The Toronto Stock Exchange is Canada's principal stock exchange, founded in the nineteenth century by a group of local brokers who met in an office in Toronto to trade shares, initially of a small number of companies. It grew with the city and the country, and in time overtook the exchange in Montreal as the country's leading market, especially after the mining and oil booms. It became electronic in the 1990s, and in 2008 the exchange's parent company merged with the Montreal Exchange to create the TMX Group. The exchange is a leading market for mining and energy companies, and its S&P/TSX Composite Index is the main measure of the market in Canada.
Before and after
- 7 May 1861Birth of Rabindranath Tagore
- 19 June 1861Birth of José Rizal
- from 13 September 1861 to 20 September 1861Siege of Lexington
- 10 October 1861Birth of Fridtjof Nansen
- 25 October 1861Founding of Toronto Stock Exchange
- 9 November 1861Origins of Canadian football
- 1862Construction of Russian State Library
- 1862Publication of Les Misérables
- 18 January 1862Death of John Tyler
More in Society, economy & sport
- c. 1800sRise of nationalism
- 17 February 1863Founding of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- 1885Founding of Stanford University
- 1 November 1897Founding of Juventus FC
- 1 January 1901Founding of Australia
- 21 May 1904Founding of FIFA
The era
This moment belongs to the Industrial era (1760 CE to 1914 CE), steam, factories and revolutions. You can also browse everything in the 19th century.