PricewaterhouseCoopers formed on July 1;
Tom O’Neill becomes Chief Executive Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers;
David Smith becomes Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers
1997
David Smith elected Chairman of Coopers & Lybrand; Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand announce plans for integration
1996
Tom O’Neill becomes Chairman of the Executive Committee of Price Waterhouse
1992
Hugh Bolton becomes Chairman and Chief Executive Partner of Coopers & Lybrand
1990
Bob Brown becomes Senior Partner and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Price Waterhouse;
Laventhol & Horvath merges with Price Waterhouse
1998 — David W. Smith (left) and Tom C. O'Neill (right) combine to lead the newly-formed PwC. More »
1980s
1986
Ken Stevenson becomes Chairman and Chief Executive Partner of Coopers & Lybrand
1985
Bill Broadhurst becomes Senior Partner and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Price Waterhouse
1982
Coopers & Lybrand goes coast-to-coast when Baird and Baird of St. John’s and Roberts Denson & Co. of Victoria merge with it;
Price Waterhouse opens Calgary South office;
Brochu, Dutil & Associés of Québec City merges with Price Waterhouse
1981
Mississauga, Ontario, branch of Coopers & Lybrand opens;
Price Waterhouse merges with Jarrett, Gould & Elliott, a national accounting firm with seven offices;
Price Waterhouse merges with Erickson, Lee, Macdonald & Co. of Hamilton, Ontario
1980
Price Waterhouse opens a Scarborough, Ontario, office
1980 — David Higginbotham and Harry Simpson. More »
1970s
1978
North York, Ontario, office of Coopers & Lybrand opens
1977
Price Waterhouse merges with Tremblay, Rochette et Associés in Québec City; Price Waterhouse opens in Mississauga, Ontario
1975
David Higginbotham becomes Senior Partner and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Price Waterhouse; Price Waterhouse establishes a national office in Toronto
1974
Price Waterhouse opens in Kitchener, Ontario
1973
Coopers & Lybrand name replaces McDonald, Currie; Warren Chippindale becomes Chairman of Coopers & Lybrand
1971
Warren Chippindale becomes Chairman and Managing Partner of McDonald, Currie
1970
Price Waterhouse computerizes data process and control reporting
1976 — Bill Broadhurst and Pam Jermey in 1976. More »
1960s
1969
Price Waterhouse office opens in Québec City; Saskatoon office of McDonald, Currie opens; Kitchener, Ontario, firm of Tailby & Tailby merges with McDonald, Currie
1968
Laird Watt becomes Senior Partner and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Price Waterhouse; London, Ontario, office of Price Waterhouse
opens; Price Waterhouse merges with Fewster, Kirkpatrick, MacDonald & Ayers in Saskatoon; McDonald, Currie signs formal association with Baird & Baird of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador (the firms merge in 1985)
1967
Campbell Leach becomes Chairman of McDonald, Currie; Centennial of Canada; McDonald, Currie revises the partnership agreement and provides for election of a management committee
1966
Evan E. Own and Harold D. Pringle merge their practices with McDonald, Currie; Watt, Gower, Ogilvie & Co. of Edmonton merge with McDonald, Currie; Harrison & Osborne of Winnipeg merge with Price Waterhouse
1965
Price Waterhouse Montréal office merges with Creak, Cushing & Hodgson; Pearson, Matthews and Young merges with McDonald, Currie; R. L. Bamford & Co. in Saskatchewan joins McDonald, Currie; Beaton, Mathieson & Co. in Calgary merges with McDonald, Currie
1964
Price Waterhouse merges with Bailey, Monteith, Holms & Co. in Vancouver; London, Ontario, firm of Cornish Mitchell & Co. merges with McDonald, Currie; Lawrence W. Pastorius merges his Windsor, Ontario, practice with McDonald, Currie; McDonald, Currie merges with Reynolds, Andersen & Co. in Vancouver
1963
McDonald, Currie partnership agreement is rewritten so that the managing partners become the Management Committee
1962
Calgary partnership of Henderson, Waines and Anderson joins Price Waterhouse
1961
Toronto office of Price Waterhouse merges with A. D. Downie & Co.; McDonald, Currie opens in a home office in Sept-Îles, Québec; Ronald, Griggs & Co. amalgamates with McDonald, Currie in Winnipeg
1960
John Church becomes Senior Partner and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Price Waterhouse
1960s — Price Waterhouse Senior Partner and Chairman of the Executive Committee from 1968-75, M. Laird Watt (left). More »
1950s
1959
