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70-610: Merritt is a city in the Nicola Valley of the south-central Interior of British Columbia , Canada. It is 270 km (170 mi) northeast of Vancouver . Situated at the confluence of the Nicola and Coldwater rivers, it is the first major community encountered after travelling along Phase One of the Coquihalla Highway and acts as the gateway to all other major highways to the B.C. Interior. The city developed in 1893 when part of

140-630: A Vancouver branch of the bank following an identification discrepancy. The Vancouver mayor criticized the bank for what he termed giving false information to the police. The police were afterwards investigated. A human rights claim was later filed in response to the incident. A settlement was eventually reached, which included an undisclosed monetary payment to the victims, an apology ceremony in Bella Bella, territorial acknowledgement plaques installed at certain branches and BMO updating internal policies and procedures for how status cards are handled. After

210-520: A humid continental climate ( Dfb ). Nicola Valley The Nicola Country is roughly synonymous with the basin of the Nicola River , but unlike other similar region-names in BC was not named for the river. Rather, both were named as a result of this region being the territory under the rule of Nicola ( Hwistesmexteqen ), the most prominent and influential of the chiefs of the Nicola people , who like

280-442: A Bank of Montreal trader pleaded guilty to intentionally mismarking his trading book in order to increase his bonus from the bank. In 2009, BMO purchased AIG 's Canadian life insurance business, AIG Life Insurance Company of Canada (400,000 customers and 300 employees), for approximately CA$ 330 million, making BMO the second-biggest life insurer among Canadian banks. The new component was renamed BMO Life Assurance Company. In

350-674: A license to operate in China. During the 1990s, BMO acquired a number of other banks in the Chicago area , merging them under the Harris Bank name, including Suburban Bancorp in 1994; and Household Bank in 1999. In 1998, the Bank of Montreal and the Royal Bank of Canada announced they had agreed to a merger pending approval from the government. Government regulators later blocked the proposed merger, along with

420-729: A local arena, a public library (which is a branch of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Library System) and a civic centre. Merritt has dozens of bronzed hand prints of country music stars who have been in the city for the annual Merritt Mountain Music Festival displayed throughout town. Merritt is also home to a local radio station, a weekly newspaper and the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology campus. Nearby, there are four provincial parks , numerous lakes, and several recreational trails. Merritt

490-586: A location in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This First Nations in Canada –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bank of Montreal The Bank of Montreal (French: Banque de Montréal ), abbreviated as BMO (pronounced / ˈ b iː m oʊ / ), is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services company. The bank

560-560: A major employer in the city, and many other businesses, restaurants and hotels in Merritt are owned by members of this group. In advance polls during the 2015 Canadian elections, an unexpectedly high turnout in Merritt resulted in there being an insufficient quantity of ballots. On November 15, 2021, the entire city was ordered to evacuate after heavy rainfall and flooding caused the municipality's wastewater treatment plant to fail. Residents were asked to shelter with family or friends outside of

630-680: A one-year sponsorship of IndyCar team Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing to appear on the No. 06 car of Graham Rahal in the first-ever IRL -sanctioned Canadian IndyCar race at Edmonton . Since 1997, Bank of Montreal has been a major sponsor of Skate Canada , and is the title sponsor of the BMO Financial Group Canadian Championships , BMO Financial Group Skate Canada Junior Nationals, BMO Financial Group Skate Canada Challenges, BMO Financial Group Skate Canada Sectionals, and BMO Financial Group Skate Canada Synchronized Championships. It

700-574: A seventeen-storey structure next to its historic head office. The building served as the bank's operational headquarters until 1977, when it was moved to First Canadian Place on Bay Street in Toronto in 1977. The structure was named after the bank's slogan at the time, The First Canadian Bank , which was introduced in 1969, and was prominent in much of the bank's advertising during the 1970's, most notably in television commercials featuring Canadian actor Leslie Nielsen . The bank's present "M-Bar" logo

