The Montreal Trust Company was formed in 1889 and 100 years later described itself as "one of Canada's largest trust companies."
History
Montreal Trust was founded by the
Bank of Montreal
The Bank of Montreal (BMO; french: Banque de Montréal, link=no) is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services company.
The bank was founded in Montreal, Quebec, in 1817 as Montreal Bank; while its head office remains in ...
.
Donald Smith and
Edward Clouston were amongst its charter board of directors.
In 1994,
Scotiabank
The Bank of Nova Scotia (french: link=no, Banque de Nouvelle-Écosse), operating as Scotiabank (french: link=no, Banque Scotia), is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. One of Canada ...
acquired Montreal Trust. The stock transfer and corporate trust businesses of Montreal Trust were acquired by
Computershare
Computershare Limited is an Australian stock transfer company that provides corporate trust, stock transfer and employee share plan services in a number of different countries.
The company currently has offices in 20 countries, including A ...
in 2000.
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Trust companies of Canada
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Scotiabank
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1889 establishments in Quebec
Financial services companies established in 1889
Financial services companies disestablished in 1994
1994 disestablishments in Quebec
Canadian companies established in 1889
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