Canada · Financial institution
Laurentian Bank of Canada
Laurentian Bank of Canada is a Schedule I chartered bank under the Bank Act (Canada), with its head office in Montreal. It was founded in 1846 as a savings bank and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It provides commercial real estate financing, inventory and equipment financing and capital markets services in Canada and the United States. Its retail and SME banking will transfer to National Bank of Canada. In December 2025 it agreed to sell its retail and SME portfolios to National Bank of Canada and its shares to Fairstone Bank of Canada, with closing expected on 1 November 2026.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- BLCMCAMMXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under BLCMCAMM directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 1988-11-21
- Last updated
- 2023-06-26
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Publicly listed
Ticker LB
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Laurentian Bank
- Standing
- On 2 December 2025 the bank agreed to be acquired by Fairstone Bank of Canada. National Bank of Canada agreed to take over its retail and SME banking portfolios. All key regulatory approvals had been received by 31 August 2026. Closing is expected on 1 November 2026, after which the bank will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Fairstone Bank.
- Ownership
- The bank's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and Fairstone Bank of Canada has agreed to acquire all of them, with closing expected on 1 November 2026.
- Stock listing
- Toronto Stock Exchange LB
- Head office
- 1360 René-Lévesque Boulevard West, Suite 600, H3G 0E5 Montreal, Canada
- Name in the local language
- Banque Laurentienne du Canada
- Former name
- The Montreal City and District Savings Bank
Business lines
According to the bank, commercial real estate financing, Northpoint Commercial Finance, B2B Bank, capital markets and LBC Digital will remain with it after its personal and SME banking transfers to National Bank of Canada.
Online
- Websites & references
- laurentianbank.ca ↗
banquelaurentienne.ca ↗ French-language domain
news.laurentianbank.ca ↗ news releases and investor news
Wikidata Q1360087 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Facebook ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- laurentianbank.ca
- laurentianbank.ca/en/about-us/our-company/executive-team
- laurentianbank.ca/en/about-us/our-company/board-of-directors
- laurentianbank.ca/en/help-and-faq/acquisition
- laurentianbank.ca/en/personal/legal-notice
- news.laurentianbank.ca/2026-08-28-Laurentian-Bank-of-Canada-reports-third-quarter-2026-results
- news.laurentianbank.ca/2026-06-26-Minister-of-Finance-Approves-the-Acquisition-of-Laurentian-Bank-Shares
- news.laurentianbank.ca/2026-09-16-Laurentian-Bank-of-Canada-increases-its-USD-base-rate-in-Canada
- ca.marketscreener.com/news/laurentian-bank-of-canada-2025-annual-information-form-ce7d50dedd80ff25
- theglobeandmail.com/business/article-fairstone-bank-to-buy-laurentian-bank/
- conseiller.ca/nouvelles/industrie/remaniement-a-la-haute-direction-de-la-banque-laurentienne/
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Éric Provost President and Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
- Michael T. Boychuk Chair of the Board
- Chief financial officer
- Yvan Deschamps Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- Christian De Broux Chief Risk Officer
- Executive
- Thierry Langevin Chief, Personal and Commercial Banking
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Canada
- Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Prudential supervisor
- Canada
- Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Conduct
- Canada
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada AML supervisor
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Merger / acquisition
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization and securities regulators approved the transactions. The bank then set 1 November 2026 as the expected closing date.
laurentianbank.ca ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The federal Minister of Finance approved Fairstone Bank of Canada's acquisition of all issued and outstanding common shares of the bank.
news.laurentianbank.ca ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Shareholders approved the Fairstone acquisition on 5 February 2026. On 17 February the bank completed the sale of its syndicated loan portfolio to National Bank.
news.laurentianbank.ca ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The bank agreed to sell its retail and SME portfolios to National Bank of Canada and its shares to Fairstone Bank of Canada.
laurentianbank.ca ↗ -
Leadership
The bank appointed Éric Provost President and CEO on 2 October 2023. His predecessor Rania Llewellyn left and board chair Michael Mueller resigned.
conseiller.ca ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- BLCMCAMMXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BLCMBank
- CACountry · Canada
- MMLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- ALL OFFICES IN CANADA
- LEI
- HO0K6ZULL3QE6S6SFW60
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Canada · North America
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
- Founded
- 1846
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The Laurentian Bank of Canada group has 2 institutions in the directory, in 1 country: all hold a BIC.
Including Laurentian Bank Securities Inc..
See the Laurentian Bank of Canada group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 1360 BOUL.RENE- LEVESQUE OUEST FLOOR 12 MONTREAL H3G 0E5 CANADA
- Operational address
- 1360 BOUL. RENE- LEVESQUE OUEST FLOOR 12 MONTREAL MONTREAL H3G 0E5 CANADA
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BLCMCAMMXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>HO0K6ZULL3QE6S6SFW60</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BLCMCAMMXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>HO0K6ZULL3QE6S6SFW60</LEI>
<Nm>LAURENTIAN BANK OF CANADA</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>MONTREAL</TwnNm>
<Ctry>CA</Ctry>
<AdrLine>1360 BOUL.RENE- LEVESQUE OUEST FLOOR 12 MONTREAL H3G 0E5</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
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Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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