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Barclays Bank of Canada was a unit of Barclays Bank PLC. The Canadian unit was incorporated in 1929 in Montreal, Quebec, with office later established in Toronto. Like the other Canadian chartered banks, it issued its own paper money. The Bank of Canada was established through the Bank of Canada Act of 1934 and the banks relinquished their right to issue their own currency. Barclays Bank of Canada was acquired by Imperial Bank of Canada, a predecessor of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, in 1956. In 1979, Barclays established a new Canadian subsidiary, which was bought by Hongkong Bank of Canada in 1996. H.A. Stevenson was President of Barclay's of Canada from at least 1935 until 1950. His signature is on one of the last currency issues by Barclay's and he is quoted speaking at an AGM in 1950 A non-banking subsidiary of Barclays Group, Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited, is based in Toronto and administers iShares, exchange-traded index funds. In 2010, Barclays applied for right to open branches in Canada. The current Barclays operations in Canada are in Toronto and Calgary. ==See also== In addition to Barclays, HSBC acquired other Canadian banks, including: * Bank of British Columbia * Lloyds Bank of Canada 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barclays Bank Canada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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