November 19, 1920
First policy issued by The Ontario Equitable Life and Accident Insurance Company.
Photo Courtesy of Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum
The Ontario Equitable Life and Accident Insurance Company is established.
Staff at desks - 1920s
August 1, 1936
Equitable Life obtains federal charter and changes name to The Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada.
Equitable Life bought the historic Devitt Building at King & Erb Streets in Waterloo, ON as its head office.
Executive Office 1920-1930
Conference - date unknown
1952
Equitable Life reaches $100 million of insurance in-force.
Head office training school - 1959.
1965 Banff Convention
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Office - 1970s
1976
Tamara Geisbrecht joins Equitable Life’s Board of Directors, becoming the first woman in Canada to sit on an insurance company’s Board.
Board of Directors, 1989. Tamara Geisbrecht is seated, second from the right.
1980s Managers Meeting
1984
Equitable Life Ladies Softball Champs Jacket - 1980.
Equitable introduces a state-of-the-art computer system to process life and annuity contracts.
Equitable Golfers - 1990s
1999
Equitable Life exceeds $1 billion in assets under administration.
Commemorative clock - celebrating $100 million of Group in-force.
Ride For Heart - 1995
2006
Construction on the head office expansion.
Equitable expands head office to accommodate growth.
Equitable Volunteers - 2010
2020
Equitable Life celebrates its 100th anniversary as one of the largest and most financially stable mutual companies in Canada.
Presenting fundraising cheque to the United Way - 2019