In 1889, he founded the investment brokerage A. E. Ames & Company.

[1] In 1890, Ames purchased "Glen Stewart," the former estate residence of the Rev.

William Stewart Darling, rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity.

The house, located today at 45 Glen Stewart Crescent, was built around 1873 and was designed by Frank Darling.

Ames died in Toronto on 20 September 1934 at age 68.