Price Waterhouse merges with Geddes, Knebel and Beaton in Edmonton
1958
Harrison Hayes becomes Chairman of McDonald, Currie; Price Waterhouse merges with William Gray & Co. in Winnipeg; Halifax office of McDonald,
Currie opens; George Currie retires to run the Bowaters organization in North America
1957
McDonald, Currie merges with Cooper Brothers & Co. and Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery to form Coopers & Lybrand
1956
Laird, Sprague merges with McDonald, Currie in Winnipeg; Calgary office of McDonald, Currie opens in Rod Whitehead’s home; the telephone booth at the end of the street serves as the company phone
1955
Price Waterhouse amalgamates with Winnipeg firm of Thornton, Milne & Campbell; Mitchell, Krauel merge with McDonald, Currie and the firm opens in Winnipeg and Kitchener
1954
Price Waterhouse opens in Halifax
1953
Price Waterhouse merges with Haskell, Elderkin & Co. in Montréal
1952
John Church becomes Senior Partner of Price Waterhouse; Harold Herington becomes Chairman of the Executive Committee of Price Waterhouse; Edmonton office of McDonald, Currie opens
1951
Price Waterhouse opens in Hamilton, Ontario; McDonald, Currie starts consulting practice
1950
Richardson, Elwell, Parish & Co. merges with McDonald, Currie; A. H. Rathie & Co. in Vancouver merges with McDonald, Currie
1958 — George Currie, second from left, and partners gather at a firm dinner. More »
1940s
1948
McDonald, Currie opens in Vancouver, the firm’s first office west of Toronto
1947
Price Waterhouse opens in Ottawa; McDonald, Currie merges with J. P. Langley & Co.; arrangement made to act as agent for referred business from Coopers Brothers & Co. in the U.K.
1946
George Currie becomes Chairman of McDonald, Currie; Henry Gordon Norman becomes Senior Partner of Price Waterhouse; J. W. F. Neill, Price
Waterhouse’s US representative, withdraws from Canadian partnership and is not replaced, thereby emphasizing the Canadian nature of the practice
1945
Second World War ends; Price Waterhouse & Co. (international firm) is formally established July 1, 1945; Eunice C. Bancroft named first female partner at McDonald, Currie; Saint John, New Brunswick, office of McDonald, Currie opens
1942
Price Waterhouse nominates first Executive Committee to provide general supervision and coordination of the practice; McDonald, Currie opens in Sherbrooke, Québec
1941
Price Waterhouse office opens in Windsor, Ontario
1940s — Price Waterhouse Canada founding partners Alexander B. Brodie (second from left) and Donald McKenzie McClelland (far right). More »
1930s
1939
Donald McKenzie McClelland becomes Senior Partner of Price Waterhouse; Second World War begins
1935
Ken Carter, who would later head the Royal Commission on Taxation, opens the Toronto office of McDonald, Currie; McDonald, Currie establishes an office in Rimouski, Québec
1934
Ottawa office of McDonald, Currie opens
1930
Charlotte Howell of McDonald, Currie’s Montréal office becomes the first female CA in Québec
1920s
1929
The Great Depression begins; Winnipeg Price Waterhouse office amalgamates with accounting firm John Scott & Co., thereby creating a presence in Calgary
1924
Price Waterhouse makes arrangements for the separation of the U.S. and Canadian firms
1922
McDonald, Currie opens its first branch office in Québec City
1920
Canadian firm receives the right to use the name Price Waterhouse & Co.; the name McDonald, Currie & Co., predecessor firm to Coopers & Lybrand, is officially adopted
1900s — 1910s
1917
The Income War Tax introduced as a temporary measure to help fund the Canadian war effort
1914
First World War begins; first Canadian Price Waterhouse partnership is established by deeds dated June 30, 1914
1912
Price Waterhouse offices established in Winnipeg and Vancouver
1911
Alexander Bertram Brodie becomes Senior Partner of Price Waterhouse; George Currie joins his cousin George McDonald
1910
George McDonald becomes Chairman of McDonald, Currie; George McDonald starts his accounting practice on St. James Street in Montréal; second Price Waterhouse office opens in Toronto
1907
First Canadian office of Price Waterhouse opens in Montréal; Roderick Edward Moore managed all Canadian operations from the New York office
1910s — Coopers & Lybrand Canada founders George S. Currie (left) and George C. McDonald (right). More »
1800s
1898
Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery launch in North America.
1865
Samuel Price partners with William Holyland and Edwin Waterhouse.
