The corporate headquarters were located at the HSBC Canada Building in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia.

HBC had a few retail branches primarily focused on Asian-Canadians whose primary business centred on commercial enterprises.

HBC opened branches in major cities in western Canada and in Toronto and Montreal but growth was slow.

HBC sought to grow by acquisition, but the first three attempts to buy an existing institution were unsuccessful.

HBC acquired the assets of Bank of British Columbia on November 27, 1986, which had essentially failed.

The acquisition of Lloyds also made the company Canada's largest foreign bank and a bilingual operation with branches in eight Quebec communities.

The purchase of ANZ made HBC the seventh largest bank in Canada with branches in every province except Prince Edward Island.

[4] This move into the United States seemed a natural expansion that followed the business interests of many of the bank's customers.

In 2002, HSBC Holdings merged its Canadian and US operations to create a North American transnational bank.

[6] In June 2015, Sandra Stuart was named president and CEO, becoming the first woman to head a Canadian chartered bank.

It was also a member of: Effective March 15, 2010, BMO Bank of Montreal ceased accepting deposits at its ATMs from HSBC customers and resumed charging a convenience fee after five years of an ATM sharing agreement with HSBC Bank Canada.