Canadian Banks Climb Ranks as US Banks Fall

Bloomberg, Sean B. Pasternak and Doug Alexander, 16 March 2009Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal pushed deeper into the ranks of North America�s 10 biggest banks after U.S. counterparts stumbled or disappeared in the past year.Royal Bank, Canada�s biggest bank by assets, is now seventh- largest in North America after tripling assets in the past