Central Canada Loan & Savings Company

Central Canada Loan & Savings Company

The Central Canada Loan & Savings Company was used by Senator George Albertus Cox and Edward Rogers Wood to channel British capital into Canadian business and infrastructure projects.

Central Canada Loan & Savings Company advertisement, 1904. Note Senator George A. Cox, President and Edward Rogers Wood, Vice President and Managing Director. (Author's collection)
Central Canada Loan & Savings Company advertisement, 1904. Note Senator George A. Cox, President and Edward Rogers Wood, Vice President and Managing Director. (Author’s collection)
Senator George Albertus Cox (photo: National Archives of Canada)
Senator George Albertus Cox (photo: National Archives of Canada)
Edward Rogers Wood, circa 1917 (Author;'s collection)
Edward Rogers Wood, circa 1917 (Author;’s collection)

The company was based in Edward Rogers Wood’s head office at 26 King Street East, Toronto.

The building at 26 King Street used as a head office by Edward Rogers Wood. This building has since been demolished. (Courtesy of Royal Bank of Canada)
The building at 26 King Street East used as a head office by Edward Rogers Wood. This building has since been demolished. (Courtesy of Royal Bank of Canada)

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