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In 2013 and 2014, Desjardins was ranked by Finance et Investissement Magazine as being among the most influential people within Québec’s financial industry. In June 2010, Desjardins was named one of the recipients of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 award for 2009. [2]
The similarly named Desjardins Ontario Credit Union, formed 1 January 2020 with the merger of 11 Ontario Desjardins-affiliated credit unions and their federation into one, is not the same entity and continues as a going concern.) In 2014, Desjardins Group acquired the Canadian operations of U.S.-based insurance giant State Farm. [11]
The Desjardins Ontario Credit Union was formed 1 January 2020 with the merger of 11 Ontario Desjardins-affiliated credit unions, along with its federation, into one credit union [1] insured by the FRSAO. The credit union has 50 branches and 130,000 members. [1] [2] Billy Boucher is the credit union's first CEO. [3]
Desjardins Financial Security (DFS) is the life and health insurance arm of Desjardins Group, the leading financial institution in Quebec and the largest cooperative financial group in Canada. DFS registered a record-breaking revenue data in 2016, with a year-over-year increase of 12.5%. [ 3 ]
The term "Canadian French" was formerly used to refer specifically to Quebec French and the closely related varieties of Ontario and Western Canada descended from it. [6] This is presumably because Canada and Acadia were distinct parts of New France, and also of British North America, until 1867. The term is no longer usually deemed to exclude ...
The first railway in Canada was the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad, built in 1836 in Lower Canada to connect ports on the St. Lawrence and Richelieu Rivers. The potential for railroad transportation in Upper Canada was quickly recognized and almost immediately the Desjardins Canal Company was forced to deal with this new source of competition.
The Colisée Desjardins, formerly the Colisée des Bois-Francs, is a 3,420 capacity multi-purpose arena in Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada. It is home to the Victoriaville Tigres ice hockey team. The arena was built in 1980 and is also known as the Amphithéatre Gilbert-Perreault. Naming rights to the building were sold to the Desjardins Group in ...
Complexe Desjardins is a mixed-use office, hotel, and shopping mall complex located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the Quartier des spectacles area of Saint Catherine Street. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The project was designed to develop the eastern end of downtown Montreal , it is located in the quadrilateral formed by Saint Catherine , Saint-Urbain ...