Resource Index

Resource Index

Most of the companies listed below have multiple locations in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and even internationally. The predominantly downtown locations are chosen randomly as examples. Some institutions are omitted altogether, so again, the list fails to be exhaustive. Also, the activity fields and categories of several of the following organizations significantly overlap.

One last thing, unless otherwise specified, all locations are in Montreal; and, in alphabetical order.

The Montreal financial services industry alone counts more than 100,000 employees and over 3000 companies. Finance jobs are concentrated predominantly in the banking, credit union, securities and insurance areas.

Accounting

    KMPG

600 Boulevard de Maisonneuve West

H3A 0A3

Telephone: 514 840-2100

    Ernst & Young

800 Boulevard Rene-Levesque West

H3B 1X9

Tel.: 514 875-6060

    Deloitte

1 Place Ville-Marie Suite 3000

H3B 4T9

Tel.: 514 393-7115

    Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton

600 de la Gauchetiere West

Tel.: 514 878-2691

Not all persons doing accounting work are certified accountants. The requirements vary and may be established through the appropriate order.

    Ordre des Comptables Agrees du Quebec (CA)

680 Sherbrooke Street West

18th floor H3A 2S3

Tel.: 514 288-3256

    Ordre des Comptables en Management Accredites du Quebec (CMA)

393 Saint-Jacques Street suite 920

H2Y 1N9

Tel.: 514 849-1155 or 1 800 263-5390

Fax: 514 849-9674

Montreal, Old Port. Photo by Elena

    Ordre des CGA du Quebec

500 Place d’Armes Suite 1800

H2Y 2W2

Tel.: 514 861-1823

Toll-free: 1 800 463-0163

Fax: 514 861-7661

Banking

    BMO Bank of Montreal

670 Ste-Catherine Street West

H3A 2A4

Tel.: 514 877-1456

    RBC Royal Bank of Canada

1140 Ste-Catherine Street West

H3B 1H7

Tel.: 514 874-3043

    Caisse Desjardins

1255 Berri Street

H2L 4C6

Tel.: 514 849-3581

    TD Toronto Dominion Financial Group

1201 Laird Ville Mont-Royal

Tel.: 514 289-0352

    Scotiabank (Bank of Nova Scotia)

7885 Boulevard Decarie

Tel.: 514 499-5432

    CIBC Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

600 Cathcart

Tel.: 514 876-2114

    HSBC Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation

8999 Boulevard l’Acadie

Tel.: 514 381-8566

    National Bank of Canada

2290 Ontario Street East

Tel.: 514 527-9837

    Laurentian Bank

1981 McGill College Avenue

Tel.: 514 252-1846

    CDIC Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation (Crown Corporation)

Tel.: 1 800 461-2342

Business Schools

    HEC Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, UDM Universite de Montreal

3000 Chemin de la Cote-Sainte-Catherine

H3T 2A7

Tel.: 514 340-6000

    Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University

Bronfman Building, 1001 Sherbrooke Street West

H3A 1G5

Tel.: 514 398-4000

Fax: 514 398-3876

    JMSB John Molson School of Business, Concordia University

1455 Boulevard de Maisonneuve West

H3G 1M8

Tel.: 514.848.2424

    Ecole des Sciences de la Gestion, UQAM Universite du Quebec a Montreal

Room J-M320 Judith-Jasmin Building

405 Ste-Catherine East

H2L 2C4

Tel.: 514 987-3000

Emergency: 514 987-3131

    The Institute of Canadian Bankers

1002 Sherbrooke Street

10th floor H3A 3M5

Tel.: 514 282 9480

Toll-free: 1 800 361 7339

Fax: 514 282-8881

    [Alternative] Ecole du Show Business

7093 du Parc Avenue

H3N 1X7

Tel.: 514 271-2244

Credit Unions

    Ukrainian National Montreal Credit Union

3246 Beaubien Street East

H1Y 1H7

Tel.: 514 722-7845

    Fraternite des Policiers et Policieres de Montreal

460 Gilford Street

Tel.: 514 847-1004

A credit union, such as PAPT Credit Union, is a cooperative, often not for profit, designed to promote members’ happiness and thrift by several means, one of them being permitting borrowing at advantageous rates. Although aforementioned Caisse Desjardins is hereby classified as a bank, it is in fact a cooperative - the reason behind the organization’s ristourne program as well as acceptance of projects other banks frown upon, such as European flavoured undivided condominiums.

