Co-heads named for Wells Fargo Securities Canada
Darin Deschamps (ex-National Bank Financial) and Sandra Taube Godard were named co-heads as the firm expanded advisory and capital markets in Canada.
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U.S. bank serving Canadian corporates through a Toronto-based branch, with commercial banking offices from Vancouver to Montréal.
Wells Fargo operates in Canada mainly through Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Canadian Branch, a full-service foreign bank branch headquartered at 22 Adelaide Street West in Toronto. Its Canada page describes corporate and investment banking (corporate banking, capital markets and M&A, equities and fixed income sales and trading), commercial and middle-market banking from regional offices in Calgary, Mississauga, Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver, commercial real estate lending, vendor and inventory finance, and treasury management. The securities business, Wells Fargo Securities Canada, launched in 2013. Darin Deschamps, who joined from National Bank Financial in 2015 to co-head it, is now the Canadian Branch's principal officer.
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Corporate banking with industry coverage, capital markets and M&A, and institutional equities and fixed income sales and trading for Canadian corporate, government and institutional clients.
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Relationship and lending managers in five Canadian regional offices who can make lending decisions locally.
Construction, term and interim financing for real estate investors.
Vendor financial services, inventory (floorplan) finance, which Wells Fargo says has over 50 years of experience in Canada, capital finance and trade services.
CAD and USD accounts held at the Canadian Branch, payments, a CAD commercial card, and foreign exchange.
| Toronto | ON | headquarters |
| Calgary | AB | regional |
| Mississauga | ON | regional |
| Montréal | QC | regional |
| Vancouver | BC | regional |
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Toronto team offering M&A advice, debt and equity underwriting and loan syndication to Canadian corporate, sponsor and institutional clients; it runs a Toronto investment banking analyst and summer analyst program.
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Principal Officer, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Canadian Branch
Canada leadership
Listed in OSFI's 2026 register as Principal Officer of Wells Fargo's Canadian Branch. He joined Wells Fargo in 2015 as co-head of Wells Fargo Securities Canada and head of Canadian investment banking and capital markets. He was previously deputy head of investment banking at National Bank Financial (financial institutions and sponsors coverage) and earlier worked at TD Securities and Credit Suisse First Boston.
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Darin Deschamps (ex-National Bank Financial) and Sandra Taube Godard were named co-heads as the firm expanded advisory and capital markets in Canada.
The securities business launched to complement Wells Fargo's wholesale banking in Canada.
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Slate Grocery REIT via Business Wire (republished on BNN Bloomberg press releases) · Sep 28, 2026 · bnnbloomberg.ca
Brixmor Property Group (Form 8-K exhibit 99.1, sec.gov) · Sep 28, 2026 · sec.gov
Rogers Communications Inc. via SEC (Form 6-K, Exhibit 99.1) · Sep 9, 2026 · sec.gov
Rogers Communications Inc. via SEC (Form 6-K, underwriting agreement) · Sep 9, 2026 · sec.gov
Fortis Inc. (news releases) · Sep 9, 2026 · fortisinc.com
Sun Life Financial Inc. via CNW · Aug 25, 2026 · newswire.ca
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Open Government Portal) · Aug 21, 2026 · open.canada.ca
BMO Financial Group via CNW · Aug 10, 2026 · newswire.ca
TELUS Corporation via CNW · Dec 4, 2025 · newswire.ca
Canadian National Railway Company (SEC Form 6-K, Exhibit 99.1) · Nov 6, 2025 · sec.gov
Rockpoint Gas Storage (via Cision/Newswire) · Oct 8, 2025 · newswire.ca
Vermilion Energy Inc. (Form 6-K exhibit, SEC EDGAR) · Jun 5, 2025 · sec.gov
Wells Fargo & Company (SEC Form 8-K exhibit) · Jun 3, 2025 · sec.gov
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Form 8-K exhibit (SEC EDGAR) · Jul 15, 2024 · sec.gov
CES Energy Solutions Corp. via CNW · May 14, 2024 · newswire.ca
Chord Energy Corporation via SEC EDGAR (Form 8-K, Ex. 99.1) · Feb 21, 2024 · sec.gov
Tricon Residential Inc. via SEC EDGAR (Form 6-K, Ex. 99.1) · Jan 19, 2024 · sec.gov
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (investor relations) · Sep 21, 2023 · corporate.couche-tard.com
Duke Energy Corporation (SEC EDGAR exhibit) · Jun 12, 2023 · sec.gov
Baytex Energy Corp. (Rule 425 filing, subject company Ranger Oil) (SEC EDGAR exhibit) · Feb 28, 2023 · sec.gov
LKQ Corporation (SEC EDGAR exhibit) · Feb 27, 2023 · sec.gov
Watermark Lodging Trust (SEC 8-K) · May 6, 2022 · sec.gov
Intertape Polymer Group (SEC 6-K) · Mar 8, 2022 · sec.gov
Enerflex Ltd. (SEC Form 425) · Jan 24, 2022 · sec.gov
Cogeco Communications Inc. via CNW · Jun 30, 2021 · newswire.ca
TELUS International (Cda) Inc. (Form 424B4 prospectus, SEC EDGAR) · Feb 2, 2021 · sec.gov
Fortis Inc. (Form 6-K, Exhibit 99.1) · Nov 26, 2019 · sec.gov
Fortis Inc. (Form 6-K, Exhibit 99.1) · Nov 25, 2019 · sec.gov
TC Energy Corporation (Form 6-K, Exhibit 99.1) · Jul 2, 2019 · sec.gov
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