Known initially as the Northern Bank when it was established at Winnipeg in 1905, it was renamed the Northern Crown Bank when it absorbed the Crown Bank of Toronto in 1908. It was taken over by the Royal Bank of Canada in 1918.
James Henry Ashdown (1844-1924)
Douglas Colin Cameron (1854-1921)
Robert Campbell (1861-?) - General Manager
Henry Thomson Champion (1847-1916)
William C. Leistikow (1852-?)
L. M. McCarthy - Superintendent of Branches
Daniel Hunter McMillan (1846-1933) - President
Frederick Nation (1861-1955)
William Robinson (1849-1936) - Vice-President
Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)
Branch
Address
Period
Status
Arden
Beausejour
1907-1918
Binscarth
Russell Street
1906-1918
Sold to Royal Bank (1918), demolished (?)
Crandell
139 Main Street North
1906-1918
Miniota
1906-1918
Pierson
Rathwell
Sperling
Stonewall
Winnipeg
1906-1918
654 Portage Avenue
1908-1918
Demolished (1983)
1910-1918
See also:
The Buildings of the Winnipeg-Based Union and Northern Crown Banks: A Glimpse into Early Twentieth Century Corporate Architecture by David Spector
Manitoba History, Number 21, Spring 1991Manitoba Business: Royal Bank of Canada
Advertisement, Manitoba Free Press, 16 March 1911.
Bridging the Years, 1879-1967 by Miniota Women Institute, 1967, page 133.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 January 2025
