City Bank of Montreal

The City Bank of Montreal (known in French as "La Banque de la Cité") was an early bank founded in Montreal in 1833,^[1] when it was part of Lower Canada. It was founded as a counterpart to the Bank of Montreal, whose politically conservative directors made it difficult for leading liberals to do business in the province.^[2] During its existence, it issued a number of tokens for use in trade, and is known for producing many varieties of the Bouquet sou, and for co-issuing the Habitant token along with the other leading banks of Montreal in the late 1830s. It also issued paper money.^[3]

City Bank
Banque de la Cité

Company type	Consumer bank
Industry	Banking
Founded	1833; 192 years ago (1833) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Defunct	1876; 149 years ago (1876)
Fate	Merged into Consolidated Bank of Canada in 1876 Merged into modern-day Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) [citation needed]
Successor	Consolidated Bank of Canada
Headquarters	Montreal , Canada
Areas served	Montreal Quebec City Toronto
Key people	First President: John Frothingham

City Bank of Montreal, Toronto office

It also had branches in Toronto, and in Quebec City.^[4]

City Bank merged with Royal Canadian Bank to form Consolidated Bank of Canada in 1876.

Bibliography

• Manning Garrett (12 September 2013). "The City Bank of Montreal Banknote Values - Canadian Currency". Retrieved October 12, 2018.
• Grawey, Tim (December 12, 2017). "Colonial Tokens: City Bank tokens were issued during rebellions". Canadian Coin News. 55 (18): 13–15.