5.8 Banque de Québec

The Banque de Québec, or Québec Bank, as it was called at the time, was founded in 1818 by the anglophone merchant elite of the city of Québec. It is Canada’s second-oldest chartered bank. In 1863, the institution moved into the building on the corner of Rue Saint-Pierre and Rue de la Barricade. According to architect Edward Staveley’s plans, the building, which was built the year before, was faced entirely with Saint-Marc-des-Carrières limestone. In 1917, the Banque de Québec was absorbed by the Royal Bank of Canada. It moved from the premises ten years later. Today, the building blends harmoniously into the Musée de la civilisation complex. Start the video Map of Place-Royale