The Imperial Bank of Canada was a Canadian bank that operated from 1873 to 1961. In 1961, Imperial merged with the Canadian Bank of Commerce to become the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
From 1876 to 1936, the bank was headquartered in the Exchange Building at 32 Wellington.
Imperial's headquarters in Toronto, designed by Ernest Ross Rolph, opened in 1936.
Construction of the new Montreal office at 612 St James, designed by Ross, Fish, Duschenes & Barrett, began in 1960. However, given the merger in June 1961, the bank sold the building before it was completed.
The Canadian Bank of Commerce was a Canadian bank that operated from 1867 to 1961. It merged in 1961 with the Imperial Bank of Canada to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, which today is one
Imperial Bank of Canada
…The Imperial Bank of Canada was a Canadian bank that operated from 1873 to 1961. In 1961, Imperial merged with the Canadian Bank of Commerce to become the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. It was founded in 1873 as the Imperial Bank in Toronto by Henry Stark Howland, former vice president…
This Bank of Commerce building in Toronto was the head office from 1930 to 1961. Overhead is the R-100 airship.
Commerce Tower in Montreal, designed by Peter Dickinson, was begun for the Bank of Commerce but was not completed until after the merger with the Imperial Bank.