770-664: A similar proposal by the Toronto-Dominion Bank to merge with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce . Although the banks did not merge, in 2000, the Bank of Montreal, together with the Royal Bank of Canada, merged their merchant payment processor businesses to form Moneris Solutions . In 2006, BMO bought BCPBank, a Schedule C financial institution that was the Canadian division of Banco Comercial Português . In 2008,

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840-629: A slogan introduced in 1969. The bank is a founder and major sponsor of the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre , an annual award of $ 100,000 granted to a Canadian director, playwright, or designer. The bank has been a sponsor of the Toronto FC of Major League Soccer since 2007 and of its home stadium named BMO Field at Exhibition Place . In 2010, BMO extended its agreement with the Toronto FC through

910-508: A three-storey structure for the Bank of Montreal on Saint Jacques Street in Montreal. The building was modelled after a Georgian townhouse with a small portico of Corinthian columns supporting a classical pediment and remains the bank's legal headquarters. Buildings that formerly housed a branch of the bank have also seen later notable use. A branch in Montreal has been designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1990. The building

980-608: A wide variety of music "from daytime soul and reggae jams, to live experimental electronic music, house and techno". 2015 was the first year for the Rockin' River Music Fest , formerly held in Mission B.C., taking place July 30 to August 2. The return of a country music festival to Merritt was the first since the cancellation of the Merritt Mountain Music Festival in 2012. The 2015 headliners included Lady Antebellum. Merritt

1050-503: Is BOFMCAM2 and the institution number is 001. In Canada, BMO has more than 900 branches and more than 1000 in the United States, serving over 13 million customers globally. In the United States, BMO does business as BMO Financial Group, where it has substantial operations in the Chicago area and elsewhere in the country, where it operates BMO Bank, N.A. . BMO Capital Markets is BMO's investment and corporate banking division, while

1120-754: Is also a local slo-pitch softball league and the Merritt Otters swim club, which makes its home at the Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre. Merritt is home to Q101 Merritt's Music Mix , the Nicola Valley's only local radio station. 101.1 FM, CKMQ-FM is locally owned and an independent radio station. Q101 also reports news and broadcasts the BCHL 's Merritt Centennials hockey games. The station was originally launched in 1970 on AM 1230 as CJNL . In 2009, Merritt Broadcasting Ltd. received CRTC approval to convert to

1190-718: Is also the presenting sponsor of the CanSkate Learn-to-Skate Program. In 2005, BMO Bank of Montreal became the title sponsor for the annual May marathon race staged by the Vancouver International Marathon Society. The current name is "BMO Bank of Montreal Vancouver Marathon ". BMO is a member of the Canadian Bankers Association and registered member with the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation ,

1260-432: Is dominated by the primary industries of forestry, tourism, and service. For years, the Merritt area was a gathering place for local European colonists and First Nations , as the area was a focus of transportation routes used by early pioneers . The grasslands eventually drew the attention of settlers interested in ranching , and the first ranches were staked in the mid-19th century. In the 1880s three ranches located at

1330-585: Is estimated to have drawn as many as 148,000 people at its peak in the summer of 2005. The Mountain Music Festival, combined with the development of the Merritt Walk of Stars - a display of bronzed handprints of Mountainfest artists placed around the community - the Merritt Walk of Stars Mural Project, painted by artist Michelle Loughery , the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, Music in the Square and in

1400-607: Is home to the longest continuously run franchise in the British Columbia Hockey League , the Merritt Centennials . The Cents moved to the Nicola Valley from White Rock midway through the 1973–74 season. The Centennials play all home games at the city-run Nicola Valley Memorial Arena and their season runs from early September through early March. Merritt also hosts the Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo on

1470-478: Is known as the "Country Music Capital of Canada" for its wealth of country music attractions, activities, and events. Highway 5 , and Highway 97C intersect at Merritt with Highway 97C East connecting the city to Kelowna and Penticton , Highway 97C Northwest to Logan Lake , Highway 8 to Spences Bridge and Lillooet , Highway 5A South to Princeton , Highway 5A North to Kamloops , Highway 5 South to Hope , and Highway 5 North to Kamloops . Merritt's economy

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1540-882: Is north and east of Merritt at Douglas Lake but whose lands span most of the Thompson Plateau and also country beyond it to the northeast in the Shuswap Highland and to the north in the Bonaparate Plateau. Located in the rainshadow of the Canadian Cascades and the Lillooet Ranges of the Coast Mountains , the climate of the Nicola Country is dry and, in summers, quite hot. Due to a higher elevation than surrounding basins, it tends to be cooler than Kamloops,

1610-426: Is situated at the south of the city centre. Diamond Vale is in the heart of the valley, and is the most populated. Each area is served by an elementary school: Bench Elementary , Collettville Elementary and French Immersion , Central Elementary , Diamond Vale Elementary . Also, a high school, Merritt Secondary School , that services the area. The main office for School District 58 Nicola-Similkameen , which operates

1680-543: Is the Nicola Tribal Association , and at one time included members of the now-extinct "Stuwix" or Nicola Athapaskans . Other than the several First Nations reserves in the Nicola Country, there are a number of small non-indigenous settlements. The area's only significant and largest town is Merritt . Also of note in the region is the Douglas Lake Ranch , one of the world's largest ranches. Its headquarters

1750-421: The 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Merritt had a population of 7,051 living in 2,975 of its 3,149 total private dwellings, a change of -1.2% from its 2016 population of 7,139. With a land area of 26.04 km (10.05 sq mi), it had a population density of 270.8/km (701.3/sq mi) in 2021. According to the 2021 census , religious groups in Merritt included: Merritt has

1820-576: The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ) were the targets of hackers in May 2018, who claimed to have compromised the systems of both banks and stolen information on a combined 90,000 customers (50,000 from BMO). An email sent from a Russian address and attributed to the hackers demanded a ransom of US$ 1 million from each company paid via Ripple by 11:59 pm on 28 May 2018 or the information would be released on "fraud forum [ sic ] and fraud community [ sic ]". In 2018, BMO went into

1890-463: The marijuana sector with a $ 175 million deal for a stake in a producer. It was the first investment in the sector by a "Big Five Canadian bank". In January 2018, the bank was accused in a lawsuit along with five other Canadian banks for "conspiring to rig a Canadian rate benchmark to improve profits from derivatives trading". After resigning from the Canadian Liberal cabinet, Scott Brison

1960-406: The 2006 remake of The Wicker Man were also filmed partly in the area. In 2013 Shana: The Wolf's Music directed by Nino Jacusso was released, it is a drama about a First Nations girl coming of age set in a First Nations location. Scheduled to be released theatrically on June 11, 2021 Jurassic World Dominion began filming on February 25, 2020 in Merritt and concluded in early March 2020, with

2030-585: The 2016 season. The bank is also a sponsor of the CF Montréal , announcing a five-year agreement to become lead sponsor and jersey sponsor on 14 June 2011. In addition, the bank is a sponsor of Los Angeles FC , with their stadium being named BMO Stadium since 2023. From at least 2007 through 2011, BMO was the sponsor for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Toronto Raptors . In July 2008, BMO announced

2100-623: The BC Day weekend and supports electronic music and creative arts draws attendees from all over North America. The annual Labour Day Rodeo and Fall Fair are long standing traditions in this ranching valley, drawing participants from all over Canada and the US. Merritt provided the backdrop for the Academy Award -nominated movie The Sweet Hereafter . The debut episode of Smallville was partly filmed on location in Merritt. Jack Nicholson 's The Pledge and

2170-565: The Bank of Montreal's two units in Chicago paid $ 38 million. In December 2019, the bank cut 2,300 jobs, after a drop in quarterly earnings, effecting around five percent of the workforce. The company had plans to "double indigenous lending" in September 2019. There was controversy and protests in January 2020 after a12-year-old First Nations girl and her grandfather were handcuffed by police at

