search canada life financial type subsidiary industry financial services insurance founded 1847 headquarters toronto ontario canada key people paul a. mahon president and chief executive officer 1 parent the great west life assurance company website canada life the canada life building in toronto in 2005 the first offices of the canada life assurance company in toronto in 1888 canada life financial corporation french corporation financi re canada vie is a canadian company that offers life health and disability insurance for groups and individuals . founded in 1847 it was acquired by the great west life assurance company in 2003 after rejecting a hostile takeover bid by rival manulife . hugh cossart baker sr. established the first life insurance company in canada 21 august 1847 ; the canada life assurance company . 2 3 the firm was incorporated in 1849 . the first head office was in hamilton ontario on the top floor of the mechanics institute on james street near merrick where the hamilton city centre formerly the eaton s centre now stands . the head office remained in hamilton until 1900 when the new president george cox moved it to toronto . 2 he was the father of telephone pioneer hugh cossart baker jr. . 4 canada life is based in toronto ontario at the historic canada life building on university avenue . it also commissioned the canada life building in montreal . besides canada canada life has offices in united kingdom isle of man republic of ireland germany brazil united states canada life in the uk edit canada life began operations in the united kingdom in 1903 . citation needed canada life investments the asset management division of the uk business providing investing solutions in equities fixed income and property . they also offer a range of open ended funds oeics that cover uk and international equities and bonds as well as multi asset solutions . references edit http www.canadalife.com 003 home corporateinformation companyoverview corporatestructure index.htm a b bailey thomas melville 1981 . dictionary of hamilton biography vol i 1791 1875 . w.l. griffin ltd. chronolgy of the regional municipality of hamilton ontario . retrieved 2007 02 05 . houghton margaret 2003 . the hamiltonians 100 fascinating lives . james lorimer & company ltd. publishers toronto . p. 6 . isbn 1 55028 804 0 . canada life v t e power corporation of canada power corporation of canada fr re bourgeois cnp groups gesca power financial la presse cyberpresse.ca great west lifeco igm financial power financial europe b.v. la tribune le nouvelliste the great west life assurance company great west life & annuity insurance co investors group mackenzie investments parjointco n.v. le droit le soleil london life insurance company canada life financial investment planning counsel inc pargesa holding s.a. le quotidien groupe bruxelles lambert authority control worldcat identities viaf 144199822 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title canada life financial & oldid 743181087 categories insurance companies of canadapower corporation of canadacompanies based in torontohistory of hamilton ontariocompanies established in 1847companies disestablished in 20031847 establishments in canadahidden categories articles containing french language textall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2014wikipedia articles with viaf identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 09 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view