The Provincial Bank of Canada (French: Banque provinciale du Canada) was a Canadian bank that existed from 1861 to 1979. The bank was founded in Montreal as the Banque Jacques-Cartier, and on 7 May 1900 changed its name to the Banque provinciale.
History In 1970, the bank acquired the Banque populaire, which had been founded in 1848 as the Caisse d'économie de Notre-Dame de Québec. In 1977 it acquired the Unity Bank of Canada, a small Toronto bank founded in 1972.
It merged with the Banque Canadienne Nationale to form the National Bank of Canada in 1979."National Bank of Canada". The Canadian Encyclopedia
A notable President of the Bank was Sir Hormidas Laporte, who previously served as Mayor of Montreal, and occupied the position from 1907 to 1934.
Leadership
President
Jean-Louis Beaudry, 1861–1869 Romuald Trudeau, 1869–1875 Alphonse Desjardins, 1880–1899 Guillaume-Narcisse Ducharme, 1900–1907 Sir Hormidas Laporte, 1907–1934 Stanislas-Jean-Baptiste Rolland, 1934–1936 Charles-Arthur Roy, 1936–1946 Joseph-Édouard Labelle, 1946–1957 Joseph-Ubald Boyer, 1957–1967 Léo Lavoie, 1967–1976 Michel Bélanger, 1976–1979
Chairman of the Board
Élie Beauregard Jules-André Brillant
See also List of banks in Canada
References