page_title: Bank of Montreal
section_title: Historic branches
hierarchical_section_title: Bank of Montreal / Notable buildings / Historic branches
caption_attribution_description: Bank of Montreal building at James and Main, Hamilton Ontario.
context_page_description: The Bank of Montreal is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in Montreal, Quebec in 1817 as Montreal Bank, its head office remains in Montreal, with its operational headquarters and executive offices located in Toronto, Ontario since 1977. One of the Big Five banks in Canada, it is the fourth-largest bank in Canada by market capitalization and assets, as well as one of the ten largest banks in North America. It is commonly known by its acronym BMO, which is also its stock symbol on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
  On 23 June 1817, John Richardson and eight merchants signed the Articles of Association to establish the Montreal Bank in a rented house in Montreal, Quebec. The bank officially began conducting business on 3 November 1817, making it Canada's oldest bank. It underwent a name change to its current in 1822. BMO's Institution Number is 001. In Canada, the bank operates as BMO Bank of Montreal and has more than 900 branches, serving over seven million customers.
context_section_description: A number of buildings in which Bank of Montreal presently operates branches have been designated by municipal, provincial, and/or federal levels of government as being of historic importance. These include:
  The Bank of Montreal, 4896 Delta Street, Delta, British Columbia (1919)
  The Bank of Montreal, 511 Columbia Street, New Westminster, British Columbia (1947–1948)
  The Bank of Montreal, 322 Curling Street, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador (1915)
  The Bank of Montreal, 426 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba (1927)
  The "Old Bank of Montreal", 100 Victoria Street East, Amherst, Nova Scotia (1906)
  The Bank of Montreal, 1 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario (1928)
  The Bank of Montreal, 144 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario built by Ernest Barott of Barott and Blackader, architects, of Montreal
  The Bank of Montreal, 3 King Street, Waterloo, Ontario, formerly known as the Molson's Bank, by architect Andrew Taylor (1914)
  A number of late-19th century Bank of Montreal branches were also built by British architect, Andrew Taylor. Taylor designed a three-storey structure for the Bank of Montreal on Saint Jacques Street in Montreal. The building was modelled after a Georgian townhouse with a small portico of Corinthian columns supporting a classical pediment and remains the bank's legal headquarters. 
  The Bank of Montreal in West End, Ste. Catherine Street West at Mansfield Street, Montreal (1889)
  The Bank of Montreal in Notre Dame Street West Seigneurs Street, Montreal (1894)
  The Bank of Montreal in Point St. Charles Branch, Wellington Street at Magdalen Street, Montreal (1901)
  The Bank of Montreal, St. Catherine Street West at Papineau Street, Montreal (1904)
  The Bank of Montreal, Perth, Ontario (1884)
  The Bank of Montreal, Calgary, Alberta, Stephen Avenue at Scarth Street [now 1 Street SW] (1888)
  Manager's residence for the Bank of Montreal, Quebec City, Quebec, Grande Allee (1904)
  The Bank of Montreal in Sydney, Nova Scotia; designated by The Cape Breton Regional Municipality as a registered heritage property in 2008, (1901)
  Buildings that formerly housed a branch of the bank have also seen later notable use. A branch in Montreal has been designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1990. The building was completed in 1894, and was designated as a historic site as a good example of Queen Anne Revival architecture. Another former Bank of Montreal branch on Front and Yonge Streets in Toronto has housed the Hockey Hall of Fame since 1993. The 1885 Beaux-Arts styled building designed by the Toronto firm of Darling & Curry.
caption: A Bank of Montreal branch in Hamilton. Erected in 1928, the building is presently recognized under the Ontario Heritage Act.
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