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- ↑ Patricia Best and Ann Shortell, A Matter of Trust: Power and Privilege in Canada's Trust Companies, (Viking, 1985), 1.
- ↑ E. P. Neufeld, The Financial System of Canada: Its Growth and Development, (Macmillan of Canada, 1972), 48.
- ↑ Philip Smith, The Trust-Builders: The Remarkable Rise of Canada Trust, (Macmillan of Canada, 1989), 50.
- ↑ Report of the Royal Commission on Banking and Finance, (Queen's Printer, 1964), 563.
- ↑ Branch, Legislative Services (2024-01-01). "Consolidated federal laws of Canada, Trust and Loan Companies Act". laws-lois.justice.gc.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-08.