Government

• Bank of Canada (Central Bank)
• Business Development Bank of Canada

The Bank of Canada Building in Ottawa The Bank of Canada is Canadas central bank. ... The Business Development Bank of Canada is a crown corporation financial Government of Canada. ...

“Big six” banks

• Royal Bank of Canada
• Toronto-Dominion Bank
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
• Bank of Montreal
• Bank of Nova Scotia
• National Bank of Canada

Many of these banks have diversified into financial services that used to be distinct, with subsidiaries besides the regular commercial banking (deposits, lending, and the faciliation of payments): corporate finance, credit cards, securities brokerages, and others. However, they wish to market themselves as "one-stop" financial-service services; this one reason why some of them now brand themselves with broader names, such as TD Bank Financial Group, BMO Financial Group, and RBC Financial Group. The Royal Bank of Canada (TSX: RY, NYSE: RY) is Canadas largest chartered bank. ... The Toronto-Dominion Bank TSX: TD is a large Canadian bank with over 52,000 employees in offices around the world. ... The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce TSX: CM NYSE: BCM, better known to most customers as CIBC, is one of Canadas major banks. ... Bank of Montreal TSX: BMO NYSE: BMO is Canadas fifth largest and the oldest chartered bank. ... Founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1832, the Bank launched its branch banking system by opening in Windsor, Nova Scotia. ... National Bank of Canada is the sixth largest bank in Canada, and so is one of the Big Six banks. ... The Toronto-Dominion Bank (or TD Bank) offers a range of financial products and services. ...

Minor banks

• Alberta Treasury Branches
• Amicus Bank
• Canadian Western Bank
• Canadian Tire Financial Services
• Citizens Bank of Canada
• First Nations Bank of Canada
• General Bank of Canada
• Home Trust Company
• ING Bank of Canada
• HSBC Canada
• Laurentian Bank of Canada
• Manulife Bank of Canada
• Pacific & Western Bank of Canada
• President's Choice Financial (A brand name and division of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce)
• Western Bank of Canada

Alberta Treasury Branches, also known as ATB Financial, is a full service financial institution and crown corporation owned by the Government of Alberta. ... Amicus Bank is a wholly owned unit of CIBC and provides non-traditional banking format to customer on the go. ... The Canadian Western Bank is a bank that is based in Edmonton, and which operates primarily in western Canada. ... Canadian Tire Financial Services is the credit arm of Canadian Tire. ... First Nations Bank of Canada (or FNBC) was established in 1996 after receiving a Letters Patent from the Government of Canada. ... HSBC (Canada), formerly the Hongkong Bank of Canada, is a bank in Canada of British banking giant HSBC or Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation (global headquarters in London, UK) and a major banking company in Hong Kong, China (corporate headquarters). ... The Laurentian Bank of Canada is a Quebec based bank. ... The Manulife Bank of Canada was founded by the Manufacturer’s Life Insurance Company of Canada or Manulife Canada on January 1, 1993, by merging Cabot Trust Company, Huronia Trust Company, and the Regional Trust Company. ... 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). ... The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce TSX: CM NYSE: BCM, better known to most customers as CIBC, is one of Canadas major banks. ...

Foreign banks with operations in Canada

• AMEX Bank of Canada (The U.S. parent is American Express "AMEX".)
• Bank of America National Association
• Bank of China (Canada) (The Chinese parent is Bank of China of the People's Republic of China.)
• Bank of East Asia (Canada)
• Citibank Canada (The US parent is Citibank.)
• CTC Bank of Canada
• ICICI Bank Canada
• ING Bank of Canada
• MBNA Canada The U.S. parent is MBNA.
• HSBC Bank Canada
• National Bank of Greece
• Sears Canada Bank
• State Bank of India

AMEX Bank of Canada is a unit of AMEX Canada and owned by American Express of the United States. ... American Express NYSE: AXP is a diversified global financial services company headquartered in the United States. ... Bank of America Canada is headquarted in Toronto and a unit of Bank of America of Charlotte NC. Operations BAC does not have any branches in Toronto, but has corporate offices in the city. ... Bank of China (Canada) Limited is part of the Bank of China Group and the operating arm of its Canadian operations. ... Bank of China Limited (Chinese: 中国银行; pinyin: ) (BOC) is one of the big four state-owned commercial banks of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Founded in 1991, it is the Canadian unit of Bank of East Asia Group or BEA in Hong Kong. ... Citibank Canada is a unit of Citigroup of New York City. ... Chinatown Citibank branch (New York City, USA). ... A Taiwan based bank with a branch in Vancouver BC. Categories: Canada-related stubs | Banks of Canada | Foreign banks in Canada ... ING Direct Canada is a branch-less bank in Canada and created in 1997. ... MBNA Corporation NYSE: KRB, FWB: MBN is a bank holding company headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. ... HSBC (Canada), formerly the Hongkong Bank of Canada, is a bank in Canada of British banking giant HSBC or Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation (global headquarters in London, UK) and a major banking company in Hong Kong, China (corporate headquarters). ... The National Bank of Greece (NBG) is the largest and oldest commercial bank in Greece. ... Sears Bank of Canada was created to services the Sears cards issued by Sears Canada, but does not provide any other financial services. ... State Bank of India (SBI) is the largest bank in India. ...