Finance

    Montreal Exchange

Bourse de Montreal Inc

Exchange Tower

P.O. Box 61

800 Victoria Square

H4Z 1A9

Tel.: 514 871-2424

Fax: 514 871-3514

Toll-free Canada and USA 1 800 361-5353

Toll-free Great Britain and France 00 800 36-15-35-35

    International Financial Centre Montreal

1130 Sherbrooke Street West

16th Floor H3A 2M8

Tel.: 514 287-1477

Fax: 514 287-1694

    Macquarie:

Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd.

1250 Boulevard Rene-Levesque West Suite 3910

H3B 4W8

Tel.: 1 514 925-28.50

Fax: 1 51 925-2860

    Macquarie Private Wealth Inc.

1250 Boulevard Rene-Levesque West suite 4215

H3B 4W8

Tel.: 514 937-3250

Fax: 514 937-4501

Toll free 1 877 925-2850

    Macquarie Financial Ltd.

L23, CIBC Tour

Tel.: 514.393.3799

    Macquarie premium Funding Ltd.

1155 boulevard Rene-Levesque West Suite 2350

H3B 2K2

Fax: 1 888 753-5842

Toll-free: 1 866 393-3977

    ING Direct Internationale Nederlanded Group (Groep)

1141 Boulevard de Maisonneuve West

H3A 1N4

Tel.: 416 756-2424 or 1 800 464-3473 or 1 866 464-3473

    CFA Institute – The Global Association of Investment Professionals

Tel.: 1 434 951-5499

Fax: 1 434 951-5262

Toll-free: USA and Canada: 1 800 247-8132

Finland: 0 800 1247-8132

Israel: 014 800 1247-8132

South Africa: 09 800 1247-8132

    Montreal CFA Society - Laval

408 - 3131 Boulevard de la Concorde

H7E 4W4

Tel.: 514 990-3772

Fax: 514 990-3772

    Investments PSP *Crown Corporation

1250 Boulevard Rene-Levesque West Suite 900

H3B 4W8

Tel.: 514 937 27-72

Fax: 514 937 31-55

    Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF) - Toronto, Ontario

79 Wellington street West Suite 610

P.O. Box 75 M5K 1E7

Tel.: 416 866-8366

Toll-free: 1 866 243-6981

Fax: 416 360-8441

    Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC)

5 Place Ville Marie Suite 1550

H3B 2G2

Tel.: 514 878-2854

Fax: 514 878-3860

Enforcement matters only fax: 514.878.6324

    Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC) - Toronto, Ontario

902 375 University Avenue

Tel.: 416 593-8587

Toll free: 1 800 305-9886

Fax: 416 593-6903

Other mentions include Fidelity Investments, Penson Financial Services Canada, Dorchester Investment Management and Pictet Canada LP. (wealth and asset management). Limited partnership (LP.), sole proprietorship and incorporation (Inc., Co.) are the three existential routes companies can take, each with different consequences, pros and cons.

Gouvernement

    Industry Canada – Ottawa, Ontario

Mailing address

Industry Canada Web Service Centre

Industry Canada

C.D. Howe Building

235 Queen Street

K1A 0H5

Tel.: 613 954-5031

Toll-free: 1 800 328-6189

TTY (for hearing impaired only): 1 866 694-8389

Fax: 613 954-2340

    Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) [not to confuse with the banks’ bank or central bank – the Bank of Canada]

5 Place Ville Marie Suite 400

H3B 5E7

Toll free: 1 877 BDC-BANX (232-2269)

Fax: 1 977 329-9232

    The Canadian Chamber of Commerce

1155 University Street Suite 709

H3B 3A7

Tel.: 514 866-4334

Fax: 514 866-7296

    Ministere des Finances du Quebec - Quebec City

12 Saint-Louis Street

G1R 5L3

Tel.: 418 528-9323

Fax: 418 646-1631

    Societe Generale de Financement du Quebec (SGF)

600 de la Gauchetiere Suite 1500

H3B 4L8

Tel.: 514 876-9290

Fax 514 395-8055

    Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF)

General Information

800 Square Victoria

22nd Floor, C.P. 246, Exchange Tower

H4Z 1G3

Tel.: 514 395-0337

Fax: 514 873-3090

Toll-free: 1 877 525-0337

    Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions – Centre-du-Quebec Business Office - Drummondville

1100 Boulevard Rene-Levesque Suite 105

Tel.: 819 478-4664 or 1 800 567-1418

Taxation is dealt with by the Ministere du Revenu du Quebec and Canada Revenue Agency, for, respectively, provincial and federal taxes (consumption and income), and Ville de Montreal for school, water, welcome and municipal taxes.

