BEPCO Canada Ltd.
Title
BEPCO Canada Ltd.
Type
Company
Subsidiary
Coverage
Montreal, QC
Active From
1935-01-01
End Date
1961-01-01
Location
43-45 Niagara Street, Toronto, ON (1935)
Rue St Catherine Ouest, Montreal, QC. (Head Office) (1944)
Cole Building, 1355 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON (1957)
Product Areas
Electrical
Activities
Supplying
Manufacturing
Timeline
1935 – Active in Toronto at 43-45 Niagara (“Might’s Greater Toronto city directory, 1935”)
1940 – Active in Montreal, producing a “CM” Current Transformer. (“Dept of Trade and Commerce” 1940)
1944 – Active at 40 Niagara Street, Toronto with head office at 4018 St Catherine St. W., Montreal (“The Electrical Apparatus and Supplies Industry in Canada 1944”)
1957 – Bepco occupies a space in the new Cole Building at 1355 Wellington Street in Ottawa. ("Three stages of history")
1961 – Dissolved, replaced with Dominion M.I., formed by Metal Industries Ltd., an English electrical engineering group. President and General Manager of the new company is E.A. Chandler, the former chief engineer of Bepco (Electronics and Communications (November 1961): 18)
1940 – Active in Montreal, producing a “CM” Current Transformer. (“Dept of Trade and Commerce” 1940)
1944 – Active at 40 Niagara Street, Toronto with head office at 4018 St Catherine St. W., Montreal (“The Electrical Apparatus and Supplies Industry in Canada 1944”)
1957 – Bepco occupies a space in the new Cole Building at 1355 Wellington Street in Ottawa. ("Three stages of history")
1961 – Dissolved, replaced with Dominion M.I., formed by Metal Industries Ltd., an English electrical engineering group. President and General Manager of the new company is E.A. Chandler, the former chief engineer of Bepco (Electronics and Communications (November 1961): 18)
Sources
Canada Department of Trade and Commerce – Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Census of Industry, Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Branch “The Electrical Apparatus and Supplies Industry in Canada 1944” (Ottawa, 1946)
“Department of Trade and Commerce Electricity and Gas Inspection Services – File 1023”, January 31, 1940 (http://www.ic.gc.ca/pics/lm/electric/nrc/0136.pdf)
"Three stages of history of the Il Negozio Nicastro building and property" The Kitchissippi Museum, Friday, April 19, 2019 (http://kitchissippimuseum.blogspot.com/2019/04/) [29/02/24]
“Department of Trade and Commerce Electricity and Gas Inspection Services – File 1023”, January 31, 1940 (http://www.ic.gc.ca/pics/lm/electric/nrc/0136.pdf)
"Three stages of history of the Il Negozio Nicastro building and property" The Kitchissippi Museum, Friday, April 19, 2019 (http://kitchissippimuseum.blogspot.com/2019/04/) [29/02/24]
Collection
Citation
“BEPCO Canada Ltd.,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed November 18, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/50.
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