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2240-617: The FM band, and the station was relaunched on 101.1 FM on August 31 of that year. Simultaneously, the company's former sister division, NL Broadcasting, received approval to launch a separate rebroadcaster of CHNL , the company's talk radio station in Kamloops , on CJNL's former AM frequency. Merritt has a weekly newspaper, the Merritt Herald , that publishes on Thursdays. Merritt is also served by Shaw TV and by TELUS PureFibre Internet and Optik TV. In

2310-680: The Maritimes and Western Canada was facilitated following Canadian Confederation . In 1877, the bank opened its first branch in Western Canada, with the opening of a branch in Winnipeg . New branches were also opened in the Maritimes, in Halifax , Moncton , and Saint John completed shortly after Confederation. The Bank of Montreal established branches in Newfoundland Colony on 31 January 1895, at

2380-743: The Merritt Golf and Country Club in downtown Merritt and the Quilchena on the Lake Golf Course, located 15 minutes east of the city at historic Quilchena . Merritt features a skateboard park, bike park, and numerous walking trails. Monck Provincial Park is located on the western shore of Nicola Lake, 22 km (14 mi) north of Merritt. It offers an abundance of camping, picnicking, swimming, fishing, boating, water-skiing, wind-surfing and hiking. The Merritt Panthers high school teams compete in boys and girls volleyball , basketball , and rugby . There

2450-507: The Okanagan, the Shuswap or the lower Thompson areas. Vegetation in lower elevations tends towards sagebrush and open pine and deciduous, with high-elevation areas thick with coniferous forest. Wildlife is abundant, and the timber rattler is present in the region. 50°05′42″N 120°34′34″W  /  50.095°N 120.576°W  / 50.095; -120.576 This article about

2520-738: The Park along with other tourism development activities have been used to solidify the city's branding as the Country Music Capital of Canada. Merritt's prime location has provided the opportunity to host many events, the West Coast Rally Association's Pacific Forest Rally, an off-road rally conducted as part of the Canadian Rally Championship series every October, also the annual winter Thunderbird Rally often begins and ends in Merritt. The Bass Coast Festival held annually on

2590-629: The Saturday and Sunday of Labour Day weekend every year. Merritt is also home to the Nicola Valley Thunder minor lacrosse club. A round of the Canadian Rally Championship, the Pacific Forest Rally, is held each year in and around Merritt. The international motorsport event is televised on TSN and RDS in Canada, and MotorsTV in Europe. Merritt and the Nicola Valley features two golf courses,

2660-587: The West from BNP Paribas , with the intent of merging it with BMO Harris Bank, which would at least double BMO's total presence in the United States. BMO's acquisition of Bank of the West was completed in February 2023, and the Bank of the West brand is planned to be absorbed into the BMO brand by September 2023. In January 2024, BMO became the first new member of the club of United Kingdom Bond dealers in 10 years, becoming one of

2730-767: The acquisition of the Exchange Bank of Yarmouth in 1903, the People's Bank of Halifax in 1905, and the People's Bank of New Brunswick in 1906. The early 20th century also saw the bank acquire several financial institutions that helped increase its presence in Newfoundland, and areas west of Quebec, including the Ontario Bank in 1906, the Bank of British North America in 1918, and the Merchants Bank of Canada in 1921. During this period,

2800-471: The bank also acquired the Montreal-based Molson Bank in 1925. In 1942, the bank ended production of its own bank notes , which were in circulation in Canada since 1871. By 1944, the central bank of the country, the Bank of Canada became the sole issuer of currency in Canada, and notes from private banks were withdrawn. In 1960, the Bank of Montreal moved its operational headquarters to

