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Winnipeg Commodity Exchange fonds [textual record (some microform), graphic material]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:15 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
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Record information Winnipeg Commodity Exchange fonds [textual record (some microform), graphic material]
Date:1883-1972.Reference:R3057-0-2-E, MG28-III82Type of material:Textual material, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:104604Date(s):1883-1972.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:11.8 m of textual records.
3 microfilm reels.
1 photograph b&w.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of annual reports on microfilm reel numbers C-10329 and C-10330; constitution, by-laws rules and regulations on microfilm reel C-10330; membership lists, reports and pamphlets on microfilm reel C-10330; minutes; financial material; bulletin; membership files; subject files; legal opinions and rulings; lawsuits, arbitrations; complaints; and defaults. The minutes are also available on microfilm reels C-10331-C-10334. One photograph depicts the trading floor of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange on the occasion of the institution's fiftieth anniversary, Winnipeg, 7 December, 1937.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Winnipeg Commodity Exchange : The Winnipeg Commodity Exchange was founded in 1887, as the Winnipeg Grain and Produce Exchange, by a group of Winnipeg grain merchants. It served initially as a forum for cash trades in Canadian grains, but in 1903 introduced trading in wheat futures and subsequently added futures trading in barley, oats, flax and rye. In 1908 the Exchange was re-organized as a voluntary, unincorporated non-profit organization and its name was changed to the Winnipeg Grain Exchange.
The Grain Exchange grew in importance with the Canadian grain economy, and by 1929 played a major part in the establishment of world grain prices and the establishment in 1935 of the Canadian Wheat Board, which in 1943 was given a monopoly in the marketing of wheat. In 1949 this monopoly was extended to oats and barley.
The importance of the Exchange began to revive in 1963 with the establishment of a futures market in rapesseed. In 1972 a market in gold futures was opened, at which time the Exchange changed its name to the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange. In 1974 part of the trade in barley, oats and feed wheat was restored to the Exchange and a market in Eastern corn was opened.Additional information:General note:A history of the Exchange can be found in Volume 54.Availability of other formats note:The minutes of the Winnipeg Grain and Produce Exchange, volumes 1-18, are available on microfilm, reels C-10331 to C-10334.Subject heading:- Government investigations - Canada
- Winnipeg Grain and Produce Exchange - Annual reports, 1889-1907 Canada Wheat Board, 1908-1962
- Winnipeg Grain Exchange - Annual reports, 1909-1930
- Grain trade, 1907-1936, 1946
- Grain elevators, 1908-1962
- Granaries, 1908-1962
- Insurance, 1908-1962
- Commodity exchanges - Canada, 1908-1962
- Farm produce - Marketing, 1908-1962
- Wheat pools, 1908-1962
- International conferences, 1908-1962
- Taxation, 1908-1962
- Wheat agreements - Canada, 1908-1962
- Actions and defenses - Canada - Cases, 1908-1962
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG28-III82 -
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