregor Union]Bank clerk
107th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
26 February 1897
10 February 1917
Robert Nichol Grant
[Brandon Armoury, Vimy Ridge]Clerk
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
3 June 1896
23 August 1917
John McWilliam
Bank Clerk
5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
12 August 1892
6 June 1916
Merrill Knowlton Merriman MM
Accountant
20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Corporal
14 June 1895
27 August 1918
Arthur Russell Morris
[Gladstone, Next of Kin]Bank Clerk
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Private
27 October 1893
8 May 1915
Durward Frederick Peck
[Fort Rouge Methodist, Morris]Bank Clerk
78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
15 December 1896
30 October 1917
McKenzie Render
Bank Manager
16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Major
6 January 1878
8 August 1918
Kenneth Torrance Ross
[Hartney]Bank Clerk
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
31 October 1894
9 April 1917
John William Stamp
Banker
46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
30 November 1888
5 October 1917
Frederick Samuel Starr
[Morris, Next of Kin]Banker
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles
Private
20 November 1897
13 November 1917
John Harry Trueman
[Next of Kin, St. John's Anglican, St. John's High School]Bank Clerk
8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Private
8 June 1898
10 November 1917
Allan Gordon Williams
[Kelvin High School]Clerk
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Lieutenant
20 August 1895
27 August 1918
See also:
Manitoba Business: Bank of Montreal
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, 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 and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 2 May 2024