2870-596: The bank assumed control of two retail branches formerly belonging to the Standard Chartered Bank of Canada . In 1994, the Bank of Montreal became the first Canadian bank to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange . In 1995, the bank opened its first branch in Guangzhou , formally receiving a license to operate the branch on 20 November 1996. In doing so the bank became the first Canadian bank to receive

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2940-422: The bank converted from the status it had held since its founding as a private company owned by a small group of people into a public company owned by 144. At this time, it became officially known by its current name. Expansion into Upper Canada was halted in 1824, after legislation from the Parliament of Upper Canada forbade bank branches whose head offices were not based in Upper Canada from operating. In 1838,

3010-409: The bank reentered the Upper Canadian market with the purchase of the Bank of the People , a bank based in Toronto. BMO was permitted to open its own branches in the area, after Upper Canada and Lower Canada were united to create the Province of Canada in 1841. Shortly after the two colonies merged, the bank opened branches into Cobourg , Belleville , Brockville , and Ottawa . Expansion into

3080-405: The behest of the colonial government. The colonial government of Newfoundland made the request to the Bank of Montreal four days after the collapse of the Commercial Bank and Union Bank of Newfoundland on 10 December 1894. By 1907, the bank had branches in every province of Atlantic Canada , with the opening of a branch in Charlottetown . Expansion into the Maritimes was further facilitated with

3150-425: The city to go into receivership from 1933 to 1952. The next wave of immigrants, primarily Sikh , from the Punjab region of India, arrived in Merritt in the 1950s, followed by a large influx in the late 1960s and early 1970s to work in the booming forestry sector of the time and adding to the cultural mosaic of Merritt. Known as Indo-Canadians , they continue to play a crucial part in the economy—Aspen Planers Ltd.,

3220-502: The client groups operates under multiple brand names. In October 2008, Mediacorp Canada Inc. named BMO Financial Group one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers . A number of buildings in which Bank of Montreal presently operates branches have been designated by municipal, provincial, and/or federal levels of government as being of historic importance . These include: A number of late-19th century Bank of Montreal branches were also built by British architect, Andrew Taylor. Taylor designed

3290-412: The community, or in emergency evacuation shelters in Kamloops and Kelowna . Merritt is composed of four distinct residential areas: Bench, Collettville, Central and Diamondvale. The Bench is a residential mountain bench, hence the name, sited on the northwest side of the valley. Collettville, on the southwest edge of the community south of the Coldwater River, was the newest addition to Merritt. Central

3360-421: The confluence of the Nicola and Coldwater Rivers , owned by William Voght, Jesus Garcia, and the John Charters Estate, became the focus of a farming community known as "The Forks". With the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway through British Columbia in 1885, interest increased in the coal deposits south of The Forks. Parts of the ranches owned by Voght, Garcia and Charters were surveyed in 1893 for

3430-674: The incident, BMO launched an Indigenous Advisory Council with Indigenous members from a number of provinces. The CEO of the bank argued against fossil fuel divestment in March 2020, after it "acquired $ 3 billion of energy loans from Deutsche Bank DBKGn.DE in 2018". In 2021, BMO signed the UN Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) with the goal to reach global net-zero climate targets as well as net-zero financed emissions in their lending by 2050. In July 2022, BMO acquired Calgary-based Radicle Group Inc., an adviser to companies on sustainability and measuring carbon emissions. In December 2021, BMO agreed to acquire San Francisco-based Bank of

3500-448: The liability. In 2014, the bank acquired London-based Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust , later re-branding it as BMO Commercial Property Trust in 2019. In September 2015, BMO agreed to acquire General Electric Co. subsidiary GE Capital's transportation-finance unit. The business acquired has US$ 8.7 billion (CA$ 11.5 billion) of assets, 600 employees and 15 offices in the US and Canada. BMO and Simplii Financial (a subsidiary of

