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23 Mar 2026

Everest to sell Canadian retail insurance operations to Wawanesa

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction ValueUndisclosed/Confidential

Firms InvolvedTorys LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
3 Dec 2025

EQB to acquire PC Financial from Loblaw in $800-mllion deal

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction Value$ 800,000,000

Firms InvolvedBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Torys LLP
2 Dec 2025

Laurentian Bank sells retail unit to National Bank, agrees to Fairstone takeover

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction Value$ 1,900,000,000

Firms InvolvedOsler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Torys LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
27 Jul 2025

First National Financial acquired for $2.9 billion by Birch Hill and Brookfield-backed Regal Bidco

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction Value$ 2,900,000,000

Firms InvolvedTorys LLP, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
19 Jun 2025

BMO to acquire Burgundy Asset Management for $625 million

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction Value$ 625,000,000

Firms InvolvedOsler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Torys LLP
3 Feb 2025

National Bank of Canada acquires Canadian Western Bank for $5 billion

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction Value$ 5,000,000,000

Firms InvolvedMayer Brown, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Canadian Western Bank Inc., Torys LLP, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
26 Mar 2024

Fairstone Bank and Home Trust merge to create leading Canadian alternative lender

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction ValueUndisclosed/Confidential

Firms InvolvedTorys LLP, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
31 Oct 2023

Canadian Tire repurchases Financial Services business stake from Scotiabank for $895 million

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction Value$ 895,000,000

Firms InvolvedNorton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Torys LLP
26 Jul 2023

Sun Life to buy majority shares in Montreal-based Dialogue

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryHealthcare

Transaction Value$ 365,000,000

Firms InvolvedTorys LLP, Sun Life Financial Inc., Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Dialogue Health Technologies Inc.
3 Apr 2023

Canada Life acquires Investment Planning Counsel

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction Value$ 575,000,000

Firms InvolvedTorys LLP, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP