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In 1859, several prominent Quebecers founded the Banque Nationale in Quebec City as a banking institution controlled by French-speaking businessmen. [2]In 1924, the Banque Nationale, which was struggling financially while caught-up in a serious recession, [3] merged with the Banque d'Hochelaga (founded in Montreal in 1874) to create the Banque Canadienne Nationale (BCN, Canadian National Bank).
The National Bank of Canada (French: Banque Nationale du Canada) is the sixth largest commercial bank in Canada. It is headquartered in Montreal , and has branches in most Canadian provinces and 2.4 million personal clients. [ 4 ]
Canada has a strong co-operative financial services sector, which consists of credit unions (caisses populaires in Quebec and other French speaking regions). At the end of 2001, Canada's credit union sector consisted of 681 credit unions and 914 caisses populaires , with more than 3,600 locations and 4,100 automated teller machines. [ 45 ]
First Nations Bank of Canada (FNBC) (French: La Banque des Premières Nations du Canada) is the first Canadian chartered bank to be independently controlled by Indigenous shareholders. [1] FNBC is a Schedule 1 Federally Regulated Bank in accordance with the Bank Act [2] and received its charter on 19 November 1996.
An ISC service centre in Brantford, Ontario. Indigenous Services Canada (ISC; French: Services aux Autochtones Canada; SAC) [NB 1] is one of two departments in the Government of Canada with responsibility for policies relating to Indigenous peoples in Canada (the other being Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada).
Canada's Permanent Representative to the UN and the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva is Ambassador Leslie E. Norton. [3] Canada's Permanent Representative to the WTO is Ambassador Stephen de Boer. In addition to local personnel, the mission is composed of staff from various Canadian federal departments and agencies.
Canada is a country in North America.Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area, with the world's longest coastline.
Association of Colleges and Universities of the Canadian Francophonie (known by the acronym ACUFC for its French name, "Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne") is an association of community colleges and universities in minority francophone communities in Canada, through cooperation between its member institutions.