3570-409: The major settlement in the Nicola Valley . Armstrong's Store moved from Lower Nicola to Nicola Avenue in Merritt in the spring of 1907. G.B. Armstrong became Merritt's first postmaster at this location in 1908. In 1910, Armstrong's Department Store moved to 2025 Quilchena Avenue. In 1909, the Bank of Montreal moved from the settlement of Nicola to Merritt. A.E. Howse moved his department store to

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3640-406: The operational headquarters was moved to a 17-storey tower adjacent the historic head office building. In 1977, the bank's operational headquarters or "executive office", was moved to First Canadian Place in Toronto, with the chairman, president, and some senior executives working from First Canadian Place. The structure's was named after a historic slogan of the bank, the First Canadian Bank ,

3710-424: The primary-dealer banks that buy bonds directly from the government. By buying bonds directly from the government, banks help create a liquid market for government debt, but they also have to hold additional capital as insurance against possible losses. In 2013, the number of primary bond dealers reached 21, by 2024 it had dropped to 16. BMO is divided into three "client groups" which serve different markets. Each of

3780-400: The ranches owned by William Voght, Jesus Garcia, and John Charters were surveyed for a town site. Once known as Forksdale, the community adopted its current name in 1906 in honour of mining engineer and railway promoter William Hamilton Merritt III . The 24-square-kilometre (9.3 sq mi) city limits consist of the community, a number of civic parks, historical sites, an aquatic centre,

3850-406: The river and region were named for the chief, i.e. "Nicola's people". Nicola was the son of Pelkamulox, an Okanagan chief who, at the invitation of Kwa'lila, the Secwepemc chief of Kamloops, settled in the valley to escape harassment at his former domicile at the head of Okanagan Lake and founded there the joint community of Okanagans and Nlaka'pamux known as the Nicola people and whose government

3920-436: The same year, the Bank of Montreal acquired the Diners Club International 's North American franchise from Citibank . The transaction gave BMO exclusive rights to issue Diners cards in the US and Canada. In October 2010, the bank became the first Canadian bank to incorporate in China, with branches in China operating as BMO ChinaCo. In December 2010, BMO announced the purchase of Milwaukee -based Marshall & Ilsley , and

3990-417: The schools in the area, is also located in Merritt. The town is also served by the Nicola Valley Museum and Archives . Today, ranching , farming , forestry , transportation and tourism are the primary industries . Merritt is the nearest large community to the Douglas Lake Cattle Company , Canada's largest working cattle ranch. Merritt was once host to an annual Merritt Mountain Music Festival that

4060-462: The shoot including the city's downtown area. The Nicola Valley is also host to the shooting of numerous commercials. Merritt is a member of the Thompson-Nicola Film Commission, which is a full-time, full service film commission representing the Thompson Nicola Regional District. The Merritt Mountain Music Festival was an outdoor music festival in Merritt. In 2005 the festival hosted a record-breaking attendance of approximately 148,000 people throughout

4130-471: The six-day event. Over the years it has hosted country stars such as Kenny Chesney , Reba McEntire , and Wynonna Judd . Since cancelling the festival in the summer of 2012, The Merritt Mountain Music Festival is no longer in operation. Starting on the BC Day weekend in 2013 (Friday, August 2 to Monday, August 5, 2013), Bass Coast Music Festival will be making Merritt, BC its new home (after taking place in Squamish, BC its first four years). Bass Coast features

4200-405: The town grew, it featured a drug store, a general store, a brewery and a jewellery store. The first electrical power service by the city was provided in February 1913. Merritt and the Nicola Valley experienced prosperity until the passage of restrictive trade legislation in the United States in 1930. Because the city had financially backed one of the major sawmills, the loss of lumber markets caused

4270-431: The townsite of Forksdale, but the name did not catch on with locals. Instead, the name was changed in 1906 to honour William Hamilton Merritt III , a mining engineer and railway promoter. By 1907, the coal mines were in operation and with the completion of the Nicola, Kamloops and Similkameen railway from Spences Bridge , government and other offices starting moving from Lower and Upper Nicola to establish Merritt as

