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There are more than $2.5 billion worth of unclaimed bank accounts and non-land properties, such as dividends, in this country. The Bank of Canada is holding $1.6 billion worth of unclaimed accounts, B.C. has another $222 million, there’s $168 million in Alberta, $515 million in Quebec and $47.2 million in New Brunswick. The best part is that searching and reclaiming them is free. At federally regulated institutions, inactive accounts become unclaimed if they are unused for a decade. Nationally, the Bank of Canada (BoC) holds onto these accounts, and they can be reclaimed before their...