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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 merged bank was renamed "Banque Canadienne Nationale" (BCN) (English, "Canadian National Bank"). In 1968, BCN, in conjunction with a number of other banks, launched Chargex, the first credit card to be issued by a Canadian bank. During the 1970s, Quebec-based rival Provincial Bank of Canada expanded rapidly through a number of acquisitions.
The Pays d'en Haut (French: [pɛ.i dɑ̃ o]; Upper Country) was a territory of New France covering the regions of North America located west of Montreal.The vast territory included most of the Great Lakes region, expanding west and south over time into the North American continent as the French had explored.
Les Pays-d'En-Haut (French pronunciation: [le pɛi dɑ̃ o]) is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. The population according to the 2016 Canadian Census was 41,877.
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Les Pays-d'en-Haut (English: The Upper Countries) is a future federal electoral district in Quebec.It was created by the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution and legally defined by the 2023 representation order for Quebec, which will come into effect for the first federal election called on or after April 23, 2024.