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4340-557: The wealth management division is branded as BMO Nesbitt Burns . On 12 December 2021, the Bank of Montreal announced the strategic acquisition of Bank of the West from BNP Paribas for US$ 16.3 billion. The bank was established on 23 June 1817 when a group of merchants signed the Articles of Association, formally creating the "Montreal Bank". The signors of the document include Robert Armour , John C. Bush, Austin Cuvillier , George Garden , Horatio Gates , James Leslie , George Moffatt , John Richardson , and Thomas A. Turner. The bank

4410-471: The west end of Nicola Avenue. The Nicola Herald , founded at Nicola Lake in 1905, moved from Nicola to Merritt in 1909 and the name was changed to the Merritt Herald and Nicola Valley Advocate . Other industries developed in the Valley , including ranching , copper, nickel, gold and silver mining, and forestry , and as a result, new business buildings were constructed. The move toward incorporation began in 1910 and culminated on April 1, 1911, when Merritt

4480-443: Was also introduced during this time, in 1967. However, the bank's legal headquarters remains at the historic Montreal head office, with First Canadian Place formally listed as the "executive office" of the bank. In 1984, the bank acquired Chicago-based Harris Bank (through its parent, Harris Bankcorp), later rebranded as BMO Harris Bank . In 1987, the bank acquired stock brokerage Nesbitt, Thomson and Company . Several years later,

4550-473: Was completed in 1894, and was designated as a historic site as a good example of Queen Anne Revival architecture . Another former Bank of Montreal branch on Front and Yonge Streets in Toronto has housed the Hockey Hall of Fame since 1993. The 1885 Beaux-Arts styled building designed by the Toronto firm of Darling & Curry . Completed in 1847, the Bank of Montreal Head Office is formally located in Montreal, on Saint Jacques Street . However in 1960,

4620-457: Was first located in rooms rented on Rue Saint-Paul , Montreal , before moving to its permanent building on Rue Saint-Paul in 1818. In the same year, the bank opened its first branch in Quebec City ; and several offices in Upper Canada , including Amherstburg , Kingston , Perth , and York (present day Toronto ). The bank also opened its first foreign permanent office in 1818, opening an office in Willam Street in New York City . By 1822,

4690-504: Was founded in Montreal , Quebec , in 1817 as Montreal Bank, making it Canada's oldest bank. In 2023, the company’s seat in Forbes Global 2000 was 84. Its head office is in Montreal and its operational headquarters and executive offices are located in Toronto , Ontario , since 1977. It is commonly known by its ticker symbol BMO on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange . In April 2024, it had CA$ 1.37 trillion in total assets. The Bank of Montreal swift code

4760-489: Was granted its city charter. The first Merritt City Hall was built in 1912. The top floor was police headquarters, the second for administration offices, and the bottom for the jail. The building included the fire hall and tower that housed a whistle to summon the volunteer fire fighters . Merritt dedicated the names of its streets and avenues to early settlers. Among the names honoured were Charters, Chapman, Cleasby, Garcia, Voght, Coutlee, Nicola, Granite, and Quilchena. As

4830-464: Was hired by the bank as its vice-chair of investment and corporate banking in February 2019. In February 2019, it became reported that its US retail profits had surged. The bank moved its New York City headquarters in April 2019, to a former Conde Nast building. That month, the bank's Irish subsidiary was fined several million for a license breach. To settle charges by the SEC that it hid conflicts of interest from clients in 2016, in September 2019

4900-508: Was later amalgamated with its Harris Bank operations. When the transaction completed, M&I Bank, along with current Harris Bank branches were rebranded BMO Harris Bank . In 2022, BMO booked US$ 834 million after being found liable for Marshall & Ilsley Bank Ponzi scheme with damages of US$ 550 million. In 2009, businessman Thomas Petters was found guilty of running the scheme using an account at Marshall & Ilsley between 2002 and 2008. When BMO bought Marshall & Ilsley and assumed

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