Insurance

    Industrial Alliance

Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Head Office - Quebec City

1080 Grande Allee West

P.O. Box 1907, Station Terminus

G1K 7M3

Tel.: 418 684-5000

Toll-free: 1 800 463-6236

    Standard Life

1245 Sherbrooke Street West

H3G 1G3

Tel.: 514-499-8855 or 1 877 499-9555

Fax: 514 499-4908

    Sun Life

1155 Metcalfe Street

Tel.: 514.866.5811

    Manulife

300-2000 Mansfield Street

H3A 3H8

Tel.: 514 288 62-68

Other companies such as XN Financial Services (Canada) Inc. as well as most banks and many financial services sector firms provide insurance. Insurance may also come from elsewhere, such as the Quebec mandatory Regie de l’Assurance Maladie du Quebec (RAMQ) contribution for those lacking employer or professional insurance, which is in fact a medication policy.

Management corporations

    Fairway Management Corporation Ltd. - Westmount

4430 Ste-Catherine Street West

Tel.: 514.935.1212

    Corporation de Gestion Econo Malls - Westmount

1 Car Westmount

H3Z 2P9

Tel.: 514 938-2266

    The Chequers Management Corporation

9790 Meunier Street Suite 100C

Tel.: 514 388 71-77

Other examples of management corporations are the Societe de Gestion Cogir S E N C and Moteli Property Group, companies that oversee residential properties. In Quebec, the legal aspects of rent are enforced by the Regie du Logement du Quebec and the Regie des Rentes du Quebec.

Miscellaneous

    Insta-Cheques-Western Union (some open 24 hours) - Longueil

2001 Chemin de Chambly

Tel.: 450 646 2274

SAMSUNG DIGITAL MOVIE

    SAMSUNG DIGITAL MOVIE

Chèques Encaissés. Western Union. Photo : © MagicPhotoDesign

    FX Foreign Exchange Services – Calforex Corporate Currency Services

1230 Peel Street

H3B 2T6

Tel.: 514 392 91-00

    Montreal Cash for Gold

1255 Square-Phillips Street

H3B 3G1

Tel.: 514 866-1770

Mortagage Corporations

    Multi-Prêt (mortgage broker)

Tel.: 514 287-1211

Toll-free: 1 800 798-7738

    Financial LP First National – Montreal Chartered Real Estate

2000 Peel Street Suite 200

H3A 2W5

Tel.: 888 499-1733

Fax: 866 516-4074

    Hypotheques FirstLine

416 865-1999 or 1 800 970-0700

Fax: 416 945 65-00 or 1 800-267 20-80

Real Estate

    SITQ Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (real estate company)

Centre CDP Capital

1001 Square Victoria Street

H2Z 2B1

Tel.: 514 287 18-52 or 1 888 599-IMMO

    Re Max Signature (agency)

1411 Amherst Street

Tel.: 514 524-5566

    Royal Le Page (agency) - Outremont

1175 Bernard Avenue

Tel.: 514 271-4820

    La Capitale Centre-Ville (agency)

2048 St-Denis

Tel.: 514- 844 01-00

    Sotheby’s International Realty Quebec (agency) - Pierrefonds

3872 Boulevard Saint-Charles

H9H 3C6

Tel.: 514 620 00-99

    Groupe Immobilier Londono (agency) - Westmount

4150 Sherbrooke Street West

H3Z 1C2

Tel.: 514 937-1717

    McGill Real Estate (agency)

407 McGill Suite 810

H2Y 2G3

Tel.: 514 255-0550

    Du Proprio (direct)

Tel.: 514 605 22-02

Fax: 514 798 09-27

    Quebec Commerce - a board dedicated to sales of commercial properties and small to medium sized business or enterprises (correspondingly, SMBs or SMEs).

Tel.: 514 704 04-52

Additional interest is directed towards the CCAB (the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business). The non-profit organization was established in 1984 and is located in Toronto, Ontario.

Moreover, the province stands out with the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program. Conditions are revised periodically. In 2011, the eligibility criteria were worth of legally obtained CAD $1,600,000 in net assets and ready to invest 800,000. Back in 1993, the minimum investment was closer to half a million dollars. Other requirements such as experience in management apply and there is a list of financial intermediaries deemed acceptable on the Immigration et Communautes Culturelles du Quebec Website.

*Although the information provided above was methodically researched and prepared, the reader is referred to companies’ respective websites to ensure accuracy and/or further details.