List of trust and loan companies in Canada

The following is a list of trust companies that operate or that have operated in Canada. Historically, trust companies were one of the "four pillars" of the Canadian financial system, along with banks, insurance companies, and investment brokerages.[1] The country's first trust company was the Toronto General Trusts Corporation, which received its charter in 1872.[2] By the turn of the century, 14 trust companies had received charters.[3]

For much of the 20th century, Canada's trust companies were controlled by the major banks through interlocking directorates. However, revisions to the Bank Act in 1967 forbade individuals from sitting on a bank and trust company board simultaneously; this had been a recommendation in the 1964 Report of the Royal Commission on Banking and Finance (or Porter Commission).[4] Until 1991, Canadian banks were barred from performing trust duties. Amendments to the Bank Act in 1991 allowed bank holding companies for the first time to acquire trust companies. Since 1991, most of Canada's major trust companies have been acquired by banks. Canadian trust companies with federal incorporations are regulated by the Trust and Loan Companies Act.[5]

Trust companies owned by big five banks

The following list is of trust companies operated currently by Canada's Big Five banks:

Other subsidiary trust companies

• B2B Trustco – B2B Bank
• Central 1 Trust Company – Central 1 Credit Union
• Cidel Trust Company – Cidel Bank
• Citizens Trust Company – Vancity
• Community Trust Company – Questrade
• Computershare Trust Company of Canada – Computershare
• Concentra Trust – Equitable Bank
• Desjardins Trust – Desjardins Group
• Equitable Trust – Equitable Bank
• Fiduciary Trust Company of Canada – Franklin Templeton Investments
• FNB Trust – First Nations Bank of Canada
• Industrial Alliance Trust – IA Financial
• Investors Group Trust – Investors Group
• Laurentian Trust of Canada – Laurentian Bank of Canada
• LBC Trust – Laurentian Bank of Canada
• Manulife Trust Company – Manulife
• Natcan Trust Company – National Bank of Canada
• Northern Trust Company of Canada – Northern Trust
• Solus Trust Company – Raymond James Financial
• State Street Trust Company Canada – State Street Corporation
• Sun Life Financial Trust – Sun Life
• TSX Trust Company – TMX Group

Independent trust companies

• Effort Trust Company
• Home Trust Company
• Legacy Private Trust
• Odyssey Trust Company
• Peace Hills Trust Company
• Peoples Trust Company

Defunct trust companies

Gallery of trust company headquarters

See also

• List of banks and credit unions in Canada
• List of insurance companies in Canada