Traders Bank of Canada

Traders Bank of Canada
IndustryBanking
Founded19 April 1884 (1884-04-19)
Defunct3 September 1912 (1912-09-03)
FateAcquired by the Royal Bank of Canada
HeadquartersTraders Bank Building,

The Traders Bank of Canada was a Canadian bank that existed from 1885 to 1912. The bank was headquartered in Toronto.

The bank was created by Dominion statute on 19 April 1884 through the Act to incorporate the Traders' Bank of Canada. The sponsons of incorporation were Edmund G. Burk, John Carveth, Frederick Cubitt, James B. Fairbairn, Aaron Buckler, John J. Tilley, Robert Russell Loscombe, Alexander H. Leith, John Milne, and John Rankin.[1]

In 1912, the Traders was acquired by the Royal Bank of Canada.[2]

References

  1. ^ An Act to incorporate the Traders Bank of Canada, (SC 47 Victoria, 1884), cap. 51.
  2. ^ "Royal and Traders Banks; merger plan is accepted," Globe and Mail, (27 April 1912), 1.
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