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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OPPENHEIMER HOLDINGS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000791963
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211]
		IRS NUMBER:				980080034
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			A6
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		RW
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-135064
		FILM NUMBER:		06981862

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SUITE 1110, P.O. BOX 2015
		STREET 2:		20 EGLINTON AVE. WEST
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M4R 1K8
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(416)322-1515

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 2015 SUITE 1110
		STREET 2:		20 EGLINTON AVENUE WEST
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M4R 1K8

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FAHNESTOCK VINER HOLDINGS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950725

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VINER E A HOLDINGS LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19880622

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GOLDALE INVESTMENTS LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19861030
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc.<BR>
125 Broad Street, 16<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> Floor<BR>
New York, New York 10004
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 50%">July&nbsp;26, 2006

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>VIA EDGAR</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Division of Corporation Finance<BR>
Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
100 Fifth Street, N.E.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">Re:</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. &#151;<BR>
<U>Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-135064</U></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Gentlemen:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;477 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., a Canadian corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), hereby applies for
withdrawal of its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-135064) (the &#147;Registration
Statement&#148;). The Registration Statement was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on June&nbsp;16, 2006 and amended thereafter by post-effective amendment
filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;29, 2006.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registration Statement purported to register the offer and sale of (i)&nbsp;certain units
proposed to be issued by the Registrant&#146;s employee benefit plan that represented exchangeable
debentures of the Registrant&#146;s wholly-owned subsidiary E.A. Viner International, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (&#147;Viner&#148;), and (ii)&nbsp;Class A Shares of the Registrant into which the debentures
are exchangeable. The units proposed to be issued by such employee benefit plan would have
entitled the holders thereof to, among other things, cause the plan to exercise the exchange
provisions of the debentures and receive the Registrant&#146;s Class A Shares. The Registrant
is withdrawing the Registration Statement because we have determined, after advice from outstide
counsel and discussions with the Staff of the Commission on July&nbsp;25, 2006,
that the Registration Statement on Form S-8 is not the appropriate form to register interests in
the debentures of Viner. No securities were sold pursuant to the Registration Statement. The
Registrant may undertake a private offering of the securities covered by the Registration Statement and/or of the debentures subsequent to the effective date of the
withdrawal of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 155(c) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accordingly, we request that the Commission issue an order granting the withdrawal of the
Registration Statement as soon as possible. Please do not hesitate to contact Dennis McNamara, Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant, with any questions you may have at (212)&nbsp;668-5771.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 50%">Very truly yours,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 50%">&nbsp;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 50%">/s/ Albert G. Lowenthal
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 50%">&nbsp;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 50%">Albert G. Lowenthal<BR>Chairman and CEO
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