Standard Life (Canada)

The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada (also known as Standard Life) was an investment, retirement and financial protection company and is now part of Manulife Financial.^[1]

Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada

Company type	Subsidiary of (Manulife)
Industry	Financial services
Founded	1833
Defunct	2016
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Key people	Charles Guay (President & CEO)
Products	Insurance
Number of employees	2,000
Parent	Manulife
Website	https://www.manulife.ca/for-you/sl-transition.html

History

Standard Life first established a presence in Canada through John George Irvine, who took an agency in Quebec in 1834.^[2] Spencer Campbell Thomson, son of the manager of the Standard Life Assurance Company, visited Canada in 1882 and approved a new Canadian head office in St James Street.^[3]

On January 30, 2015, the Canadian operations of Standard Life plc joined Manulife.^[1]