The Royal Bank of Canada
The Royal Bank of Canada is Canada's largest chartered bank. It has over 1,300 branches across Canada, over 60,000 employees worldwide, and offices in over 30 countries.
TD Canada Trust
TD Canada Trust is the personal, small business and commercial banking operation of The Toronto-Dominion Bank. TD Canada Trust offers a range of financial services and products to more than 10 million Canadian customers through more than 1,000 branches and 2,700 ATMs. People often incorrectly use "TD Canada Trust" to refer to the whole bank after the merger in 2000, although TD Canada Trust only makes up the bank's largest division.
Scotiabank
Scotiabank , formally known as The Bank of Nova Scotia, is one of Canada's Big Five banks. It is the third largest bank in Canada, behind Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, better known to most customers as CIBC, is one of Canada's major banks. CIBC (as well as Amicus Bank and President's Choice Financial) is currently Canada's fourth largest chartered bank.
Bank of Montréal
The Bank of Montreal is Canada's oldest chartered bank. It has been referred to as BMO or Canada's First Bank.
National Bank of Canada
National Bank of Canada is the sixth largest bank in Canada. The bank's headquarters are in Montreal, Quebec, and it has 546 branches nationwide, including 454 in Quebec. The bank also has representative offices or branches in Beirut, Havana, Hong Kong, Seoul, Paris, Nassau, and New York, and a subsidiary in Florida.
Some of Canada's Smaller Banks
Canadian Western Bank
The Canadian Western Bank is a bank that is based in Edmonton, and which operates primarily in western Canada. The bank serves personal and commercial clients in Western Canada.
Citibank Canada
Citibank Canada is a unit of Citigroup of New York City. The Canadian unit has been operating since 1954, with Canadian headquarters in Toronto. There are also offices in Montreal, Calgary, London, Ontario and Vancouver.
First Nations Bank of Canada
First Nations Bank of Canada (or FNBC) was established in 1996 after receiving a Letters Patent from the Government of Canada. It began as a venture between TD Bank (now TD Canada Trust) and Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation in 1993-94. It began operating in 1997 with the opening of its first branch in Saskatoon SK. It is affliated with TD-Canada Trust.
HSBC Bank Canada
HSBC Bank Canada, formerly the Hongkong Bank of Canada, is a bank in Canada that is part of British banking giant HSBC - one of the largest banking groups in the world. HSBC Canada is the seventh largest bank in Canada, with offices in every province (excluding Prince Edward Island), and is the largest foreign-owned bank in the country. Corporate headquarters are in Vancouver, British Columbia.
ING Bank of Canada
ING DIRECT is the operating name of ING Bank of Canada, a member of ING. ING stands for Internationale Nederlanden Group. It is an Internet only a financial institution, with no physical branches. With worldwide banking and insurance assets exceeding $1 Trillion (CDN), ING is one of the 20 largest financial services companies in the world. Headquartered in Amsterdam, ING employs over 115,000 people in more than 65 countries.
Laurentian Bank of Canada
The Laurentian Bank of Canada is a Schedule I bank in the province of Quebec. (It also has one branch in Ottawa). Founded in 1846, Laurentian Bank ranks seventh among Canadian charted banks, with assets of over $16 billion.
Manulife Bank of Canada
Established in 1993, Manulife Bank was the first federally regulated bank opened by an insurance company in Canada. It is a Schedule l federally chartered bank and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manulife Financial, one of Canada's leading financial institutions. Today, Manulife Bank has more than $6 billion in assets and serves clients across Canada in all provinces and territories.
Pacific and Western Bank of Canada
Pacific & Western Bank of Canada, a "branchless" bank, is one of the most efficient financial institutions in the country with operating costs lower than 1% of total assets. Pacific & Western Bank of Canada is wholly owned by Pacific & Western Credit Corp.
President's Choice Financial
President's Choice Financial is a financial institution that offers banking services through a joint venture between Loblaws (a supermarket chain) and CIBC (a major Canadian bank). It has no branches; rather, most transactions are carried out over the Internet, the telephone or "pavilions" located in Loblaws' stores. President's Choice Financial services are provided by the direct banking division of CIBC.
