Halifax Banking Company

The Halifax Banking Company was the first bank in Nova Scotia. Established in 1825, it was unable to obtain a charter from the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly and operated as a private company. It became incorporated as a chartered bank in 1872 and enjoyed a period of rapid growth and prosperity. The bank was merged with the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1903.

Halifax Banking Company

Founded	1825
Founder	James Tobin
Defunct	1903
Fate	Merged into the Canadian Bank of Commerce

The banking company was formed by eight prominent citizens of Halifax. They included Martin Gay Black, Henry Hezekiah Cogswell and Enos Collins. Also, according to A History of The Canadian Bank of Commerce, Toronto Oxford University Press, 1920, the list includes: James Tobin, Samuel Cunard, John Clark, William Pryor and Joseph Allison (Collins business partner). Cogswell was the first president, then William Pryor and later Black served in this position as well.

References

• "Canadian Bank of Commerce : Mergers & Amalgamations". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.

Further reading

• Ross, Victor (1920). "A history of the Canadian Bank of Commerce : with an account of the other banks which now form part of its organization". library.ubc.ca. pp. 59–187 (25–123).