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The bank soon opened branches in London, St. Catharines and Barrie. During the following years, the bank opened more branches in
Ontario, and took over the business of the local Gore Bank, before expanding across Canada through the acquisition of the Bank of British Columbia in 1901 and the Halifax
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This Bank of
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656:. Vol. 84. BPC (Banker's Magazine) Limited. July 1907. pp. 43–45.
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A History of the
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce: Volume 4., 1931-1973
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A History of the Canadian Bank of Commerce: Volume 3, 1919-1930.
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that operated from 1867 to 1961. It merged in 1961 with the
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Stanley Musgrave Wedd, 31 October 1952 – 11 December 1956
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Stanley Musgrave Wedd, 14 December 1948 – 31 October 1952
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Formed Oct 6, 1871 and merged with the Commerce in 1906.
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Established in 1825 and merged with the Commerce in 1903.
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Allen Edwin Arscott, 14 December 1948 – 14 October 1952
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Sydney Henry Logan, 12 December 1944 – 14 December 1948
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Sydney Henry Logan, 12 January 1937 – 12 December 1944
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A History of the Canadian Bank of Commerce: Volume 2
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A History of the Canadian Bank of Commerce: Volume 1
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Formed in 1859 and merged with the Commerce in 1912.
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Formed in 1836 and merged with the Commerce in 1870.
230:, 2,300 staff members enlisted in the armed forces.
1554:Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario
678:. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 170, 300.
516:James Stewart, 11 December 1956 – 8 December 1959
479:James Stewart, 31 October 1952 – 11 December 1956
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177:, built in 1910 in beaux-arts classic style.
800:. James Lorimer & Company. p. 72.
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563:. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 1995.
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305:the Canadian Bank of Commerce in
283:the Canadian Bank of Commerce in
134:, which today is one of Canada's
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547:. Oxford University Press, 1922.
538:. Oxford University Press, 1920.
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1204:Manulife Bank of Canada
1184:Exchange Bank of Canada
797:Anatomy of Big Business
459:Sir Byron Edmund Walker
425:Standard Bank of Canada
379:Halifax Banking Company
302:, built in 1914 to 1915
241:(CIBC), now one of the
235:Imperial Bank of Canada
128:Imperial Bank of Canada
89:Imperial Bank of Canada
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590:List of Canadian banks
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982:Deborah C. Sawyer.
728:"Bank Architecture"
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