Defunct or merged banks

• Bank of British Columbia
• Bank of the People
• Bank of Toronto merged with Dominion Bank of Canada in 1955 to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank, now known as TD Bank Fiancial Group.
• Banque canadienne nationale
• Provincial Bank of Canada/Banque provinciale du Canada
• Canadian Bank of Commerce merged with Imperial Bank of Canada to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce also known as “CIBC”.
• Canadian Commercial Bank
• City and District Savings Bank of Montreal – Banque d’Epargne
• Continental Bank of Canada
• Dominion Bank of Canada merged with Bank of Toronto in 1955 to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank, now known as TD Bank Fiancial Group.
• Farmer's Bank of York, Upper Canada
• Home Bank
• Imperial Bank of Canada merged with Canadian Bank of Commerce to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce also known by the initialism “C.I.B.C.”
• Lloyds Bank of Canada
• Molson Bank of Montreal was merged into the Bank of Montreal in 1925.
• Northland Bank
• Standard Chartered Bank of Canada
• Sterling Bank
• Unity Bank

There have been two banks with the name Bank of British Columbia. ... The Bank of the People was created from the defection of investors ( James Lesslie, James Hervey Price, and Dr John Rolph)from Farmers Bankin 1835. ... The Bank of Toronto was a Canadian bank that merged with the Dominion Bank of Canada in 1955 to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank. ... The Dominion Bank of Canada was a Canadian bank that merged with the Bank of Toronto to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank in 1955. ... The Toronto-Dominion Bank TSX: TD is a large Canadian bank with over 52,000 employees in offices around the world. ... The Banque canadienne nationale was a Quebec-based bank in Canada. ... The Provincial Bank of Canada/Banque provincialle du Canada was a Quebec-based bank in Canada that was the product of mergers between the Banque Jacques-Cartier (1861), the Banque d’économie de Québec (1848), the Banque populaire de Québec (1868), and the lUnité Banque du Canada (Unity Bank... The Canadian Bank of Commerce was a Canadian bank founded in 1867. ... The Imperial Bank of Canada was a Canadian bank that was founded in 1875. ... The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce TSX: CM NYSE: BCM, better known to most customers as CIBC, is one of Canadas major banks. ... The Canadian Commercial Bank was an Alberta-based Canadian bank bank that failed and ceased operations on September 3, 1985. ... The Laurentian Bank of Canada is a Quebec based bank. ... The Continental Bank of Canada was formed when IAC, a financing company, decided to expand the scope of operations in the 1980s. ... The Dominion Bank of Canada was a Canadian bank that merged with the Bank of Toronto to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank in 1955. ... The Bank of Toronto was a Canadian bank that merged with the Dominion Bank of Canada in 1955 to form the Toronto-Dominion Bank. ... The Toronto-Dominion Bank TSX: TD is a large Canadian bank with over 52,000 employees in offices around the world. ... The Farmers Bank was formed in 1835 by George Truscott and John Cleveland Green in York (now Toronto, Ontario), Upper Canada, but fell after the other investors left to form Bank of the People. ... The Home Bank of Canada was a Canadian bank that was incorporated 1903 in Montreal. ... The Imperial Bank of Canada was a Canadian bank that was founded in 1875. ... The Canadian Bank of Commerce was a Canadian bank founded in 1867. ... The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce TSX: CM NYSE: BCM, better known to most customers as CIBC, is one of Canadas major banks. ... Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ... Lloyds Bank of Canada was formed in 1986 when Lloyds Bank of England purchased the Continental Bank of Canada. ... This BMO branch in Waterloo, Ontario retains the Molsons Bank name on the plinth. ... Bank of Montreal TSX: BMO NYSE: BMO is Canadas fifth largest and the oldest chartered bank. ... The Northland Bank was an Alberta-based Canadian bank that failed in 1985. ... The Standard Chartered Bank of Canada was the Canadian bank unit of the British Standard Chartered Bank, created by a merger of Standard Bank of British South Africa (1862) and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China (1853). ... The Sterling Bank of Canada was a Canadian bank that was incorporated in 1905 in Toronto. ... The Unity Bank of Canada was a small Canadian bank that was started in the 1972, and was bought by the Provincial Bank of Canada/Banque provinciale du Canada in 1978. ...

Credit agencies

• Equifax Canada
• TransUnion Canada