Barclays Bank of Canada was a unit of Barclays Bank PLC. The Canadian unit was incorporated in 1929, and was later acquired by Imperial Bank of Canada, a predecessor of CIBC. In 1979 Barclays established a new Canadian subsidiary which was bought by Hongkong Bank of Canada in 1996.

A non-banking subsidiary of Barclays Group, Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited, is based in Toronto and administers iShares, exchange-traded index funds.

In addition to Barclays, HSBC acquired other Canadian banks, including:

• Bank of British Columbia
• Lloyds Bank of Canada

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