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The Bank of Canada (BoC; French: Banque du Canada) is a Crown corporation and Canada's central bank. [4] Chartered in 1934 under the Bank of Canada Act, it is responsible for formulating Canada's monetary policy, [5] and for the promotion of a safe and sound financial system within Canada. [6]
The Bank of Canada Act (French: Loi sur la Banque du Canada) is a statute that sets out the governance structure and powers of the Bank of Canada, which was created in 1934 as Canada's central bank. [1] Prior to 1934, Canada had no central bank and fragmented control of the banking system.
The Bank of Montreal has been paying dividends to share holders every year since 1829 (196 years ago), [13] Scotiabank since 1833 (192 years ago), [13] Toronto-Dominion Bank since 1857 (168 years ago), [14] Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce since 1868 (157 years ago) [15] and Royal Bank of Canada since 1870 (155 years ago) [16] respectively.
The Bank of Canada was created in 1934 and given responsibility, through an Act of Parliament, to regulate the country's money supply and to "promote the economic and financial welfare of Canada." Accordingly, it was given the exclusive right to issue bank notes in Canada. On 11 March 1935, the Bank of Canada issued its first series of bank notes.
A five-dollar note issued by the Bank of Montreal in 1942, showing bank officials; one of the last bank notes issued by a chartered bank in Canada. As the Bank of Canada became established, the federal government gradually reduced the power of the chartered banks to issue their own bank notes.
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC; French: Banque Royale du Canada) is a Canadian multinational financial services company and the largest bank in Canada by market capitalization. The bank serves over 20 million clients and has more than 100,000 employees worldwide. [ 2 ]
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 ]
Banking remained relatively decentralized until 1935, when the Bank of Canada was founded in response to the economic instability experienced during the Great Depression in Canada. First opened on December 5, 1980, Canada's Currency Museum is located on the ground floor of the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario.